Marie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult, was a French romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern.
Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles was a French writer of Romanian and Greek descent, a poet and a socialist feminist.
Forbidden Games is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel Les Jeux Interdits.
Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy, also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales. Her 1697 collection Les Contes des Fées coined the literary genre's name and included the first story to feature "Prince Charmant" or Prince Charming. She is considered to have been a member of les conteuses group of French female authors.
The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence is an annual international music festival which takes place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, principally in July. Devoted mainly to opera, it also includes concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumental music.
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Odéon-Théâtre de France.
Rosanna Schiaffino was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines.
Aube is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Françoise Prévost was a French actress, journalist and author. She was the daughter of writer Marcelle Auclair. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1949 and 1985.
Jean Champion was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1962 and 1996.
Giustiniana Wynne, Countess Rosenberg-Orsini was an Italian writer. She features in the memoirs of Casanova and had a long secret love affair with Andrea Memmo, one of the last statesmen of the Venetian Republic.
Catherine Marie Simone Tricot, known professionally as Catherine Castel, or Cathy Tricot, was a French actress and makeup artist.
Virginia Oldoini Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione, better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant figure in the early history of photography.
Marguerite Moreno was a French stage and film actress.
Suzy Prim was a French actress.
Night in May is a 1934 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky and Raoul Ploquin. It starred Käthe von Nagy, Fernand Gravey and Annie Ducaux. It is the French-language version of UFA's The Young Baron Neuhaus. Such multi-language versions were common during the early years of sound film before dubbing became more widespread.
Sophie's Misfortunes is a children's book written by the Countess of Ségur. The book was published in 1858 by the publisher Hachette. The illustrations were by Horace Castelli, a French artist. This is the first book of a trilogy; its sequels are Good Little Girls (1858) and The Holidays (1859).
Les petites filles modèles is a novel for children by the Countess of Ségur first published in May 1858. It is the second book of a trilogy, with Sophie's Misfortunes (1858) and Les vacances (1859). Hachette was still selling 20 000 copies of this novel at the beginning of the 21st century.
The Macaluso Sisters is a 2020 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Emma Dante, based on her own 2014 play of the same name. It was entered in the main competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.
Nathalie is a 1957 French-Italian comedy crime film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Martine Carol, Mischa Auer and Michel Piccoli. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Franstudio and the Photosonor Studios, both in Paris. Location shooting also took place around the city including the Printemps department store and Paris Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was followed by a sequel Nathalie, Secret Agent in 1959, also starring Carol.
