Andrée Rose Godard (19 May 1903 – 3 October 1989), known by her stage-name as Andrée Lafayette, also known by her self-invented title as Countess Andrée de la Bigne, was a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine (prostitute) Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented title as Countess Valtesse de La Bigne.[1]
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Andrée Lafayette | |
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Born | Andrée Rose Godard 19 May 1903 Achères, Yvelines, Normandy, France |
Died | 3 October 1989(1989-10-03) (aged 86) Équemauville, Calvados, France |
Other names | Andrée Rose Godard de la Bigne |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1923–1953 (film) |
Spouse(s) | Arthur Max Constant (1923–?) |
She was the lover of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.[2]
Lafayette was born in 1903 to Julia Pâquerette Fossey and Paul Jules Auguste Godard. She had two siblings, Paul and Margot.[3] Describing Lafayette as "one of the most beautiful girls in France," author Richard Walton Tully brought her to the United States to star in the film Trilby (1923).[4]
On April 17, 1923, Lafayette married actor Arthur Max Constant.[5]
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