Raymonde Allain
Raymonde Allain | |
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Born | 22 June 1912 |
Died | 27 July 2008 (aged 96) Paris, France |
Other names | Raymonde Jeanne Simone Allain |
Occupation | Actress, Model |
Years active | 1928-1950 (film) |
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress.[1] She was Miss France in 1928.[2] Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention,[3] and her controversial loss to American prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty".[4] Allain later wrote an autobiography titled Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté.
Selected filmography[]
- The Tunnel (1933)
- The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
- The Paris Waltz (1950)
Bibliography[]
- Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté, Gallimard, 1933, OCLC 9860441
References[]
- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 168.
- ^ Storme, Kévin (December 14, 2018). "Concours. La Bretagne, terre de Miss". Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ Grout, Holly (May 13, 2015). The Force of Beauty: Transforming French Ideas of Femininity in the Third Republic. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807159903.
- ^ "Paris Quarrels over Milady Beautiful". Washington Post. July 8, 1928.
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Categories:
- 1912 births
- 2008 deaths
- French film actresses
- French stage actresses
- French female models
- Actresses from Paris
- 20th-century French actresses
- Models from Paris
- French actor stubs