Germaine Berthe Sablon, known as Germaine Sabon, was born on July 19, 1899 in Le
Perreux-sur-Marne into a family of musicians and composers. She was introduced
to the piano and singing in her youth, and in 1915 began a career as an operetta
singer, although she mainly revealed herself as an actress in numerous silent
films. While motherhood forced her to give up her profession, she gave birth to
two children with her first husband, before becoming the companion of writer
Joseph Kessel for several years. In 1932, Germaine Sablon began writing songs,
and recorded her first single i...