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Yvonne Printemps
Music hall and operetta singer Yvonne Wigniolle, known as Yvonne Printemps, was
born in Ermont-Eaubonne on July 25, 1894. Born into a modest family, she was
noticed at the tender age of ten by Marie Marville, wife of the former director
of the Moulin-Rouge in Paris, P. L. Flers, while performing in an amateur play.
Four years later, she appeared in a music-hall revue at La Cigale, Nue Cocotte,
before replacing a singer at the Folies-Bergère the following year, where she
remained for four years. She earned the nickname "Mademoiselle Printemps" and
starred alongside Maurice Chevali...
