Liane de Pougy

Liane de Pougy
Liane de Pougy by Nadar
Born
Anne Marie Chassaigne

(1869-07-02)2 July 1869
Died26 December 1950(1950-12-26) (aged 81)
Other namesAnne-Marie-Madeleine de la Pénitence
Marie Anne Pourpe
Princess Ghika
Anne-Marie Ghika
Sister Anne-Mary
Occupation(s)Dancer, Courtesan, Novelist
Spouses
Armand Pourpe
(m. 1886; div. 1889)
Prince Georges Ghika
(m. 1910; died 1945)
ChildrenMarc Pourpe

Liane de Pougy, TOSD (born Anne-Marie Chassaigne, 2 July 1869 – 26 December 1950), was a Folies Bergère vedette and dancer renowned as one of Paris's most beautiful and notorious courtesans. Later in life, she also became a Dominican tertiary.