Yvette Guilbert

Yvette Guilbert
Yvette Guilbert in 1913
Born
Emma Laure Esther Guilbert

(1865-01-20)20 January 1865
Died3 February 1944(1944-02-03) (aged 79)
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Occupation(s)Cabaret singer, actress on stage and in silent films
Known forBelle Époque diseuse, innovator of the French chanson, subject of portraits by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Spouse
Max Schiller
(m. 1897)
AwardsAwarded the Legion of Honor as the Ambassadress of French Song, 9 July 1932
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Yvette Guilbert (French pronunciation: [ivɛt gilbɛʁ]; born Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, 20 January 1865 – 3 February 1944) was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque.