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Also known as Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, Odette Elisa Josephine Marguerite Rousseau, Odette Rousseau

Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film The Threepenny Opera, after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.

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Person
Gender
Female
Country
France
Active from
1898
Active to
1974

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date of birth
1898-08-09
date of death
1974-09-28
name in native language
Florelle
birth name
Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau
pseudonym
Odette Florelle
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Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film The Threepenny Opera, after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.

== Early life == She was born as Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau on 9 August 1898 in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. She came from a wealthy family living in the district of La Chaume, the oldest in the town of Sables-d'Olonne. Her father, an employee of the town hall, left his job to go into business and the family came to live in Paris; her mother worked at the café La Cigale.

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