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Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois (5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956), known professionally as Mistinguett (), was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. At the time of her unofficial retirement in 1955, Mistinguett had 60 years of experience under her belt. Mistinguett has been credited with performing in 31 movies, 9 shows, and 389 musical works.

Person · Open Library

Born
1875
Works
3

Top works

  • Ça c'est parisien
  • Mistinguett, queen of the Paris night
  • Toute ma vie

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Film & TV

Acting · Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France

Mistinguett (born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois; 5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. The daughter of Antoine Bourgeois, a 31-year-old day-labourer, and Jeannette Debrée, a 21-year-old seamstress, Jeanne Bourgeois was born at 5 Rue du Chemin-de-Fer (today Rue Gaston-Israël), in Enghien-les-Bains,…

Known for

  • Joséphine Baker en couleur — Herself2005
  • Système 2 — Self (archive footage)1975
  • Variety carousel1955
  • Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)1948
  • Rigolboche1936
  • Une soirée mondaine — Miss1917
  • Flower of Paris — Mistinguett / Margot Panard1916
  • The Gold Chignon1916
  • Les Misérables - Part 1: Jean Valjean — Éponine Thénardier1913
  • Les Misérables - Part 2: Fantine — Éponine Thénardier1913

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Listeners
37,417
Total plays
157,667

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There are two performers with the name Mistinguett: 1) Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 – January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois. At an early age she aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower-seller in a restaurant in her home-town, singing popular ballads as she sold her flowers. When a song-writing acquaintance made up the name Miss Tinguette, Jeanne liked it. <a href="https://www

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Quotes

  • A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point.

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Key facts

Person.name
Mistinguett
Person.image
Mistinguett by Nadar.jpg
Person.caption
Mistinguett, 1900, by Paul Nadar
Person.birth_name
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois
Person.birth_place
Enghien-les-Bains, France
Person.death_place
Bougival, France

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Early life
  • Entertainer
  • Personal Life
  • Death
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Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois (5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956), known professionally as Mistinguett (), was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. At the time of her unofficial retirement in 1955, Mistinguett had 60 years of experience under her belt. Mistinguett has been credited with performing in 31 movies, 9 shows, and 389 musical works.

Some sources cite her birth year as 1875.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mistinguett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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