Andrée Lafayette

Andrée Rose Godard, known by her stage-name as Andrée Lafayette, also known by her self-invented title as Countess Andrée de la Bigne, (born19 May 1903, in Achères (today in Yvelines), and died 3 October, 1989, in Équemauville, Calvados. She was a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine (prostitute) Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented title as Countess Valtesse de La Bigne.[1]

Andrée Lafayette
Andrée Lafayette in 1923
Born19 May 1903
Achères, Yvelines, Normandy, France
Died3 October 1989
Équemauville, Calvados, France
Other namesAndrée Rose Godard de la Bigne
OccupationActress
Years active1923-1953 (film )
Spouse(s)Arthur Max Constant (1923 - ?)

She was the lover of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.[2]

Biography

Lafayette was born in 1903 to Julia Pâquerette Fossey and Paul Jules Auguste Godard. She had two siblings, Paul and Margot.[3] Describing Lafayette as "one of the most beautiful girls in France," author Richard Walton Tully brought her to the United States to star in the film Trilby (1923).[4]

On April 17, 1923, Lafayette married actor Arthur Max Constant.[5]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Goble p. 136.
  2. Brandreth, Gyles (2004). Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage. London: Century. ISBN 0-7126-6103-4
  3. Hewitt, Catherine (2015). The Mistress of Paris. New York: St. Martin's Press.
  4. "New Star From Paris". The Indianapolis Star. Indiana, Indianapolis. January 28, 1923. p. 61. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "French Film Beauty Weds American Star". Santa Ana Register. California, Santa Ana. April 18, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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