Mistinguett
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Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, 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 r
Mistinguett, c. 1900, by Paul Nadar
Mistinguett at the Moulin Rouge
Plaque on Mistinguett's home in Paris
Mistinguett shopping in the United States in 1924
Maurice Chevalier
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Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven fo
Mistinguett
…together at the Moulin Rogue in 1909, and continued to perform it periodically over the next decade. One of her longest running relationships was with Maurice Chevalier, 15 years her junior. In 1911, she invented the la valse renversante dance (topsy-turvey waltz) and chose the charming Chevalier as her partner…
Chevalier, early 1930s
Chevalier in 1920
With Jeanette MacDonald in Love Me Tonight (1932)
In The Merry Widow (1934)