Jeanne Aubert

Jeanne Aubert was the daughter of a French Aristocrat and a Flower-girl. At the age of 5, she had already worked as an extra in 'Le Chatelet'. As a teenager, she studied voice and music. In 1924 she played in "Mistinguett" at the Casino de Paris. In 1925, the song "Si tu vois ma tante" made her une grande Chanteuse in Paris. Under the name of Jane Aubert, she appeared in 1927 on "Paris aux Etoiles", the Moulin Rouge's magazine. In 1929, she made her first silent movie, La Possession (1929), with Francesca Bertini. Nelson Morris from Chicago, USA, went to see her 52 times and eventually brought her to the USA and married her. But the marriage failed and they were divorced because he forbade her to go on stage. After that she began a new career in the USA and did a lot of musical comedies in Broadway: "Princess Charming", "America's Sweetheart", "The Laugh Parade", "Ballyoo" with Bob Hope, "Melody" with Gypsy Rose Lee. She made also two movies in Long Island: "The Mysterious Kiss" and