Yvonne Vallée

Biography

From Wikipedia

Yvonne Vallée (February 21, 1899 – June 15, 1996) was a

French actress.

She was born Marguerite Yvonne Vallee in Bordeaux in 1899.

Vallée was the wife of Maurice Chevalier from 1927 to 1933. She died in

Vallauris, France in 1996, aged 97. She is buried in the Cimetière du Grand Jas

in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes)

Before their marriage, Yvonne Vallée was Chevalier's music

hall dancing partner.

She performed operetta often alongside Chevalier and was in

the ensemble for the Paris debut of Belle of New York.

Reportedly she met Chevalier in 1924 during his period of

depression on return to France from a failed venture in New York City; this

culminated in attempted suicide...