Cimetière de Bagneux
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Located to the southwest of the city of Paris
, France
, the Cimetière de Bagneux is located at 44, avenue Marx-Dormoy, in Montrouge
, Hauts-de-Seine
.
Opened in 1886, it was the burial place of Oscar Wilde
until his remains were moved to Père Lachaise Cemetery
in Paris. Similarly, Jeanne Hébuterne
, (1898–1920) the beautiful model and artist who was Amedeo Modigliani
's lover and mother of his only child, was originally buried here. Despondent over his death, Jeanne Hébuterne committed suicide and her family interred her at Cimetière de Bagneux until finally relenting and allowed her remains to be transferred to the Père Lachaise Cemetery in 1930 to rest beside Modigliani.
The cemetery
has a military section as well as a large Jewish section.
A few of the notables interred at Le Cimetière de Bagneux:
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, the Cimetière de Bagneux is located at 44, avenue Marx-Dormoy, in Montrouge
Montrouge
Montrouge is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the center of Paris, France. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe...
, Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris...
.
Opened in 1886, it was the burial place of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
until his remains were moved to Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France , though there are larger cemeteries in the city's suburbs.Père Lachaise is in the 20th arrondissement, and is reputed to be the world's most-visited cemetery, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the...
in Paris. Similarly, Jeanne Hébuterne
Jeanne Hébuterne
Jeanne Hébuterne was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.- Early life :...
, (1898–1920) the beautiful model and artist who was Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form...
's lover and mother of his only child, was originally buried here. Despondent over his death, Jeanne Hébuterne committed suicide and her family interred her at Cimetière de Bagneux until finally relenting and allowed her remains to be transferred to the Père Lachaise Cemetery in 1930 to rest beside Modigliani.
The cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
has a military section as well as a large Jewish section.
A few of the notables interred at Le Cimetière de Bagneux:
- Junie Astor (1912–1967), singer
- BarbaraMonique SerfMonique Andrée Serf , known as Barbara , was a popular French female singer...
(Monique Serf) (1930–1997), singer - Frida BoccaraFrida BoccaraFrida Boccara was a French singer.Frida Boccara was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She submitted the song "Autrefois" to the French Eurovision Song Contest selection panel in 1964 but she was unsuccessful...
, (1940–1996), singer - Lucienne BoyerLucienne BoyerLucienne Boyer was a French diseuse and singer, best known for her song "Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix.-Early career:...
(1903–1983), singer - Martial Brigouleix (1903–1943), military hero
- Francis CarcoFrancis CarcoFrancis Carco was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During the War he became aviation pilot at Étampes, after studying at the aviation school there...
(1886–1958), writer - Marcel DalioMarcel DalioMarcel Dalio was a French character actor. He had major roles in two of Jean Renoir's most famous films, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game.- Biography :...
(1900–1983), actor - Bella DarviBella DarviBella Darvi was a Polish-born French actress.-Biography:Darvi was born Bayla Wegier to Chaym Wegier, a baker, and his wife, Chaya . She had three brothers, Robert, Jacques Wegier, Jean-Isidore, and a sister, Sura. Robert died in a concentration camp.Jailed by the Nazis during World War II, she...
(1928–1971), French/Polish actress - Léon Deubel (1879–1913), poet
- Jean-Jacques GautierJean-Jacques GautierJean-Jacques Gautier was French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1972.-Works:*1946 : Histoire d'un fait divers, Prix Goncourt- External links :*...
(1908–1986), author - Michèle Girardon (1938–1975), French film actress
- Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté)GribouilleMarie-France Gaîté , better known as Gribouille, was a singer.As a teenager, she suffered from mental disorder and for a time was confined against her will to a psychiatric hospital in Lyon. With medication, she was able to function well enough to leave her hometown and moved on to Paris...
(1941–1968), singer - Alfred JarryAlfred JarryAlfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....
(1873–1907), writer - Jules LaforgueJules LaforgueJules Laforgue was an innovative Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbolist, part-impressionist".-Life:...
(1860–1887), poet - André LeducqAndré LeducqAndré Leducq was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tour de France.-Career:...
(1904–1980), cyclist - Corinne LuchaireCorinne LuchaireCorinne Luchaire was a French film actress who was a star of French cinema on the eve of Second World War. Her association with the German occupation led her to be sentenced to "national indignity" after the war, and after writing an autobiography she died from tuberculosis aged only...
(1921-1950), actress - Jacqueline Maillan (1923–1992), actress
- Jacques Monod (1918–1985), actor
- Mela Muter (Maria Melania Mutermilch) (1876–1967), French/Polish artist
- Jean PaulhanJean PaulhanJean Paulhan was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member of the Académie Française...
(1884–1968), writer, critic - Jehan RictusJehan RictusJehan Rictus was a French poet, born Gabriel Randon in Boulogne-sur-Mer ....
(1867–1933), poet - Jules RimetJules RimetJules Rimet was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He was FIFA's longest serving president, having served for 33 years. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1946...
(1875–1956), founder of the World Cup - Henri RousseauHenri RousseauHenri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier , a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector...
(1844–1910) the artist known as "Le Douanier" - Alexander SalkindAlexander SalkindAlexander Salkind was the second of three generations of successful international film producers.-Life and career:...
(1921–1997), film producer - Stéphane Sirchis (1959–1999), musician, founder member of French band IndochineIndochine (band)Indochine is a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like L'Aventurier and Canary Bay...
- Jean VigoJean VigoJean Vigo was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
(1905–1934), film director