Ghislaine Dommanget
Ghyslaine Marie Françoise Dommanget (born October 13, 1900 in Reims , † April 30, 1991 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French actress and Princess of Monaco .
Life
She was born as the daughter of Robert-Joseph Dommanget (1867–1957) and his wife Marie-Louise Meunier (1874–1960). On July 17, 1923, she married Paul Diey (1863–1931), who was almost forty years her senior in Paris. After his death, she had a love affair with André Brulé (1879–1953), who was twenty years her senior, with whom she had a son: Jean-Gabriel (* 1934).
Career as an actress
She auditioned for Sarah Bernhardt , who gave her her debut role at the Théâtre Déjazet in "Tire au flanc". She only appeared under her first name in the modern spelling “Ghislaine”, which remained her stage name from then on.
In 1923 she attended Sarah Bernhardt's funeral. She threw a small ring into the grave and vowed that from now on she would only play in comedies, which she kept.
In the cinema she was seen in “La 13e enquête de Gray” (1937) and in “La 2e dalle” (1941). In addition to working on films, she was employed at the Comédie-Française in Paris until she met Prince Louis II of Monaco on January 17, 1942, on a tour of the Principality of Monaco . During a dinner in the Princely Palace , the prince became aware of her and wrote to her: "I knew from this date that you would be my wife."
Princess of Monaco
On July 25, 1946, four years after the first meeting, she married Louis II of Monaco. Like her two men before that, the prince was significantly older than her. At the time of the marriage he was already 76 years old. The aged prince died just three years after the marriage on May 9, 1949.
Prince widow
After the death of her husband, she led a trial with the new Prince Rainier III. about the property of the deceased prince. Rainier and his sister Antoinette won the case. In 1950 she returned to the stage, but was not allowed to use her princely name, and was seen in "Madame Avril" (1958), "L'Aiglon" (1959) and "Fleur de petit pois" (1960). She then retired to Paris and wrote her memoir there, entitled “'Sois princesse!' dit-il ”appeared as a book and dedicated it to Princess Gracia Patricia .
She died on April 30, 1991 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine and was buried in her wedding dress in the Passy cemetery in Paris.
Web link
- Ghislaine Dommanget in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Heine | Princess of Monaco 1946–1949 |
Gracia Patricia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dommanget, Ghislaine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dommanget, Ghyslaine Marie Françoise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actress and Princess of Monaco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reims |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1991 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |