The funeral cortege made a stop in front of the Hotel du Nord where her
famous film of 1938 is located.
The nickname is from Maupassant's tale "Arlette"
Served two months in a French prison after World War II for having a love affair with a Nazi officer, which constituted collaboration in the eyes of French Justice.
In 1914 a man she loved died on the third day of war and the future
actress swore she'd never get married "not to become a war widow or,
what would be worse, the mother of a soldier."
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956