Jeanne Aubert

Jeanne Aubert passed away in 1988 and was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb of Pantin. Eleanor Boardman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard. Although never a headline star, for the next thirty years her career was busy with numerous recordings, film and stage performances, and eventually roles on television. She died in Santa Barbara, California. She was part of a number of other shows in London, England and other cities throughout Europe. She returned to the screen only once, as an interview subject for the documentary series Hollywood in 1980. In 1935, she returned to her native France where she acted in several films during the ensuing two years. In 1937, she went back on the Paris stage, performing in musical varieties with the celebrated songstress Fréhel. Unable to make the transition from silent to talking pictures, Boardman retired in 1935, and retreated from Hollywood.

Following her divorce Jeanne Aubert began working in Broadway musical comedies as well as making an appearance in the1934 East Coast film production "The Gem Of The Ocean". Boardman was married to the film director King Vidor from 1926 until 1931. In May of 1939, Nelson Morris survived the Hindenburg disaster. She appeared in less than forty films during her career, and achieved her greatest success in The Crowd in 1928. Eventually they moved to the United States and married but the marriage did not last. Her growing popularity was reflected by inclusion on the list of WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. Morris used his connections to get to meet her and the two became involved. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boardman entered films in 1922 and quickly began to attract audiences.

Using the stage name Jane Aubert, in 1929, she made her motion picture debut in the silent film, "La Possession." Her film was seen by Nelson Morris of Chicago, Illinois a multi-millionaire whose family had made their fortune in meatpacking and who at the time was overseeing a meat processing operation in France. Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 - December 12, 1991) was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies. Jeanne Aubert served as the first president of the JOCF of France. In 1928 she helped organize the first female branch of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC), a Roman Catholic apostolic organization for young people. As a teenager, she was given voice and music lessons and at age eighteen appeared in an elaborate Mistinguett production at the Casino de Paris.

At age five, little Marguerite began performing on stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Born Marguerite Perrinot in Paris, France to an aristocratic father she was pushed by her mother, a former flower girl, into show business. Jeanne Aubert, (February 21, 1906 – March 6, 1988) was a French singer and actress.