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- Jean Richepin was born on February 4, 1849 in Médéa, Algeria. He was a writer and actor, known for Le chemineau (1917), The Siren (1913) and Le chemineau (1935). He was married to Marie Emmanuele de Stempowska and Eugénie Constant. He died on December 12, 1926 in Paris, France.
- SpousesMarie Emmanuele de Stempowska(December 1, 1902 - December 12, 1926) (his death, 2 children)Eugénie Constant(June 17, 1879 - ?) (3 children)
- French poet, author, playwright and actor.
- Father of Jacques Richepin.
- Served in the Franco-Prussian War.
- Remembered in America for his musical comedy "Mademoiselle Napoleon".
- His wife was a daughter of Ladislas de Stempowski, baron of D'Austerlohe.
- [on the performance of Gabrielle Réjane in Miarka, the Child of the Bear (1920)] To the screen Réjane gave her entire faith, her courage, her passion for truth, for intensity, for life; and proved, like the great artist she was, how she could translate a dream into a reality - this beloved, this simple Réjane, in whom was incarnate the very soul of Paris, of that Paris which is the smile of the universe.
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