1992-07-24

ARLETTY, French singer and actress died (b. 1898); In 1945 Arletty appeared in her most famous film role, the part of Garance in Marcel Carnes Les Enfants du Paradis. Arletty was imprisoned in 1945 for having had a wartime liaison with a German officer during the occupation of France; it was this very liaison, however, that enabled CarnĂ© to film some of the brilliant street scenes of Les Enfants du Paradis. She allegedly later commented on the experience, “My heart is French but my ass is international.”