Born February 24, 1927· Cheniménil, Vosges, France
† Died January 27, 2017
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Born Paulette Germaine Riva in Cheniménil and raised in Remiremont, she pursued acting after years as a seamstress, answering a local newspaper ad that led her to a Parisian drama school. At twenty-six she relocated to the capital, debuting on stage in a 1954 production of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man and appearing on television in the 1957 series Énigmes de l’histoire.
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