- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Jujube
- La Muse de l'Existentialisme
- La Muse de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Juliette Gréco was born on February 7, 1927 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. She was an actress, known for The Sun Also Rises (1957), Crack in the Mirror (1960) and The Big Gamble (1961). She was married to Gérard Jouannest, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Lemaire. She died on September 23, 2020 in Ramatuelle, Var, France.
- SpousesGérard Jouannest(April 15, 1988 - May 16, 2018) (his death)Michel Piccoli(December 12, 1966 - November 15, 1976) (divorced)Philippe Lemaire(June 25, 1953 - June 27, 1956) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsGérard GrécoJuliette Lafeychine
- RelativesJulie-Amour Rossini(Grandchild)
- Almost married Miles Davis when he visited Paris (1949).
- She was arrested in Paris by the Gestapo in 1943 during World War II and served one month of Prison in Fresnes for acts of Résistance. She was only 16. Her mother and sister were deported in the concentration camp of Ravensbrück. They came back alive after 2 years in 1945.
- Born to a Corsican father and a mother active in the French Resistance, she was raised by her grandparents. She was helped in Paris during the war by Hélène Duc.
- "Protegee" of Darryl F. Zanuck, who put her in a number of films in the late 50s-early 60s.
- Muse of the French existentialists such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Vian.
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