Francine Weisweiller
Francine Weisweiller (née Worms; 9 January 1916 – 8 December 2003) was a Brazilian-born French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau.[1][2]
Biography
She was born Francine Worms on 9 January 1916 in São Paulo, the daughter of prosperous French parents of Jewish descent. Her father was a jeweler. The family returned to France in 1919.[1]
Francine Worms married at age 17 and divorced after a couple of months. For a while she worked as a beautician and, at the outbreak of World War II, as a nurse. Her parents had returned to Brazil.[1]
She married American millionaire Alec Weisweiller in June 1941. The couple moved to Southern France, where their daughter Carole was born in 1942.[1]
After WWII, they moved to 4
The Weisweillers met
Weisweiller and Jean Cocteau became close friends, with Cocteau and some of his entourage living with her in her villa Santo Sospir at
In 1960, she fell in love with writer Henri Viard and her friendship with Cocteau cooled. She reconciled with Cocteau shortly before his death in 1963.[1][3]
Francine Weisweiller died on 8 December 2003 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, aged 87.
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f g "Francine Weisweiller". The Telegraph. 1 January 2004.
- ^ "matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès". deces.matchid.io. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Bergan, Ronald (18 December 2003). "Francine Weisweiller". The Guardian.
- ^ Whatley, Sheree. The House Where Jean Lived, viewfromtheback.com, 04/27/22.
External links
- Francine Weisweiller at IMDb
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