Léonie Yahne
French actress
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Léonie Yahne (August 8, 1867 – April 26, 1950) was a French comedic actress.
August 8, 1867
Léonie Yahne | |
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Leonie Yahne in about 1900, by Reutlinger | |
| Born | Marie Léonie Jahn August 8, 1867 Versailles, France |
| Died | April 26, 1950 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1884–1917 |
| Known for | La Reine Fiammette |
Early life
Marie Léonie Jahn was born at Versailles, France. She used a different spelling of her surname professionally, to reflect its pronunciation.[1]
Career
Yahne was an actress on the Paris stage for most of her career, which lasted from about 1884 to 1917. Her stage roles included Lucienne in Monsieur l'Abbé (1891),[2] Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac (1900), opposite Benoît-Constant Coquelin,[3][4] the title part in Catulle Mendès's La Reine Fiammette (1898),[5] Huguette in Famille (1901).[6] and Adinolfa in Impressions d'Afrique (1912).[7] In 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec drew her with her co-stars André Antoine and Henry Mayer in L'Age Difficile.[8] She also appeared in at least one silent film short, Le duel de Max (1913) with Max Linder.
In 1911 she won a lawsuit against another Parisian actress calling herself "Yane", preventing the other woman from using a stage name that so closely resembled her own.[1] An English magazine referred to Yahne as "a favourite in society, an expert with foils, a passionate horsewoman, and a terror of France on her automobile."[9]
Personal life
Léonie Yahne owned a property in Louveciennes, named Villa Fiammette after one of her best-known roles. [10] She died in Paris in 1950, aged 82 years.