La Falaise, Henry de
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| Birthname | James Henry Le Bailly de La Falaise | ||||
| born on | 11 February 1898 at 11:30 (= 11:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | St.Cyr l'École, France, 48n48, 2e04 | ||||
| Timezone | PMT m2e2015 (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
French nobleman, translator, film director, film producer, sometime actor, and war hero who was best known for his high-profile marriages to two leading Hollywood actresses.
His first wife was Gloria Swanson (1899–1983). They married in Paris, France, on 28 January 1925, after meeting on the set of the Swanson film Madame Sans-Gêne, on which La Falaise was working as a translator. They were officially divorced on 9 November 1931, at which time Swanson was several months pregnant by Michael Farmer, an Irish sportsman, who would become her fourth husband. (Thinking her divorce from La Falaise was already finalized, the actress had married Farmer in August, which was technically bigamy, and was forced to remarry him, legally, in November.) Swanson conceived a child with La Falaise but had an abortion because, as The New York Times noted, in 2004, "if she had given birth seven months after her marriage, her career would have been ruined". During their marriage La Falaise was employed as the California representative of Peugeot American Corp., the U.S. branch of the European automobile manufacturer.
His second wife was Constance Bennett (1904–1965), whom he married in November 1931, days after his divorce from Swanson was finalized. With her, he founded Bennett Productions, a film company for which he directed Legong: Dance of the Virgin (the first colour movie filmed in Bali and the last of Hollywood's silent films) and Kliou the Killer (filmed in present-day Vietnam and the last movie made in two-tone Technicolor). Bennett and La Falaise divorced in 1940.
His third wife, Emma "Emmita" Rodriguez Restrepo de Roeder, was a Colombian socialite, whose father had been a diplomat.
He did not have children. He died on 10 April 1972, aged 74, in Palma, Majorca, Spain.
Relationships
- spouse relationship with Bennett, Constance (born 22 October 1904). Notes: 1931-1940
- spouse relationship with Swanson, Gloria (born 27 March 1899). Notes: 1925-1931
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1931 (Constance Bennett)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1940 (Constance Bennett)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (acte n° 21) from the online Yveline archives. Marriage and divorce (Gloria Swanson) and death data in margin.
Categories
- Traits : Personality : Courageous (War hero)
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Nobleman)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Gloria Swanson; Constance Bennett)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (Two)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)
- Family : Parenting : Kids none
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director (Film)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Film)
- Vocation : Writers : Translator
- 1898 births
- Birthday 11 February
- Birthplace St.Cyr l'École, FR
- Sun 22 Aquarius
- Moon 19 Libra
- Asc 13 Gemini
- 1972 deaths
- Traits : Personality : Courageous
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids none
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Writers : Translator
