Yvonne de Bray


Yvonne de Bray was a French stage and film actress. She was born Yvonne Laurence Blanche de Bray in Paris and died there.
In 1939, she and her partner Violette Morris invited Jean Cocteau to stay with them at their houseboat docked at Pont de Neuilly where he wrote the three-act play Les Monstres sacrés. She was a successful stage actress but it was Cocteau who introduced her as a film actress in his 1943 film, L'Éternel retour.

Selected filmography

1952 – We Are All Murderers
1950 – Olivia
1949 – Gigi
1948 – L'Aigle à deux têtes
1948 – Les Parents terribles
1943 – L'Éternel Retour