Zénaïde Rossi (May 1, 1923, Florence, Italy – October 18, 2005, Cagnes-sur-mer, France), was a singer, actress, and entertainer. She was also known under the stage name of Irene Reni,
The middle sister of three, she was married to French military officer Alphonse Latrique for a few years. She had three sons with him: Alain, Marc Y.C. and Jean-Luc Latrique father of Jean-gabriel Latrique. Later, divorced, she met and fell deeply in-love with Gabri...
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Zénaïde Rossi (May 1, 1923, Florence, Italy – October 18, 2005, Cagnes-sur-mer, France), was a singer, actress, and entertainer. She was also known under the stage name of Irene Reni,
The middle sister of three, she was married to French military officer Alphonse Latrique for a few years. She had three sons with him: Alain, Marc Y.C. and Jean-Luc Latrique father of Jean-gabriel Latrique. Later, divorced, she met and fell deeply in-love with Gabriel Roche, a successful urban developer during the rebuilding years of France after World War II. They remained together into their elderly ages for more than 40 years only to marry in 2000.
Early in her career she was mostly a singer and eventually became an actress. She most notably played the role of Madame Lajoie in François Truffaut's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner, Day for Night (1973) (originally billed as La Nuit américaine, France) for which Truffaut was also nominated for the Academy Award for Directing. The film...
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