Geneviève Lantelme
Geneviève Lantelme | |
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Geneviève Lantelme, c. 1905 | |
| Born | Mathilde Hortense Claire Fossey 20 May 1883 Paris, French Third Republic |
| Died | 24/25 July 1911 (aged 28) |
| Other names | Ginette Lantelme |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, socialite, fashion icon, courtesan |
| Years active | 1901–1911 |
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Geneviève Lantelme (born Mathilde Hortense Claire Fossey, 20 May 1883 – 24/25 July 1911) was a French stage actress, socialite, fashion icon, and courtesan. Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the most beautiful women of the Belle Epoque and bearing a resemblance to American actress Ethel Barrymore, she is remembered for the mysterious circumstances of her death: on the night of 24/25 July 1911, she fell from the yacht of her husband, Alfred Edwards.