Arnaud, Yvonne Germaine
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Arnaud, Yvonne Germaine (1892–1958), actress who, though born and educated in France, spent her entire professional life in London. Trained as a pianist, she toured Europe as a child prodigy, but at the age of 18, with no previous stage experience, she appeared at the
Adelphi Theatre in the musical comedy
The Quaker Girl and was an immediate success. She continued to appear both in farce and in musical comedy, her charm and high spirits, added to a musical broken English—French accent, making her a general favourite. Among her outstanding performances were Mrs Pepys in
Fagan's And So to Bed (1926) and Mrs Frail in
Congreve's Love for Love (1943). One of her few failures was Mme Alexandra in
Colombe (1951), where her essential kindliness and good nature was illsuited to the cruelty and egotism of
Anouilh's ageing actress; but in the following year she had another success as Denise in Alan Melville's
Dear Charles.
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