Raymonde Allain
French actress
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| Intro | French actress | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Actor Model | |
| Work field | Fashion Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 22 June 1912, 10th arrondissement of Paris, France | |
| Death | 27 July 2008Paris, France (aged 96 years) | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Biography
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversial loss to American Ella Van Hueson prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty". Allain later wrote an autobiography titled Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté.
Selected filmography
- The Tunnel (1933)
- Pearls of the Crown (1937)
- The Paris Waltz (1950)