Jenny Alpha

Short Biography

Jenny Alpha was born on April 22, 1910 in Fort de France, Martinique. She was an actress, known for Le bleu des villes (1999), La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome (1987) and Black for Remembrance (1995). She died on September 8, 2010 in Paris, France.Trivia (1) She lives in Paris and she's still very active in Theater, being today the doyen of French actresses. Her recent performance: La Cerisaie (Tchekov) directed by Jean-René Lemoine. [June 2005].Jenny Alpha (22 April 1910 – 8 September 2010) was a Martinique-born French actress and singer, who appeared in more than a hundred theatre productions and movies.Born in Fort-de-France, Martinique in 1910, Alpha moved to Paris in 1929 to pursue a career in teaching but became sidetracked due to her passion for theatre. As well as appearing in theatre, she displayed a variety of talent and became a successful singer, appearing alongside the likes of Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker.During the war she played an active role in the French Resistance before meeting her husband Noël Villard, a prominent French poet. Late in life, in 2005, she appeared in the film Monsieur Étienne, and in 2008 recorded a final album, La sérénade du muguet.On 1 January 2009 she was granted the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by the French government, and in 2010 Alpha celebrated her 100th birthday. She died on 8 September 2010 in Paris, France.