Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She has been referred to as the "first real celebrity icon" and the "first modern celebrity". She was also the first woman whose photographic image, due in particular to photographers Nadar and Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, was distributed worldwide.
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Cléo de Mérode photographed as a child, c. 1880s
de Mérode wearing her famous chignon hairstyle, 1903
La Danseuse by Alexandre Falguière, 1896. The sculpture was carved from a plaster cast of de Mérode's body, which caused significant controversy at the time.
de Mérode dancing in a traditional Khmer costume at the Exposition Universelle in 1900
Cléo de Mérode and the infamous Falguière sculpture depicted in a painting by Carlos Vázquez Úbeda
de Mérode's grave at Père Lachaise
A 1905 advertisement for Mérode underwear, which was named after Cléo de MérodeFilmography 4
Paris 1900Gavotte
Javanese Dance
Phono-Cinéma-ThéâtreActors from France 6
About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1875 to 1966 · aged 91
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