- Georgette Leblanc
Georgette Leblanc (b.
Tancarville ,February 8 ,1875 – d.Le Cannet , nearCannes ,October 27 ,1941 ) was a Frenchsoprano and author.She was the sister of
Maurice Leblanc . She first debuted at theOpéra-Comique inParis , onNovember 23 ,1893 in "L'Attaque du Moulin". Leblanc was associated for a time with Greco-Armenian mysticG. I. Gurdjieff . Leblanc was the friend and possibly the lover of fellow Gurdjieff student,Margaret Anderson . She was also a friend ofJean Cocteau .Originally slated to perform as Mélisande in
Maurice Maeterlinck andClaude Debussy 's Symbolist opera "Pelléas et Mélisande", she was replaced byMary Garden . This angered Maeterlinck, who was also her lover. She later married Maeterlinck. Leblanc authored several works, including two volumes of autobiography, as well as children's books and travelogues. Leblanc died atCannes ,Alpes-Maritimes and was buried in the Notre Dame des Agnes Cemetery beside Margaret Anderson.External links
*imdb name|0495693|Georgette Leblanc (I)
* [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biol1/lebl1.html Famous GLBT: Georgette Leblanc]
* [http://www.gurdjieff-bibliography.com/Current/07_leblanc_la_machine_2004-07-02.pdf Extracts from "La Machine à Courage", Leblanc's second volume of autobiography]References
*Griffin, Gabriele. "Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing". Routledge, 2002.
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