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Paulette Coquatrix (born Clara Paulette Possicelsky, 26 April 1916 – 28 May 2018) was a French costume designer.
Paulette Coquatrix | |
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| Born | Clara Paulette Possicelsky 26 April 1916 Paris, France |
| Died | 28 May 2018 (aged 102) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Cimetière du Père Lachaise |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Spouse(s) | Bruno Coquatrix (m. 19??-1979; his death); 1 child |
Biography
editAt the beginning of the 1950s, she was a costume designer for the Comédie-Caumartin shows, directed by Bruno Coquatrix from 1952.[1]
In the early 1960s, her costume atelier went bankrupt and closed down after Josephine Baker failed to pay for the costumes she had ordered for her revue of Paris, mes amours.[2]
When her husband Bruno Coquatrix died in 1979, she inherited Olympia Hall in equal shares with her daughter Patricia. She entrusted the general direction to her nephew Jean-Michel Boris, who joined the company in 1954.[citation needed]
Under her ownership, the Olympia Hall was destructed and rebuilt identically a few meters away from its original location in 1997.[3][4] After Jean-Michel Boris was laid off from the Olympia by her daughter Patricia, tensions arose between Paulette and Patricia regarding the business management of the music hall.[5][6] Coquatrix sold the auditorium to the Vivendi group in August 2001.[7]
Paulette Coquatrix died on 28 May 2018 at the age of 102.[8]
Publications
edit- (in French) Les coulisses de ma mémoire. Grasset & Fasquelle. 1984. ISBN 2-246-31071-7
- (in French) Mes noces d'or avec l'Olympia. Cator Astral. 17 November 2003. ISBN 978-2859204624[9]
Awards
editPersonal life
editClara Paulette Possicelsky married Bruno Coquatrix and she had three daughters.[11] Her daughter Patricia was the artistic director of the Olympia until January 2002.[12] In November 2010, she inaugurated the newly named street "rue Bruno Coquatrix" in Paris.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paulette Coquatrix - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ (in French) Dominique Chapuis, L'Olympia entonne l'air des profits, Lesechos.fr, 4 February 2004
- ^ (in French) L'Olympia mis en scène par des promoteurs . La reconstruction à l'identique de la salle est au coeur d'un vaste projet immobilier., Liberation.fr, 8 December 1995
- ^ (in French) L'olympia déménage, Lorientlejour.com, 15 April 1997
- ^ (in French) « Tout sauf Patricia Coquatrix ! », Leparisien.fr, 27 August 2001
- ^ (in French) La femme du jour Patricia Coquatrix, Humanite.fr, 1 February 2002
- ^ « Rachat de l'Olympia, cette fois c'est signé », Le Parisien, 17 octobre 2001
- ^ "Mort de Paulette Coquatrix, ancienne propriétaire de l'Olympia" (in French). Le Point. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ (in French) Paulette Coquatrix à la librairie Ravy, Letelegramme.fr, 20 August 2002
- ^ "Ordre de la Legion D'Honneur Décret du 11 juillet 1997 portant promotion et nomination" (in French). 13 July 1997. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ (in French) Paulette Coquatrix, entourée de ses filles Ima, Patricia et Françoise lors du cocktail privé à L'Olympia le 30 novembre 2010, Purepeople.com, 30 November 2010
- ^ "Patricia Coquatrix quitte l'Olympia". L'Obs (in French). 31 January 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ (in French) Une rue Bruno Coquatrix à Paris, près de l'Olympia, Lepoint.fr, 19 November 2011