Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/19/1890
Place of Birth
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Also Known As
Germaine Yvonne Arnaud
Yvonne Arnaud
Biography
Germaine Yvonne Arnaud was a French-born pianist, singer and actress, who was well known for her career in Britain, as well as her native land. After beginning a career as a concert pianist as a child, Arnaud acted in musical comedies. She switched to non-musical comedy and drama around 1920 and was one of the players in the second of the Aldwych farces, A Cuckoo in the Nest, a hit in 1925. She also had dramatic roles and made films in the 1930s and 1940s, and continued to act into the 1950s. She occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career. The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre was named in he...
Known For
Stormy Weather
as Louise Craggs
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Millie
Princess Charming
as Countess Annette
Lady in Danger
as Queen of Ardenberg
Tomorrow We Live
as Madame L. Labouche
The Improper Duchess
as Duchess of Tann
Mon Oncle
as Georgette, the Housekeeper
Tons of Money
as Louise Allington
A Cuckoo in the Nest
as Marguerite Hickett
Canaries Sometimes Sing
as Elma Melton