Jean de Limur explained

Jean de Limur
Birth Name:	Jean François Marie Chenu de Limur
Birth Date:	1887 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, Paris
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Film director

Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother André (who married Ethel, daughter of William Henry Crocker).^{[1] [2]}

Selected filmography

• The Arab (1924) actor
• Human Desires (1924)
• The Legion of the Condemned (1928) co-screenplay
• The Letter (1929) director
• Jealousy (1929) director
• My Childish Father (1930)
• Monsieur the Duke (1931)
• Paprika (1933) director
• L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon (1935)
• The Slipper Episode (1935)
• La Garçonne (1936) director; with Arletty, Edith Piaf, and Marie Bell
• Runaway Ladies (1938)
• The City of Lights (1938)
• The Man Who Played with Fire (1942)
• The Golden Age (1942)
• Apparition (1943)
• The Great Pack (1945)

Notes and References

1. News: Andre de Limur Is Dead at 80; Ex‐French Count and Diplomat. The New York Times. 65. 31 July 1971. 14 August 2021.
2. News: Ethel Crocker–Andre de Limur Collection. Georgetown University Library – Archives Ressources. 14 August 2021.