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Geneviève Halévy

Geneviève Halévy

French composer ‧ Georges Bizet's wife
Marie-Geneviève Raphaëlle Halévy-Bizet-Straus was a French salonnière who was the wife of composer Georges Bizet. She inspired Marcel Proust as a model for the Duchesse de Guermantes and Odette de Crécy in his novel À la recherche du temps perdu. Wikipedia
Born: February 26, 1849, Paris, France
Died: 1926 (age 77 years), 8th arrondissement, Paris, France
Spouse: Georges Bizet (m. 1869–1875)
Children: Jacques Bizet
Grandparent: Élie Halévy