Arielle Dombasle

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Biography

Arielle Laure Maxime Sonnery, later known as Arielle Dombasle, was born to French parents in Hartford, Connecticut. After their mother's death in 1964, Dombasle and her brother were raised in Mexico by their maternal grandparents; she attended Lycée Franco-Mexicain, a private school. She decided to pursue a career in acting and singing after attending the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris. Dombasle released five singles in the 1980s: "Paris m'a séduit" , and is stepmother to Lévy's two children.

  • Aliases
  • Arielle Dombasie·Arielle Laure Maxime Sonnery
  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 27 April 1953
  • Place of birth
  • Hartford· Connecticut
  • Residence
  • Paris
  • Spouses
  • Bernard-Henri Lévy
  • Education
  • Cours Simon
  • Knows language
  • Spanish language·English language·French language

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Trivia

Graduating from the Conservatoire Musique de Paris, she is also a singer, performing in Spanish, English and French.

After her mothers death in 1964, she was raised by her grandparents in Mexico.

Her brother Gilbert Sonnery is a textile executive.

Is fluent in French and Spanish

Has her look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de linfo" .

Born to Jean-Louis Sonnery de Fromental, a silk manufacturer and adventurer, and Francion Garreau-Dombasle, daughter of Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, the French ambassador to Mexico.

Spent parts of her childhood at Chateau de Chaintr, her familys estate.

Stepmother of Justine Lvy.

In 2006, she recorded a new version of the French song "Cest si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and Andr Hornez. The musical arrangements were done by Jean-Pascal Beintus.

Quotes

There is no love without suffering. I have a taste for a kind of,melancholy and for being an absolute victim of love. To completely,sacrifice myself until death. .

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