#missy colette

[uhoh-peppinos]

so remember when I mentioned [Diner Stadium] au? Yeah.......

[hegodamask]

Denise Gough as Missy in Colette (2018)

[piedalchemist]

[sadowife]

✚ Maid Names ...

Maiden ／ Maidenne ／ Maidette ／ Maidesse，Maidsie，Maidieur，Madisia，Lucille，Ancilla，Lucind，Gilda，Lillian，Servause，Maidish，Alma，Macanta，Docila，Mwynwen，Noémie，Colette ／ Kolette，Cosette，Mwaid，Amélie，Lisette，Demoiselle，Miss ／ Missy ／ Missie，Ophelia，Adelaide．

✚ Maid Pronouns ...

Mai Maid Maiden，Ser Serve Servant，Dome Domestic，Cle Clean，Help Helps，Care Cares，Dame Damsel，House Housemaid，Attend Attendant，Lass Lassie，Fri Frill，Lae Lace，🪡 🪡s，🧶 🧶s，🧵 🧵s，🧺 🧺s，🧹 🧹s．

✚ Maid Titles ...

The Maid，Prn Who Attends，The Helper，Prn Adorned in Frills，Prn Who Serves，The Servant，The Maidservant，The Maid of the Manor，Prn Who Cleans，The Domestic，The Housekeeper，The Keeper of the House ／ Manor，The Serving Maid．

Requested By : Anon．

[marzipanandminutiae]

Here’s a thing I think every amateur wannabe historian should learn sometime.

Sometimes, a tomboy is just a tomboy. Not every girl or woman who didn’t want to be a glorified babymaker was secretly a butch lesbian.

I don't really understand where you're coming from with this, given that you just reblogged a post about Butch Lesbian Odysseus AU. like...it's not really an issue, that I'm aware of?

(this is especially odd because most of the big contenders for Famed Historical Western Tomboy titles- ie "woman who presents in a masculine manner and/or shows interest in masculine activities as a genuine expression of personal taste" -I can think of...were in fact queer)

(George Sand? bi. Anne Lister? un-secretly a butch lesbian. Louisa May Alcott? inconclusive on WHAT her deal was, but if that woman was cishet in modern parlance, I'd be very surprised. Rosa Bonheur? lesbian. Missy/Max/Mathilde de Morny? literally made out with Colette onstage and shocked Paris of all places.)

(I can think of plenty of women who didn't want to be "glorified babymakers"- by which I will charitably assume you mean "these women did not want the conventional lives expected of women," and not, "housewives were useless and/or brainless" who were straight. like most women, they expressed varying degrees and types of femininity in personal presentation. not wanting to be a housewife and mother and not being feminine are not necessarily linked. but a large number of the ones that people might call Tomboys, and who gained fame, were uh. were queer. not all, to be sure! but there is definitely not a huge crowd of Woke Historians just clamoring to label every unconventional woman a butch lesbian)

(is there an issue with laypeople online not understanding relationship and image nuances in the past? sometimes. but I find that's less "assuming tomboys are queer" and "not knowing about photographic conventions around Joke Crossdressing, and/or theatrical promo images for trouser roles.")

(Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, first female US army surgeon, comes to mind as a "tomboy" who's not known to be queer- and even then, she married a man, but we don't know for certain that she was Straight.)

[theholmwoodfoundation]

THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION PILOT EPISODE CAST/CREW - PART ONE

REBECCA ROOT - MADDIE TOWNSEND/MINA HARKER

Rebecca trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for the National Theatre (UK and Ireland tour); Rathmines Road for Fishamble at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; Trans Scripts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Bear / The Proposal at the Young Vic; and Hamlet at the Gielgud Theatre and Athens International Festival. TV, Film and Video Game credits include Monsieur Spade, This Is Christmas, Irvine Welsh’s Crime, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Heartstopper, Annika, The Rising, Sex Education, The Gallery, The Queen’s Gambit, Finding Alice, Creation Stories, Last Christmas, The Sisters Brothers, Colette, The Danish Girl, Flack, The Romanoffs, Moominvalley, Hank Zipzer, Boy Meets Girl, Doctors, Casualty, The Detectives, and Keeping Up Appearances.  Radio credits include Clare In The Community, Life Lines, The Hotel, and 1977 for BBC Radio 4. Guest appearances include Woman’s Hour, Front Row, Loose Ends, Saturday Live, and A Good Read.  She plays Tania Bell in the award-winning Doctor Who: Stranded audio dramas. Rebecca has also recorded numerous documentary narrations, audiobooks, and voice-overs. Rebecca is also a voice and speech coach, holding the MA in Voice Studies from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

SEAN CARLSEN - JEREMY LARKIN/ JONATHAN HARKER

Born in South Wales, Seán trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has worked extensively in audio drama, television, theatre and film.  Seán is perhaps best known to Doctor Who fans as Narvin in the Doctor Who audio series Gallifrey and has appeared on TV in Doctor Who - The Christmas Invasion and Torchwood. Recent TV credits include Mudtown (BBCiplayer/S4C), Dal y Mellt (Netflix), His Dark Materials (BBC1), All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5), A Mother's Love (Channel 4) and Series 5 of Stella (Sky1).  Films include supporting leads in Boudica - Rise of the Warrior Queen, cult horror The Cleansing,  the lead in Forgotten Journeys and John Sheedy’s forthcoming film ‘Never Never Never’

SAM CLEMENS - ARTHUR JONES

Samuel Clemens trained at the Drama Centre London and is an award-winning director with over twenty years’ experience. Samuel has recently written and directed his debut feature film ‘The Waterhouse’ with Take The Shot Films & Featuristic Films and represented by Raven Banner Entertainment, which is due for release this coming year.  In addition, he has directed fourteen short films, winning awards all over the world including shorts ‘Surgery (multi-award winning), A Bad Day To Propose (Straight 8 winner 2021), Say No & Dress Rehearsal’. Samuel also directs critically acclaimed number one UK stage tours and fringe shows (Rose Theatre Kingston, Swansea Grand, Eastbourne, Yvonne Arnaud, Waterloo East Theatre) and commercials include clients JD Sports, Shell and Space NK. Samuel is also a regular producer and director for Big Finish Productions & Anderson Entertainment. He has cast, directed, produced and post supervised numerous productions of ‘Doctor Who – (BBC), The Avengers (Studio Canal), Thunderbirds, Stingray (Anderson Entertainment), Callan, Missy, Gallifrey’& Shilling & Sixpence Investigate’ and many more. Samuel has directed world class talent such as, Sir Roger Moore, Ben Miles, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Alex Kingston, Frank Skinner, Rita Ora, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, Rufus Hound, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Samuel West, Youssef Kerkour, Sophie Aldred, Ian McNiece, Colin Baker, Olivia Poulet, Stephen Wight, Jade Anouka, Mimi Ndwendi, Michelle Gomez, Peter Davidson, Paul O’Grady and many more. Samuel is one of the founding members and directors at Take The Shot Films Ltd and is Head of Artistic Creation and Direction. Lastly, Samuel is a regular tutor at The London Film Academy, The Giles Foreman Centre for Acting & The Rose Youth Theatre and is a member of The Directors Guild UK. As for upcoming projects, Sam is currently in pre-production on his next feature film “On The Edge of Darkness”, which is based on his dad’s stage play “Strictly Murder”.

ATTILA PUSKAS - DRACULA

Attila Puskás is a native Hungarian Voice Actor born in Transylvania – Romania, so Romanian is in his bag of tricks too, but most of his work is done in English, in a Transatlantic Eastern European Accent, but is quite capable of Hungarian, Romanian and International Eastern European accents, plus Standard American. His voice range is Adult to Middle Aged (30-40+) due to his deep voice. Vocal styles can range from authoritive, brooding to calming and reassuring and much more. He’s most experienced in character work, like Animations and Games, but his skills encompass Commercials to Narration as well. He’s received training through classes and workshops, pushing him to the next level to achieve higher standards. Now on a journey to perfect these skills and put them to good use!

PART TWO: HERE

PART THREE: HERE

[mikubah]

don't usually ask off anon but meh lets go can we get a vocaloid subsys? all we ask specifically is at least 1 miku included (don't mind if all are lvl 1 or all lvl 2 or a mix do whatever) :3

of course ! LV 2 VOCALOID SUBSYS - UNDER THE CUT !

name : miku , sakura , missie , cherri , darling , colette , pinkie , blossom , cherise

pronouns : she / her , che / cherry , blo / bloom , pi / pink , lo / lovely , fleu / fleur , kyu / kyuun

orientation : aceflux , sapphic

gender : sakuragender , idolgender , xenogirl

role ( s ) : soother

source : sakura miku ( vocaloid )

signoff ideas : 🌸🎤

face claim ( s ) :

likes : baking , tea , girly clothing

dislikes : loud noises , spicy foods

typology : ENFP 2w3

typing quirk : spacing out punctuation , kaomojis , autocaps .

ex : Hi , how are you ? ∩^ω^∩

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name : luka , lacie , mimi , amelia , vanilla , rosary , kyoko , cecelia , sabrina , evelin , melodiette

pronouns : she / her , ca / calm , el / elegant , so / soft , si / silk , tu / tuna , shy / shyr , passi / passion

orientation : arospec , acespec , bi , sapphic

gender : tunagender , songgender , girlspike

role ( s ) : caretaker

source : megurine luka ( vocaloid )

signoff ideas : 🐟💗

face claim ( s ) :

likes : fish , singing , crafts

dislikes : itchy textures

typology : INFJ 2w1

typing quirk : proper grammar , default emojis .

ex : Hi, how are you? 😊

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name : seeu , kitsy , mewine , roxie , elloise , minnie , ceres , mía , cocoa , ophelia , momo

pronouns : she / her , ki / kitty , they / them , fwu / fuwa , lu / luv , beep / boop , mrrp / mrrps , cy / cyber , ♫ / ♫s

orientation : arospec , acespec , omni

gender : webcatgender , femflux

role ( s ) : energy holder

source : seeu ( vocaloid )

signoff ideas : 🐈🎧

face claim ( s ) :

likes : cats , coffee , art

dislikes : large dogs

typology : ESFJ 3w2

typing quirk : all lowercase , word shorthands when possible , no apostrophes , simple emoticons .

ex : hi im seeu! how r u :3

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name : len , sylvain , scout , alex , cesar , yuto , paisley , emilio , peyton , bennett

pronouns : he / him , they / them , hx / hxm , ip / ips , .com / .coms , yel / yellow , ba / banana , rhy / rhythmic , vi / virtual

orientation : asexual , biromantic

gender : demiboy , xenoboy

role ( s ) : mood booster

source : kagamine len ( vocaloid )

signoff ideas : 💫🍌

face claim ( s ) :

likes : electronic music , sunny weather , video games

dislikes : losing

typology : INTP 5w6

typing quirk : all lowercase , proper grammar .

ex : hi, how are you?

[clownsgobeepbeep]

List of OCs

Just a long reminder for myself

D'Vitt Family

Pepper the Clown/Roger D'Vitt

Jelly the Clown/MECOR/Coraline D'Vitt

Cosmos the Clown/Stellar D'Vitt

Ula the Tiny Clown/Lily D'Vitt Mendax

Dante the Firebreathing Clown/Dante D/Vitt

Robyn and Rayden the Clown(s)/Robyn and Rayden D'Vitt

Jeff and Bubble/Neil and Veronica D'Vitt

Aster the Clown/Vincent D'Vitt

Lydia D'Vitt

Stripes the Clown/Grandpa Stripes/ He does have a human name but I have decided to keep it hidden, now everybody will literally call him 'Stripes'

Caroline Wickes D'Vitt/Mam Carol

Velvet/Auntie Velvet/Roxanne (Bellerose) D'Vitt

Uncle Lucky/Perry D'Vitt

Tennant Family

Cuckoo the Ringleader/"LOGIUM"/Harley Tennant

LOGIUM/Harvey Tennant

Boggs Family

Ace the Clown/Abraham Boggs

Missy the Spider Clown

Cantarella the Mime/Cantarella Boggs

Arabella the Mime/Arabella Boggs

Evie the Clown

Sage/Olsson Family

Schrader the Clown/Schrader Sage

Walter the Clown/Walter Sage

Archer Sage

Sherry Olsson

Hilton Family

Ferry the Sweet Clown/Leota Hilton

Many deceased...might just have to give her a relative after all these years

Mendax Family

James Mendax

Ryder/Ryder Mendax -> Garden Bud

D'Vitt/Blackwood Kids

Phoebe the Moth Clown

Orion and Hunter

Carina

Boggs/Hilton Kids

Ally

Bingo

Carney

Sage/D'Vitt/Etoile Kids

Basil the Slasher Clown

Rowan the Deer Clown

Fantastic Flora

Willow ---

Frankie

Dahlia

Elders

TRITUNA

SIONIS/Zeta

RISUS

DECLA

CONLLIUM

NALIA

TREMA/The Astute One

LOGIUM(Listed in Tennant Family)

MECOR

CUNDOLILI

Others

Trevor

Riskey Rudy

Colette

Sonny the Stooge

Debby

I'm sure I'm forgetting some but whatever this was already a lot ^^'

[fsarchival]

Carmen Kass, Karen Elson, Liya Kebede, Maggie Rizer, Missy Rayder, Malgosia Bela and Colette Pechekhonova by Steven Meisel and Grace Coddington, American Vogue, July 2000.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

does anyone want to please make a decision for me i'm stuck 😭 need to choose two ocs for intro gifsets

Betty Fabray ( Glee )

Rosabelle Legume ( Descendants )

Mallory King ( Criminal Minds )

Cassia Potter ( Harry Potter; POA )

Colette Garrel-Waldorf ( Gossip Girl 2021 )

Missy Bradford ( American Housewife )

Lily May ( Schmicago )

i want to do gossip girl for the vibes but at the same time no one is jumping out at me *to* do and decisions are overwhelming me

[tiffanylamps]

Heyyyy do u have any wlw/GL film recs it can be dramas movies anything at this point im so desperate 😭

Hello!!!! Thanks for the ask! I love the topic haha. I'm going to give you 8 recs, I hope you like them! (synopses taken from imdb) The Handmaiden / 아가씨 (2016) A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her

I don't think I've watched this movie since it came out, so my memory is a little fuzzy. I remember thinking it was brilliant and entertaining; I found the plot and characters to be compelling and I was really rooting for Lady Hideko to get a happy ending. The cinematography is so delicious, as is the romantic tension between the lead female characters. However, I did find the sex scenes to be a little... not to my taste but my opinion might have changed in the last few years

Colette (2018) Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms

A Historical biopic about the life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. It's another movie I haven't seen since it came out but I also enjoyed it. Although married to a man (who is also a dickhead), Colette has relationships with women, most notably, Missy, who is male presenting. (I don't remember if Missy's gender is ever defined in the movie, so I'm not sure if "women" is the correct term to use when describing them. I might be misgendering them as the real-life Missy, Mathilde de Morny, did go by Max/Uncle Max in their later years.)

The Favourite (2018) In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne

Here we have another biopic, this time it's about the relationship between Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, and Abigail Masham. I adore this movie! It's soooo fantastic to see queer women be so ruthless, cunning, terrible and desperate. Gosh, I love how love and ambition are depicted throughout. It's fantastic! All three female leads are excellent.

Atomic Blonde (2017) An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents

Charlize Theron plays a bisexual baddie in a spy action movie where she is hunted down by James McAvoy?? Yes please and thank you!

Shiva Baby (2020) At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex-girlfriend

This is one of my favourite movies. It is a horror dressed up as a comedy. THE INTENSITY is sooo unreal that it inspired me to write an original story! I love everything about it! Plus, YES to bisexual and sex-work representation!

Bend it like Beckham (2002) Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional soccer

Yes, the main character ends up with the male love interest. But this movie is still soooo queer! Jess and Jules are gay for one another, I don't make the rules! Kiera Knightley wanted them to be together and so did everyone else. If they ever made a sequel (which they should), it could be about them reuniting and getting together. I watched this movie soooooo many times growing up.... lol Calamity Jane (1953) The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok

Another biopic but this time, it's a musical haha. Okay, yes, Jane ends up with a man and yes, the real Calamity Jane was married twice in her life to men. But when I watched this as a child, it awaken something in me. The movie is so queer-coded, I could see it even as a little child who didn't know what queer was yet. I haven't seen it in over a decade, maybe more, but it left a huge impression on me. Plus, The Windy City and A Woman's Touch are absolutely certified jams. (side note: when I watched A Woman's Touch for the first time, I remember thinking that I wouldn't mind living in a cabin with my best "gal friend" 😂) Now for a TV show I watched growing up (when I was WAY too young to be watching something so adult) that made me feel the feels:

Sugar Rush (2005) 15-year-old Kim has just moved to Brighton and developed an earth-shattering, hormone-surging crush on her new best friend, Sugar

Coming-of-age/ sexual awakening stories aren't always my thing anymore, as I don't care to watch teenagers exploring their sexuality but I watched this when I was 10(??), and it was very important to me. It's not a very good show and is probably considered to be super outdated now, but I found it formative. Plus, when I was growing up, there weren't any (not from what I can remember) shows or movies with a lesbian lead wanting to be in an interracial relationship with her best friend. It's an important part of queer TV history. Plus, it has Andrew Garfield playing one of the wettest male characters ever lol

Thanks again and I hope you like my recommendations! 😊

[ousontlesfemmes]

Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, plus connue sous le nom de Colette, était une icône de la libération de la femme au XIXème siècle. 

Née le 28 janvier 1873 dans le village de Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye en France, elle passe son enfance en Bourgogne. Elle se marie à l’âge de 20 ans avec Henry “Willy” Gauthier-Villars, un écrivain et critique de 15 ans son aîné. 

Très vite, Willy l’emmène dans des salons parisiens et découvre son talent pour l’écriture. Il la force à écrire mais s’approprie son travail en y mettant son nom, récupérant de ce fait l’argent gagné. Il est déjà arrivé qu’il enferme Colette dans une chambre jusqu’à ce qu’elle finisse d’écrire.

Vers 1906, leur relation prend fin mais ils ne divorcent pas avant 1910. En parallèle, Colette entame une relation avec Mathilde de Morny (connue sous les pseudonymes de “Missy” ou “Uncle Max”). Pendant leur relation, Colette travaille comme musicienne - tout en continuant son activité d’écrivaine - et est vivement encouragée par son amante. En 1907, elles partagent un baiser sur la scène du Moulin Rouge, ce qui provoque quasiment une émeute. Après cet incident, les deux femmes sont obligées de cesser de se montrer aux yeux du public ensemble, ce qui ne les empêchera pas de continuer à se côtoyer en secret.

En 1912, Colette épouse son deuxième mari, Henri de Jouvenel qui était l’éditeur du Matin dans lequel Colette publie de petites histoires et des chroniques théâtrales.

En 1920, Colette rencontre son beau-fils et les deux commencent à se voir en secret, et ce jusqu’en 1923. Date à laquelle de Jouvenel les découvre et demande séparation.

Elle se remarie pour la troisième fois en 1935 avec Maurice Goudeket et reste avec lui jusqu’à sa mort en 1954 .

L’une de ses œuvres les plus appréciées est Gigi, il s'agit d’une nouvelle qui a été adaptée en pièce de théâtre et en film, et qui raconte l'histoire d'une jeune fille parisienne qui grandit et découvre l'amour dans un contexte de haute société. Ce texte reflète le style vivant et poétique de Colette, ainsi que son talent pour décrire les gens et les lieux de manière imagée et précise.

Elle est nominée pour le prix nobel de la littérature en 1948 et est la deuxième femme (après Sarah Bernhardt) à avoir des funérailles nationales.

Extrait :

Gigi - Colette 

"Gigi, de son vrai nom Gilberte, habitait avec sa mère et sa grand-mère dans un appartement de la rue de la Paix. Elle avait seize ans, des yeux bleus comme l'azur, des cheveux dorés, et une taille délicieuse, étroite comme le manche d'un parasol. Elle faisait partie de ces fillettes que l'on trouve encore assez souvent à Paris, minces, alertes, averties, et déjà un peu vieilles. On l'appelait l'effrontée du coin de la rue, et c'était un compliment."

Fun fact :

Colette a été la première femme française a être élevée à la dignité de Grand officier de la Légion d’honneur. Elle l’a reçue en reconnaissance de sa carrière littéraire impressionnante.

SOURCE : https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/18/sidonie-gabrielle-colette-film-movie-author/ ;  CRÉDIT PHOTO : Bridgeman Images

[carmenvicinanza]

Colette

https://www.unadonnalgiorno.it/colette/

Colette, iconica scrittrice della prima metà del XX secolo, ha lasciato un’impronta indelebile nella storia.

Con la sua vita e la sua arte ha sfidato le convenzioni sociali e aperto la strada a una nuova generazione di letterate.

Insignita delle più importanti onorificenze accademiche, è stata la seconda donna nella storia della Repubblica Francese a ricevere funerali di stato (dopo Sarah Bernhardt).

Ha aperto una strada per il rinnovamento del romanzo tradizionale che ha portato alle sperimentazioni del Nouveau Roman.

Oltre che scrittrice prolifica è stata attrice, autrice e critica teatrale, giornalista, critica cinematografica e anche commerciante di cosmetici.

Si è ritrovata più volte al centro di scandali per le sue disinibite relazioni sentimentali.

La sua vita e la sua opera letteraria sono state la testimonianza di una donna libera, anticonformista e emancipata, che ha contribuito a rompere tanti tabù.

Per prima ha rappresentato l’uomo come fonte di piacere per la donna.

Nata col nome di Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, il 28 gennaio 1873 a Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye,  è cresciuta in Borgogna in grande libertà e a stretto contatto con la natura. Spinta alla musica e alla lettura sin da piccolissima, era stata educata dalla madre, una donna di mentalità moderna, dichiaratamente atea e anticonformista, che in paese dava scandalo prendendo a servizio ragazze madri.

Nel 1889 conobbe Henri Gauthier-Villars, detto Willy, scrittore e giornalista che divenne il suo primo marito e che seguì a Parigi.

L’uomo la introdusse nell’ambiente artistico e mondano e, intuendone il potenziale, la incoraggiava a scrivere pubblicando però i libri sotto il suo nome, come faceva con tanti altri artisti che costituivano la sua officina letteraria. Nacque così la fortunata serie di Claudine, uno dei maggiori best seller francesi di tutti i tempi. I romanzi ebbero tale successo popolare da diventare un marchio commercializzato che produceva abiti, accessori, un tipo di pettinatura, prodotti di bellezza e ogni sorta di mercanzia. Dai libri venne tratto anche uno spettacolo teatrale interpretato dalla stessa Colette che, col coniuge, rappresentava il simbolo della vita mondana della capitale francese.

Nel 1904 venne pubblicato Dialogues de bêtes, firmato Colette Willy, il primo libro in cui comparve anche il suo nome.

Il matrimonio andò presto a rotoli, lui la tradiva continuamente e lei ebbe una liaison con la marchesa Mathilde de Morny. Nel 1907, al Moulin Rouge, durante la messa in scena della pantomima Rêve d’Égypte, le due amanti diedero scandalo baciandosi con passione sul palco. Nello stesso anno Colette e Willy si separarono legalmente e venne pubblicato l’ultimo romanzo della saga di Claudine dal titolo Il rifugio sentimentale (La retraite sentimentale).

Nel 1908 Colette si fece notare dalla critica pubblicando su La Vie Parisienne dei testi, poi raccolti nel volume Viticci (Les vrilles de la vigne), uno dei quali (Nuit blanche) tratta della sua relazione con Missy, come lei chiamava la marchesa. È stata protagonista di vari spettacoli teatrali e un’ottima conferenziera.

Ammessa alla Société des Auteurs, intraprese, vincendo, una serie di azioni legali contro il marito.

Dopo il divorzio, nel 1910, nacquero le collaborazioni con giornali come il Paris-Journal e Le Matin, mentre pubblicava romanzi a puntate, ne La Vie parisienne.

Nel 1912 ha sposato il barone Henry de Jouvenel da cui ha avuto la sua unica figlia.

Durante la prima guerra mondiale la sua attività giornalistica si era intensificata. Successivamente, ha scritto anche articoli di critica cinematografica e una sceneggiatura originale per il film La flamme cachée. È stata caporedattrice della sezione letteraria di Le Matin e critica teatrale.

È stato il romanzo Chéri, pubblicato in feuilleton nel 1920, a consacrarla anche agli occhi della critica. La storia autobiografica di una donna matura innamorata di un ragazzo di ventiquattro anni più giovane venne apprezzata e commentata da autori come Proust, Gide e Cocteau. La Nouvelle Revue Française affermò che Colette era «la scrittrice che ha introdotto nella nostra letteratura la prosa femminile che le mancava».

Nello stesso anno venne insignita della Legion d’onore con il grado di Cavaliera.

Tra scandali, alti e bassi, arrivò anche il divorzio dal secondo marito e, lasciato il giornale che lui dirigeva, scrisse per Le Figaro, vivendo dei proventi da giornalista, dedicandosi al teatro senza mai abbandonare la scrittura.

Nel 1928 venne promossa al grado di Ufficiale della Legion d’onore. Due anni dopo è uscito Sido, sulla storia di sua madre.

Il film che aveva sceneggiato, tratto dal suo romanzo La vagabonda, è stato il primo in sonoro in Francia.

Nel 1932 aveva aperto un centro di bellezza e in breve si era ingrandita e creato un marchio di cosmetici con la sua immagine sulle etichette.

Nonostante le divagazioni commerciali non ha mai smesso di scrivere romanzi, sceneggiature e articoli di critica teatrale per Le Journal e poi per Paris-Soir.

Nel 1936 venne nominata Commendatrice della Legion d’onore e entrò a far parte dell’Académie royale belge de langue et de littérature françaises.

Ha trascorso tutto il periodo della guerra a Parigi, in un appartamento al Palais-Royal, afflitta da un’artrosi all’anca.

Nel 1941 il suo terzo marito, Maurice Goudeket, che era ebreo, venne spedito in un campo di concentramento, riuscì a farlo liberare l’anno successivo, sfruttando le sue amicizie.

Il suo romanzo più celebre, Gigi, pubblicato nel 1944, le valse un grande riconoscimento e divenne una famosa opera teatrale e un celebre film.

Diventata un’istituzione vivente, ha passato gli ultimi anni della sua vita semi paralizzata, sul divano-letto sul quale lavorava e riceveva i tanti ospiti che andavano a renderle omaggio.

Diventata Presidente dell’Académie Goncourt, il suo ultimo libro è stata la raccolta En pays connu.

Nel 1950, fra spostamenti vari in cerca di cure e il lavoro di adattamento teatrale del suo romanzo La Seconda venne eletta Presidente onoraria del Consiglio letterario del Principato di Monaco e ricevette in visita la regina Elisabetta del Belgio.

Nel 1951, tornata a Montecarlo sempre in cerca di cure, aveva notato all’Hôtel de Paris una giovane attrice, Audrey Hepburn, che scelse per interpretare la commedia Gigi, andata in scena a Broadway.

Nel 1953, in occasione dei suoi 80 anni, ha ricevuto tributi e onorificenze come la medaglia della Città di Parigi, venne nominata membro onorario del National Institute of Art and Letters di New York e ricevette il grado di Grand’Ufficiale della Legion d’Onore.

È morta il 3 agosto 1954 nella sua stanza al Palais-Royal. Nonostante la Chiesa le avesse rifiutato i funerali religiosi, ha ricevuto un funerale di stato. È sepolta nel cimitero di Père-Lachaise.

Nella sua lunga carriera ha prodotto circa ottanta  volumi fra romanzi, racconti, memorie, opere per il teatro, raccolte di articoli giornalistici e di recensioni teatrali, oltre ad una sterminata corrispondenza personale che venne raccolta e pubblicata in epistolari.

Donna ribelle e anticonformista, ha segnato un’epoca, ispirato film, libri, spettacoli occupando un posto di rilievo nel pantheon delle celebrità di tutti i tempi. Il suo nome è consegnato al mito.

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Colette and her lover, Missy (Mathilde de Morny), around 1905´s ~

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Colette was just about what you’d expect

One thing about period movies is they are almost always exactly what you’d expect

I did enjoy missy

Would have liked to have seen more of her. I think Denise gough is a good actress though and I usually would like to see more of her characters

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