Madeleine Milhaud

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Madeleine Milhaud
Born March 22, 1902(1902-03-22)
Flag of France Paris, France
Died January 17, 2008 (aged 105)
Flag of France Paris, France
Occupation Stage actress and reciter

Madeleine Milhaud (March 22, 1902January 17, 2008) was the cousin and the wife of Darius Milhaud, a 20th-century French-Jewish composer.

Madeleine Milhaud was born in Paris. Her father, Darius' uncle, was from Aix-en-Provence, and her mother from Brussels. She began acting at a young age, and had a long career as an actress and reciter.

Darius and Madeleine Milhaud were married in 1925; they had one son, Daniel (born 1930), a painter. Darius' piano suite La Muse Menagère (The Household Muse) is dedicated to her, and depicts their daily life together. She wrote the libretti for his operas Médée and Bolivar.

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  • Milhaud, Madeleine & Clary, Mildred (2002). Mon XXème siècle. Paris: Bleu Nuit Editeur.
  • Nichols, Roger (1996). Conversations with Madeleine Milhaud. London: Faber and Faber Limited.

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