Lefebvre Family History & Genealogy

Madeleine (Lefebvre) Chartier was born on June 6, 1708 to Pierre LeFebvre dit Boulanger and Francoise (Fournier) LeFebvre dit Boulanger. Madeleine Chartier married Louis Chartier on April 26, 1728 at - Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Bellechasse, in Berthier sur Mer County Canada, and has children Marie Louis Chartier, Louise (Chartier) Bilodeau, Louis Chartier, Marie Joseph (Chartier) Archaumbault, Marie Francoise Chartier, Therese Chartier, Jean Baptiste Chartier, Michel Chartier, Joseph Marie Chartier, Marie Catherine Chartier, and Joseph Marie Chartier. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Madeleine (Lefebvre) Chartier.

Early life Capucine was born Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre on 6 January 1928 in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France. She often confused the issue of her birth by saying that she was born in 1931 or 1933, and most sources indicate those years. She attended school in Saumur, France, and attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages. In 1945, at age 17, while riding in a carriage in Paris, Lefebvre was noticed by a commercial photographer. Adopting the name "Capucine" (French for nasturtium), she became a fashion model, working for fashion houses Givenchy and Christian Dior. Capucine met Audrey Hepburn while modeling for Givenchy in Paris. They remained close friends for the rest of Capucine's life. Career Early films Capucine made her film debut in Jean Cocteau's The Eagle with Two Heads (1948). She only had a small unbilled role. She also appeared in Jacques Becker's Rendezvous in July (1949) and Robert Dhéry's Crazy Show (1949). She was in My Friend Sainfoin (1950) and Dhery's Bernard and the Lion (1951). After a break of a few years Capuncine appeared in Mademoiselle from Paris (1955) and Frou-Frou (1955). Charles K. Feldman In 1957, film producer Charles K. Feldman spotted Capucine while she was modeling in New York City. Feldman put her under contract at $150 a week. He brought her to Hollywood to learn English and study acting under Gregory Ratoff. She took the stage name "Capucine" (French for "nasturtium") saying, "Two names are interesting and I hope one is interesting." She was signed to a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures in 1958. After unsuccessfully auditioning for the role of Feathers in Rio Bravo (1959) she landed her first English-speaking role in the film Song Without End (1960), a biopic of Franz Liszt where Capucine played Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Producer William Goetz said "You can teach a girl to act but nobody can teach her how to look like a princess. You've got to start with a girl who looks like a princess." "Every time I get in front of the camera I think of it as an attractive man I am meeting for the first time," she said in 1960. "I find him demanding and aloof so I must do all I can to interest him." Capucine said, "I got much better as we went on," she said."As the scenes warmed up, so did I." She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Capucine followed this with North to Alaska (1960), a comedy which had been set up by Feldman at 20th Century Fox. She played a prostitute who becomes the love interest of John Wayne. It was successful at the box office. Capucine returned to Europe to co star in Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff (1961) with Curt Jurgens, a sequel to Michel Strogoff (1956). Back in Hollywood, she was second billed in Walk on the Wild Side (1962), produced by Feldman, in which she portrayed a redeemed hooker. Costar Laurence Harvey complained that Feldman cut his part to build Capucine's role. She was then William Holden's love interest in The Lion (1962). During filming Capucine began a romance with Holden which led to the end of her romantic relationship with Feldman but the producer remained loyal professionally. Feldman announced he would put Capucine in Mary Magdelene and Waltz of the Toreadors but neither happened. She moved to Switzerland in 1962. The Pink Panther Capucine in The Pink Panther (1963) Blake Edwards cast Capucine in The Pink Panther playing the wife of Inspector Clouseau who is having an affair with a jewel thief played by David Niven. It was a huge hit and led to a number of sequels. In 1964 Capucine said the directors she had learned most from were Edwards and Henry Hathaway. Capucine was reunited with Holden in The 7th Dawn (1964) produced by Feldman; it was a box-office disappointment. Far more successful was another film she did for Feldman, the comedy What's New Pussycat? (1965), which costarred Sellers and Peter O'Toole, and was filmed entirely in France. Capucine was one of several European stars in Sex Quartet (1966) for Columbia (originally The Queens[19]) then Feldman put her in The Honey Pot (1967) directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. She was announced for Feldman's Casino Royale but did not appear in the film. Feldman died in May 1968 and Capucine's career never regained its former momentum. She inherited the rights to the book Zandy from his estate and sold them to the makers of Zandy's Bride. Post-Feldman Capucine had a support role in Fraulein Doktor (1968) and the lead in the Spanish thriller The Exquisite Cadaver (1969). She was in the supporting cast of Fellini's Satyricon (1969). Fellini said "she had a face to launch a thousand ships... but she was born too late." In 1968 she told an Italian magazine she wished she didn't always have to be elegant, that she longed to play a "dishevelled woman", but "since the directors know I was a model, it is obvious that they can't see me as anything else." Dirk Bogarde suggested her for the role of Tadzio's mother in Death in Venice (1971), but Luchino Visconti turned her down saying "She has a horrible voice and too many teeth. She looks like a horse, a beautiful horse, I know that, I was a trainer. I know all about horses, but I don't want a horse." Capucine had a supporting role in the Western Red Sun (1971)[23] and guest starred on Search Control (1972), her first TV series.[24] She supported Jean Paul Belmondo in Incorrigible (1975) and Richard Burton in Jackpot, which ultimately was abandoned. She appeared on television in Cinéma 16, and La pêche miraculeuse (1976), and had roles in The Con Artists (1976), Per amore (1976), Ecco noi per esempio... (1977), Nest of Vipers (1978), From Hell to Victory (1979), Atrocious Tales of Love and Death (1979), Neapolitan Mystery (1979), Arabian Adventure (1979), Jaguar Lives! (1979), and Martin Eden (1979). 1980s Capucine was in episodes of Orient Express, and Hart to Hart. She went to Europe to make Les invités (1982), Aphrodite (1982), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).[25] Capucine can be seen in episodes of Série noire, Voglia di cantare, Murder, She Wrote, Honor Thy Father, Sins, Delirium (1987), My First Forty Years (1987), Gila and Rik (1987), Una verità come un'altra (1989), Quartier nègre (1989), Blaues Blut [fr] (1990) and Il giudice istruttore. Personal life Capucine met Pierre Trabaud on the set of Rendez-vous (1949) and they married the next year. The marriage lasted only eight months, and she never married again. She had an affair with Charles K. Feldman, who produced her films What's New Pussycat? The 7th Dawn and The Honey Pot. This affair ended when Capucine met William Holden, but the two remained close until Feldman's death. He left her $75,000. Capucine met actor William Holden in the early 1960s. They starred in the films The Lion (1962) and The 7th Dawn (1964). Holden was married to Brenda Marshall, but the two began a two-year affair. After the affair ended, she and Holden remained friends until Holden's death in 1981. When he died, he left her $50,000. She reportedly also had affairs with women. On 17 March 1990, at age 62, Capucine jumped to her death from her eighth-floor apartment in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she had lived for 28 years, having reportedly suffered from illness and depression for some time. The police said an investigation left no doubt that she committed suicide. Neighbors said she had led a reclusive life with her three cats, hardly ever leaving her apartment and spending most of her time reading. Capucine Lefebvre: Obituary

Maurice O Lefebvre of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME was born on January 7, 1919, and died at age 68 years old in April 1987.

Gerard J Lefebvre of Pawtucket, Providence County, RI was born on June 29, 1922, and died at age 64 years old in November 1986.

Gerard P Lefebvre of Danielson, Windham County, CT was born on April 14, 1924, and died at age 63 years old on November 15, 1987.

Wilfred J Lefebvre of Winchendon, Worcester County, MA was born on November 7, 1911 in British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland, and died at age 75 years old in February 1987.

Wilfred J Lefebvre of Brookline, Hillsborough County, NH was born on May 5, 1921, and died at age 76 years old on December 5, 1997.

Albert H Lefebvre of Woonsocket, Providence County, RI was born on September 3, 1917, and died at age 84 years old on February 3, 2002.

Albert H Lefebvre of Luling, Saint Charles County, LA was born on January 10, 1923, and died at age 76 years old on March 26, 1999.

Armand J Lefebvre of Holyoke, Hampden County, MA was born on January 4, 1916, and died at age 92 years old on February 9, 2008. Armand Lefebvre was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 4 Row F Site 298 1390 Main St., in Agawam.

Leo P Lefebvre of North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts was born on January 15, 1923 in British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland, and died at age 58 years old in August 1981.

Leo Lefebvre of Cranston, Providence County, RI was born on June 23, 1919, and died at age 80 years old on February 23, 2000. Leo Lefebvre was buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E-1 Row 14 Site 559 301 South County Trail, in Exeter.

Leo R Lefebvre of Woonsocket, Providence County, RI was born on July 11, 1922, and died at age 77 years old on August 25, 1999.

Leo E Lefebvre of Lowell, Middlesex County, MA was born on January 25, 1925, and died at age 77 years old on October 15, 2002.

Leo H Lefebvre of Greenfield, Franklin County, MA was born on November 3, 1912, and died at age 73 years old in August 1986.

Arthur J Lefebvre of Johnston, Providence County, RI was born on January 27, 1922, and died at age 52 years old in October 1974.

James G Lefebvre of Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX was born on July 28, 1946, and died at age 59 years old on November 10, 2005.

Donald Joseph Lefebvre of Jordan, Scott County, MN was born on April 7, 1925, and died at age 72 years old on November 23, 1997. Donald Lefebvre was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section I Site 4013 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.

Orel F Lefebvre of Glens Falls, Warren County, NY was born on January 8, 1914 in British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland, and died at age 71 years old in November 1985.

Lawrence P Lefebvre of Darlington, Beaver County, PA was born on January 29, 1925, and died at age 81 years old on April 19, 2006.