Life and My Films, Jean Renoir begins and ends his book with discussion of Gabrielle Renard, and, throughout the autobiography, he recounts the profound influence Gabrielle had upon his life. He wrote, "She taught me to see the face behind the mask and the fraud behind the flourishes", and he concluded with the words he said he had often spoken as a child, "Wait for me, Gabrielle". References External links 1878 births 1959 deaths Nannies Pierre-Auguste Renoir People from Aube French emigrants to the United States People who emigrated to escape Nazism French artists' models People of Montmartre French domestic workers