a producer of light stage comedies, appearing with the Comédie-Française. During World War II, she escaped from France first to Switzerland, Brazil, and then left for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Falconetti had suffered from mental illness all her life, and in 1946 she died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, an apparent suicide, by a self-imposed restrictive diet after having become significantly overweight. Her remains are interred at Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, section 16 (her grave site is not listed on official maps). Her grandson Gérard Falconetti also became an actor. Filmography References External links Warren Boroson collection of Renée Falconetti material, 1962, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1892 births 1946 deaths People from Pantin French stage actresses French film actresses French silent film actresses Burials at Montmartre Cemetery 20th-century French actresses 1946 suicides