and, departing on a transatlantic liner, she was apparently accompanied by a "black slave". Returning to America in 1913, she brought a diamond-collared pet pig, Mimi, and wore a nose-ring. Talk of her figure and her lavish overdressing in fur coats and dazzling jewels preceded her appearances wherever she went. Jean Lorrain said of her: She was a frequent subject for artists; those who painted her include Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Antonio de La Gandara, Leonetto Cappiello, Rupert Carabin, Mme. Dreyfus Gonzales and Jean Sala. Death Polaire's finances suffered from a series of actions by the French tax authorities and she struggled to find stage or screen roles as she aged. She may have suffered from depression. She died on 14 October 1939, aged 65, in Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France. Her body was buried at the Cimetière du Centre, in the eastern Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne. Partial discography All songs are included in the compilation album, Eugénie Buffet et Polaire: Succès et Raretés (1918-1936), released under a French record label, Chansophone. Allo Chéri (Boyer–Stamper) - Pathé 4970 - Matrix No. 2485 - 8 May 1918 Pour être heureux (Yvain) - Aérophone - No. 1467 - 1920 La Glu (Richepin–Fragerole) - Aérophone - No. 1468 - 1920 Tchike Tchike (Scotto) - Odéon 75143 - 1923 Pour être heureux (Yvain) - Odéon 75143 - Matrix No. K1-510 - 1923 Nocturne (Nozière) - Gramophone K-5798 - Matrix No. BS 4432-1 et 4433-2 - 1929 La Glu (Richepin–Fragerole) - Polydor 521531 - Matrix No. 2170 BK - 1929 Le P'tit Savoyard - Polydor 521531 - Matrix No. 2170 BK - 1929 Le Train du rêve (Aubret–Lenoir) - Parlophone 22716 - Matrix No. Pa 106124-2 - 1930 Le Premier Voyage (Lenoir) - Parlophone 22716 - Matrix No. Pa 106165-2 - 1930 La Prière de la Charlotte (Jehan Rictus; arr. Warms) - Cristal 6263 - Matrix No. CP 2082 and 2083 - 1936 Selected filmography Le dernier pardon (1913) Les gaîtés de l'escadron (1913) Soeurette (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) Le masque du vice (1917) Amour... amour... (1932) Arènes joyeuses (1935) See also Antonio de La Gandara Tightlacing Corset References External links Polaire – Une étoile de la belle époque Du temps des cerises aux feuilles mortes L'étoile polaire 1874 births 1939 deaths French silent film actresses French women singers French stage actresses People from Algiers 20th-century French actresses