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Jeanne Aubert, (February 21, 1906 – March 6,
1988) was a France|French singer and actress. 

Born Marguerite Perrinot in Paris, France to an
aristocratic father she was pushed by her mother,
a former flower girl, into show business. At age
five, little Marguerite began performing on stage
at the Théâtre du Châtelet. As a teenager, she
was given voice and music lessons and at age
eighteen appeared in an elaborate Mistinguett
production at the Casino de Paris.

In 1928 she helped organize the first female
branch of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne
(JOC), a Roman Catholic apostolic organization for
young people. Jeanne Aubert served as the first
president of the JOCF of France. 

Using the stage name Jane Aubert, in 1929, she
made her motion picture debut in the silent film,
"La Possession." Her film was seen by Nelson
Morris of Chicago, Illinois a multi-millionaire
whose family had made their fortune in meatpacking
and who at the time was overseeing a meat
processing operation in France. Morris used his
connections to get to meet her and the two became
involved. Eventually they moved to the United
States and married but the marriage did not last.
In May of 1939, Nelson Morris survived the
Hindenburg disaster.

Following her divorce Jeanne Aubert began working
in Broadway musical comedies as well as making an
appearance in the1934 East Coast film production
"The Gem Of The Ocean". In 1935, she returned to
her native France where she acted in several films
during the ensuing two years. In 1937, she went
back on the Paris stage, performing in musical
varieties with the celebrated  songstress Fréhel.
She was part of a number of other shows in London
and other cities throughout Europe. Although never
a headline star, for the next thirty years her
career was busy with numerous recordings, film and
stage performances, and eventually roles on
television.

Jeanne Aubert passed away in 1988 and was interred
in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb
of Pantin.