Burials at Batignolles Cemetery

Michèle_Verly

Michèle Verly (real name Michèle Armande Houillon) (19 July 1909 – 3 March 1952) was a French stage and film actress. She was managing director of the Théâtre Gramont from August 1945 until her untimely death. She died in the 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash and is buried in the Batignolles Cemetery (31st division) in Paris.

Stacia_Napierkowska

Stacia Napierkowska (born Renée Claire Angèle Élisabeth Napierkowski, 16 September 1891 – 11 May 1945) was a French actress, dancer, and director who worked during the silent film era. She appeared in 86 films between 1908 and 1926.

Maurice_Teynac

Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.
In 1954 he appeared in London's West End in J.B. Priestley's poorly reviewed play The White Countess.

André_Zirnheld

André Louis Arthur Zirnheld (March 7, 1913 – July 27, 1942) was a French paratrooper, a member of the Free French Air Force, and a member of the French Squadron, Special Air Service during World War II. He is famous for being the first French paratrooper officer killed in action, and is presumed to be the author of the poem "The Paratrooper's Prayer".

Gaston_Modot

Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors.

Benjamin_Péret

Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.