Henri Albert Sylvestre Lavorel (1914 - 1955)

Born 5 Jul 1914 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France

Husband of Edith Madeleine Carroll — married 13 Jul 1946 in Paris, Seine, France

Died 7 Jan 1955 at age 40 in Versailles-Sud, Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

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Biography

He worked as a producer, writer and director, most notably on Le Voyage en Amérique (1951) (writer, producer, director) and C'est arrivé à Paris (1953) (producer, director). ^[1]

Henri was born in 1914. ^[2] He was "a cavalry officer in the French army who held the post of professor at the Ecole des Cadres d'Uriage (a school for the preparation and training of paramilitary organizations).^[3]

He married the actress Madeleine Carroll 13 July 1946 in Paris. They were divorced. "Carroll Weds in Paris. Paris, July 13 (AP)--Le Monde said Madeleine Carroll, film star, and Henri Lavorel were married Saturday in Paris in the strictest privacy. The newspaper did not furnish any further details nor did it identify Lavorel. Miss Carroll and Stirling Hayden, a Hollywood star, recently were divorced. Miss Carroll worked for the American Red Cross during the war."^[4]

Lavorel died in a car crash in Versailles in 1955. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Henri Lavorel on Wikipedia.
2. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24G1-3DY : 15 March 2018), Henri A S Lavorel, 1946; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Madeleine Carroll: Actress and Humanitarian, from The 39 Steps to the Red Cross, By John Pascoe, page 151.
4. ↑ Dallas Morning News, Sunday, July 14, 1946, Dallas, TX, page 13.
5. ↑ Henri Lavorel on Wikipedia.