1958Nominee
Best Performance
Mon Oncle
Yvonne Arnaud
Actor
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
December 19, 1890
Biography
Germaine Yvonne Arnaud was a French-born pianist, singer and actress, who was well known for her career in Britain, as well as her native land. After beginning a career as a concert pianist as a child, Arnaud acted in musical comedies. She switched to non-musical comedy and drama around 1920 and was one of the players in the second of the Aldwych farces, A Cuckoo in the Nest, a hit in 1925. She also had dramatic roles and made films in the 1930s and 1940s, and continued to act into the 1950s. She occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career. The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre was named in her memory in Guildford, Surrey.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1947Nominee
Best Performance
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1933Nominee
Best Performance
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Career Highlights
1947Highlight
Best Performance
Woman to Woman
1930Highlight
Best Performance
Canaries Sometimes Sing