Lord Mountbatten Yola Letellier

Yola letelliers life story was the inspiration for colettes novel gigi.

Lord mountbatten yola letellier. Earl mountbatten admitted edwina and i spent all our married lives getting into other peoples beds he maintained an affair for several years with yola letellier the wife of henri letellier publisher of le journal and mayor of deauville 192528. Yola is widely credited as the model for the main character in colettes 1944 novella gigi. As such she became the basis of a 1949 french film in which gigi was played by daniele delorme. It is believed to be correct at the time of inputting and is presented here in good faith.

The two reportedly continued their relationship until mountbattens death. In real life mountbatten himself also allegedly had extramarital affairs most famously with married french socialite yola letellier whose life story was reportedly the inspiration behind the. A 1951 stage adaptation by anita loos in which colette cast the as yet unknown audrey hepburn to play gigi. Yola letellier had an affair with louis mountbatten of burma all relationship and family history information shown on famechain has been compiled from data in the public domain.

And an academy award winning 1958 musical film starring leslie caron with a score by alan jay lerner and frederick loewe.