Jenny Alpha_

Jenny Alpha (22 April 1910 – 8 September 2010) was a Martinique-born French actress and singer, who appeared in more than a hundred theatre productions and movies. Born in Fort-de-France, Martinique in 1910, Alpha moved to Paris in 1929 to pursue a career in teaching but became sidetracked due to her passion for theatre. As well as appearing in theatre, she displayed a variety of talent and became a successful singer, appearing alongside the likes of Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker. At the end of the thirties, she meets Jacques Dessart in Paris who will become her first husband. Since he was originally from the Nice area, they leave Paris during the war to stay with his family, who owned land.