Cleo de Merode
Dancer
Notable Achievement
Belle Époque ballet dancer beauty
Biography
Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She has been referred to as the "first real celebrity icon" and the "first modern celebrity". She was also the first woman whose photographic image, due in particular to photographers Nadar and Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, was distributed worldwide.
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Birthday Date
Cleo de Merode was born on September 27