Marpessa Dawn

French actress, singer, and dancer (1934-2008)

Person human Q535841

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[17]
Date of birth: January 3, 1934
Date of death: August 25, 2008
Place of birth: Redstone Township
Place of death: 13th arrondissement of Paris
Country of citizenship: United States, France^[13]^[14]
Occupation: actor, singer, television actor, film actor, governess, dancer^[16]
Spouse: Wikidata item^[12]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Birth name: Gypsy Marpessa Menor^[24]
Family name: Dawn^[19]
Given name: Marpessa^[20]
Instrument: voice^[22]
Manner of death: natural causes^[21]
Native language: English^[15]
P14750: 2465-7E5F-08D6-D651-88F5
Place of burial: Père Lachaise Cemetery, Grave of Dawn^[10]^[11]
Writing language: English^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Marpessa en Marpessa Dawn cs Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor fa مارپسا داون fr Gypsy Marpessa Menor he מרפסה דואן it Marpessa ja マルペッサ・ドーン ko 마르페사 돈 ru Марпресса Даун zh 馬爾佩薩·唐

🔖 Identifiers · 54

ISNI: 0000000041436098
VIAF cluster ID: 51895500
Library of Congress authority ID: n88094523
GND ID: 130475866
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Marpessa Dawn BW.png ↗
AdoroCinema person ID: 934
Africultures person ID: 11416
AllMovie person ID: p17490
AlloCiné person ID: 934
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID: dawn-marpessa-1934-2008-actress
BIBSYS ID: 9027733
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14091294j

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CINE21 person ID: 42418
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266608764544
CineMagia person ID: 30137
Ciné-Ressources person ID: 46791
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 37263
Danish National Filmography person ID: 126240
Deezer artist ID: 361869
Deutsche Synchronkartei actor ID: 69466
Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID: MvQmyFOfb
Discogs artist ID: 1781957
Elonet person ID: 236634
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_130475866
Fandango person ID: 161248
Fichier des personnes décédées ID (matchID): 4lCpVKjSn-62
Film.ru person ID: marpessa-doun
Freebase ID: /m/043nj0q
IMDb ID: nm0206026
ISzDb person ID: 55203
IdRef ID: 121368645
Kinobox person ID: 101656
Kinopoisk person ID: 200235
LdiF person ID: 84464
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 82272
MYmovies person ID: 16678
MusicBrainz artist ID: 532eae15-ee6e-4afc-b89a-2a64e32d6fe1
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000501813
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA16600517
NL CR AUT ID: xx0150654
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007430385105171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020P6717
National Library of Latvia ID: 000335530
PORT person ID: 7514
Prabook ID: 2273218
Rotten Tomatoes ID: celebrity/marpessa-dawn
Sinemalar person ID: 66270
Swedish Film Database person ID: 159292
TMDB person ID: 17581
Unifrance person ID: 126414
WikiTree person ID: Ménor-11
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJvXjHqVYCTjHvh3vrGPwC
Yale LUX ID: person/e013e647-9d0d-4a3e-bb99-1beceb06dd8a
ČSFD person ID: 8747

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

actor, singer, film actor, television actor

Country of citizenship 2

France, United States

← Cast member 2

Black Orpheus, Sweet Movie

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Native language 1

English

Place of birth 1

Redstone Township

Place of burial 1

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Place of death 1

13th arrondissement of Paris

Sex or gender 1

female

Spouse 1

Marcel Camus

Spouses 1

Marcel Camus

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Marpessa Dawn was born on January 3, 1934^[1], in Redstone Township^[2]. She died on August 25, 2008^[3], in 13th arrondissement of Paris^[4]. She worked as an actor^[5], singer^[6], television actor^[7], film actor^[8], and governess^[9].

FAQs

Where was Marpessa Dawn born?

Marpessa Dawn's place of birth was Redstone Township^[2].

Where did Marpessa Dawn die?

Marpessa Dawn passed away in 13th arrondissement of Paris^[4].

Who was Marpessa Dawn married to?

Marpessa Dawn's spouses include Q141733526^[12].

What did Marpessa Dawn do for work?

Marpessa Dawn worked as an actor^[5], singer^[6], television actor^[7], film actor^[8], and governess^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — place of birth (P19): Redstone Township. Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved 2022-02-01. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — place of death (P20): 13th arrondissement of Paris. Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved 2022-02-01. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — spouse (P26): Q141733526. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — country of citizenship (P27): France. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): television actor. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): film actor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): governess. essence.com. essence.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — occupation (P106): dancer. rfi.fr. rfi.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — place of burial (P119): Père Lachaise Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — place of burial (P119): Grave of Dawn. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — date of birth (P569): January 3, 1934. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-02. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — date of death (P570): August 25, 2008. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — family name (P734): Dawn. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — given name (P735): Marpessa. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — birth name (P1477): Gypsy Marpessa Menor. Fichier des personnes décédées. Retrieved 2025-07-05. deces.matchid.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Marpessa Dawn — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Spouse → Wikidata item

Deezer artist ID → 361869

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24d ago · Ashyly · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ht', 'hu', 'id',

Occupation → actor, singer, television actor +3

Sitelink count → 18

Spouse → Wikidata item

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9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sinemalar person ID → 66270

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → 2465-7E5F-08D6-D651-88F5

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CINE21 person ID → 42418

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Country of citizenship → United States, France

Citizenship → —

Instance of → human

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

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Marpessa Dawn

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Where was Marpessa Dawn born?

Where did Marpessa Dawn die?

Who was Marpessa Dawn married to?

What did Marpessa Dawn do for work?

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