meets HD, ref1
accuses HD of collaboration, ref1, ref2
Chopiteau (schoolmaster), ref1, ref2, ref3
Citroën, André, ref1
Clifford, Freddie, ref1n
Cocteau, Jean, ref1
Colette, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4n, ref5, ref6
Comminges circuit, ref1, ref2
Constantini, Bartolomeo (‘Meo’), ref1
Coogan, Jackie, ref1n
Coppoli, Vittorio, ref1, ref2
Coty, Frédéric, ref1
Courcelles, Henri de, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
fatal crash, ref1
Czaikowski, Count Stanislas, ref1, ref2, ref3
Czaikowski, Madame, ref1
Dailey, Warner, ref1
Dalbaicin, Maria, ref1
Dallimore, Angus, ref1
Dannecker, SS Hauptsturmführer, ref1
Daubecq, Jules, ref1, ref2
Davis, Dolly, ref1
Davis, Oscar, ref1
Défense de la France (journal), ref1
Delage, Louis, ref1
Delangle, Alexandrine Estelle (née Bouillie; mother), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
relations with adult HD, ref1, ref2, ref3
death, ref1
Delangle, Frédéric (grandfather), ref1
Delangle, Gabriel (brother died in infancy), ref1
Delangle, Hélène (Hellé Nice):
appearance and dress
as a child, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
as young woman, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
as dancer, ref1, ref2, ref3
face used in advertising, ref1, ref2, ref3
character
ambition, ref1
attention to detail, ref1
charming and cheerful, ref1, ref2
courage after accidents, ref1, ref2
explosive temper, ref1
fearlessness, ref1, ref2, ref3
hysterical outburst, ref1
love of a challenge, ref1
mental instability, ref1
private fears, ref1, ref2, ref3
stage charisma, ref1, ref2, ref3
violent mood swings, ref1
childhood
background, ref1
birth, ref1, ref2
early childhood, ref1
sees first car race, ref1
at father’s funeral, ref1
schooldays, ref1
daily life, ref1
dancing and early career
childhood dancing lessons, ref1
modelling in Paris, ref1, ref2, ref3
trains as dancer, ref1
decides on dancing career, ref1
years as dancer, ref1, ref2
naked dancing, ref1, ref2
circus artiste, ref1
accident ends dancing career, ref1
driving career and mature years
passes driving test and tours France, ref1
visits Brooklands, ref1
drives on frozen lake, ref1
start of driving career, ref1
first professional events, ref1, ref2
stays at Bugatti residence, ref1
fastest woman in the world, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
major races and rallies, ref1
American tour, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
considers film career, ref1
accident at Winston-Salem, ref1
racing in Europe and North Africa, ref1, ref2, ref3
despondency and family problems, ref1
at Nantes carnival, ref1, ref2
deaths of friends, ref1, ref2, ref3
South American tour, ref1, ref2
leisure in South America, ref1, ref2
major accident in São Paolo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
aftermath of accident, ref1
accused of car smuggling, ref1
returns to driving, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
during war in Paris, ref1, ref2
during war in Nice, ref1
resumes racing after war, ref1, ref2
see also Appendix Three ref1
later life
accused of collaboration, ref1, ref2, ref3
financial ruin, ref1
charity from La Roue Tourne, ref1, ref2, ref3
disowned by sister, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
brother’s death, ref1, ref2
old age and declining health, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
death and burial, ref1
relationships
family members see Delangle . . . (notably Solange)
husband see Mongin
lovers see Binelli; Carrère; Courcelles; d’Harcourt; Rothschild (Philippe); Thouvenet
brief affairs/close friendships, ref1, ref2: see also Bugatti (Jean); Carrière; Hanstein; Lehoux; Moll; Nicolas of Romania; Villapadierna
residences
Aunay-sous-Auneau see own heading
Sainte-Mesme see own heading
Paris, Avenue des Ternes, ref1
Paris, rue Saint-Senoch, ref1
Paris, Rondpoint Mirabeau, ref1
Beaulieu, Villa des Agaves, ref1, ref2
Paris, Arcueil, ref1
Nice, Villa des Pins, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Magagnosc, ref1
Paris, attic at rue Legendre, ref1, ref2
Nice (1964), ref1, ref2
Nice, rue Edouard Scoffier, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
talents and hobbies
acrobatics, ref1, ref2, ref3
climbing, ref1, ref2, ref3
collection of cuttings, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 passim
drawing, ref1
excels in everything, ref1
flying, ref1
pets, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
reading, ref1, ref2
skiing, ref1, ref2
stamp-collecting, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Delangle, Henri (uncle), ref1
Delangle, Henri ‘Didi’ (brother), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Delangle, Léon Aristide (father), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Delangle, Lucien (brother), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Delangle, Lucienne (sister died in infancy), ref1, ref2
Delangle, Maurice (brother died in infancy), ref1
Delangle, Solange Andrée (sister)
childhood, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
childhood rivalry with HD, ref1
as adult, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
adult relations with HD, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
death, ref1
Delangle cousins, ref1, ref2
Delaunay, Robert, ref1
Delayre, Roger, ref1
Delcuze, Geneviève, ref1, ref2, ref3
DePalma, Ralph, ref1, ref2, ref3
Derancourt, Albertine, ref1, ref2
Derry, John, ref1
des Forest, Simone, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Descollas, Claire, ref1, ref2, ref3
Deslys, Gaby, ref1
Diana (HD’s friend), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Divo, Albert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Divore, Fernand, ref1
Dolly Sisters, ref1, ref2, ref3
Dreyfus, René, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Druon, Maurice, ref1
du Gast, Camille, ref1, ref2, ref3
Dubonnet, André, ref1, ref2
Dufau, Mlle (painter) ref1
Duncan, Isadora, ref1, ref2
Egorova, Madame, ref1
Elern, Baronne d’, ref1
Eluard, Paul, ref1, ref2
Ermenonville, ref1
Esso, ref1, ref2
Estonia, ref1, ref2
Etancelin, Philippe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Fagioli, Luigi, ref1, ref2
Fainsiber, Samson, ref1n
Fairbanks, Douglas, ref1
Faroux, Charles, ref1, ref2
Farwell (actor), ref1
Fernandel, ref1
Ferrand, Dominique, ref1, ref2
Ferrari, Enzo, ref1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby, ref1 n
Florence, Miss (dancer), ref1
Foiret, Charles, ref1, ref2
wife, ref1
Foot, M. R. D., ref1
Frame, Fred, ref1
France, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
French Resistance, ref1
Paris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Franck, Paul, ref1
Frankau, Gilbert, ref1 n, ref2
Freud, Sigmund, ref1
Friderich, Ernest, ref1, ref2
Friderich, Renée, ref1, ref2, ref3
Fuller, Loie, ref1
Gabriel, Fernand, ref1
Gala Union of Theatre Performers, ref1
Garat, Annaliese, ref1
Garat, Henri, ref1
Garat, Marcel, ref1 bis
Gaumont studios, ref1
Gaupillat, Jean, ref1
Gauthier-Villars (‘Willy’), Henri, ref1
Grafton, Duke of, ref1
Green, Julien ref1
Greene, Elizabeth Plunket, ref1
Grover (Williams), Charles, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Guers, Marie-Josèphe, ref1
Guiche, Armand, Duc de, ref1
Guitry, Sacha, ref1, ref2, ref3
Guyot, Albert, ref1, ref2, ref3
Hankinson, Ralph, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Hanstein, Huschke von, ref1, ref2, ref3
Harcourt, Count Bruno d’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Harlow, Jean, ref1n
Hawkins, Peter, ref1
Hayworth, Rita, ref1
Hemingway, Ernest, ref1
Henley, W. E., ref1 n
Hitler, Adolf, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Hoffman, Alfred ‘Freddy’ ref1
Hoffman, Alice, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hoffmann Girls, ref1
Honnegger, Arthur, ref1, ref2
Hot News Agency, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Howe, Earl, ref1, ref2
Isabelle d’Orléans, Princess, ref1
Itier, Anne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
affair with Hanstein, ref1, ref2, ref3
friendship with HD, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Jarnach, Janalla, ref1, ref2 passim, ref1, ref2
Jarrott, Charles, ref1
Je Suis Partout (journal), ref1, ref2
Jennky, Jannine, ref1
Junek, Elizabeth, ref1, ref2, ref3
Karsavina, Tamara, ref1
Knyff, René de, ref1
L’Auto, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
L’Intransigeant, ref1, ref2
la Costa, Joan, ref1
La Goulue, ref1
La Roue Tourne (charity), ref1 passim, ref1
Langhorne circuit, ref1, ref2
Lartigue, Henri, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Lartigue, Madeleine, ref1, ref2
Lavagna, Madame Louis, ref1 bis
Laval, Pierre, ref1, ref2
Le Journal, ref1, ref2, ref3
Le Mans circuit, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Le Touquet circuit, ref1
Lehoux, Marcel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 +n
relationship with HD, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
death ref1
Lempicka, Tamara de, ref1
Lenglen, Suzanne, ref1
Leopold, King of Belgium, ref1, ref2
Les Harrys, ref1, ref2
Les Stefano, ref1
Lesna (cyclist), ref1
Lèvesville-le-Chenard, ref1
Levitt, Dorothy, ref1
Line Jack, ref1
Littlewood, Joan, ref1
Lizet, Robert, ref1, ref2
Lopez, Benedetto, ref1n
Lucky Strike poster, ref1
Mais, Elfreida, ref1
Marboeuf garage, ref1
Marchand, César, ref1
Mareuse, Marguerite, ref1
Marinoni, Attilio, ref1, ref2, ref3
Marinovitch, Madame, ref1, ref2
Marjorie, Odette, ref1
Marquand, Jean and Andrée, ref1
Mathis, Emile, ref1
Maurel, Raymond, ref1
Maxwell, Elsa, ref1
Megève, ref1
Miller, Harry, ref1
Mistinguett, ref1, ref2, ref3
Modigliani, Amedeo, ref1
Molinvaud, Antoine, ref1
Moll, Guy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Molsheim estate, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Mongin, Albert, ref1
Mongin, Marcel
car business, ref1, ref2, ref3
and HD, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
civil marriage to HD, ref1, ref2, ref3
after HD’s accident, ref1, ref2
own car crash, ref1
HD abandons him, ref1, ref2
Montel, Blanche, ref1, ref2, ref3
Montlhéry circuit, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
HD’s speed record at, ref1
Monza circuit, ref1, ref2
Morocco, King of, ref1
Morris, Violette, ref1, ref2, ref3
Morris, William, ref1, ref2, ref3n
Moulin Rouge, ref1, ref2
Mussolini, Benito, ref1, ref2, ref3
Nancy, ref1
Nantes carnival, ref1
Nerka Spark Plug company, ref1, ref2
Nice, ref1, ref2
see also Delangle, Hélène (residences)
Nice, Hellé (HD’s professional name), ref1
Nicolas of Romania, Prince, ref1
Noailles, Countess Anna de, ref1, ref2
Noghes, Antony, ref1
Noguero, José, ref1
Nürburgring circuit, ref1, ref2
Nuvolari, Tazio, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Oldfield, Barney, ref1
Oradour massacre, ref1
Oran, ref1
Orpen, Sir William, ref1
Pabst, G. W., ref1
Paris see under France
see also Delangle, Hélène (residences)
Paterson, Jimmy ‘Red’, ref1
Pathé Journal, ref1
Pedron, Jean, ref1
Pellegrini (driver), ref1
Péronne circuit, ref1
Pétain, Marshal, ref1, ref2, ref3
Picard, Gisèle, ref1
Picard, Nadine, ref1, ref2
Picasso, Pablo, ref1, ref2
Pickford, Mary, ref1n
Pilcer, Harry, ref1, ref2
Pink, Winifred M., ref1
Pintacuda, Carlo, ref1, ref2, ref3
Poiret, Paul, ref1n, ref2
Poupon, Dr, ref1, ref2
Powell, Anthony, ref1 n
Printemps, Yvonne (Yvonne Wigniolle), ref1
Proust, Marcel, ref1
races and rallies
Actors’ Championships and Concours d’Elégance, ref1
Grands Prix, ref1
1903 Paris–Madrid, ref1
1909 USA womens’ race, ref1
1928 Targa Florio, ref1
1929 Actors’ Championship, ref1, ref2
1929 Journée Féminine de L’Automobile, ref1, ref2
1929 Bugatti speed trial, ref1
1930 Le Mans Grand Prix, ref1, ref2
1930 Casablanca Grand Prix, ref1
1932 ‘Rally of Princesses’, ref1
1932 North African Grands Prix, ref1
1932–34 Mont Ventoux hill climb, ref1, ref2, ref3
1933 Targa Abruzzo, ref1
1934 Dieppe Grand Prix, ref1
1935 La Turbie hill climb, ref1, ref2
1935 Biella Grand Prix, ref1,ref2
1936 Monte Carlo Rally, ref1
1936 Rio Grand Prix ref1
1936 São Paulo Grand Prix, ref1, ref2
1937 Yacco Oil speed trials, ref1
1949 Monte Carlo Rally, ref1, ref2
Radiguet, Raymond, ref1
Raffaelli, Antoine, ref1, ref2
Ramsay, Alice, ref1, ref2
Reims, ref1
Reinhardt, Django, ref1
Renault, Fernand, ref1
Renault, Louis, ref1, ref2
Renault, Marcel, ref1, ref2
Renoir, Jean: La Règle du Jeu, ref1, ref2
Reyes, Reva, ref1
Rhys, Jean, ref1
Richthofen, Friedrich Leopold von, ref1, ref2
Richthofen, Baron Manfred von, ref1
Riggins, Harry, ref1, ref2
Ritz, Paris, ref1
Roanne, André, ref1, ref2, ref3
Robinson, Bob, ref1
Rocky Twins, ref1, ref2, ref3
Rolls, Hon. Charles, ref1, ref2
Romeo, Nicola, ref1n
Rose, Ben, ref1
Rossi, Tino, ref1, ref2
Rossignol, André, ref1
Rothschild, Baron Henri de, ref1, ref2
Rothschild, James de, ref1, ref2
Rothschild, Baron Philippe de, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
affair with HD, ref1, ref2
wife Lili (Comtesse de Chambure), ref1
Rothschild, Baroness Philippine de, ref1
Rouault, Germaine, ref1
Rutte Sirvin, Bassompierre de, ref1
Saint-Granier (writer), ref1
Sainte-Mesme, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Sall, Bob, ref1
São Paolo circuit (scene of HD’s accident), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Savoy Plaza, New York, ref1, ref2
Schell, Lucy, ref1, ref2
Schiaparelli, Elsa, ref1
Schurch, Hermann, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Sennett, Mack, ref1n
Sforza, Marchese Antonio Brivio, ref1
Siclis, Charles, ref1
Siko, Odette, ref1, ref2, ref3
Simon, Yvonne, ref1, ref2
Sloane, Ted, ref1
Sommer, Raymond, ref1
Sorel, Cécile, ref1
Souza Dantas, Luis Martinez de, ref1n
Special Operations Executive (SOE), ref1
Speer, Albert, ref1
Spinelli, Miss (artiste), ref1
Spoleto, Duke of, and Prince of Savoy, ref1
Stamm, Wolfgang, ref1
Stewart, Gwenda, ref1n, ref2
Straight, Whitney, ref1
Stravinsky, Igor, ref1
Stuck, Hans von, ref1, ref2
Swanson, Gloria, ref1
Talmadge, Constance, ref1
Tayssedre, Stella, ref1
Teffe, Manuel de, ref1, ref2, ref3
Thaw, Harry K., ref1
Théatre Pigalle, ref1
Thouvenet, Henri, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Tragatsch, Erwin, ref1
Trenet, Charles, ref1
Trippelwerke company, ref1
Trossi, Count Didi, ref1
Union Sportive Automobiliste, ref1
Utrillo, Maurice, ref1
Vallot, Madame (mountaineer), ref1
Vanderbilt, William K. Jr, ref1
Varenne, Paul, ref1
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