Jeanne Louise Calment Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jeanne Louise Calment (French pronunciation: [ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃]; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human lifespan on record, living to the age of 7002122000000000000122 years, 7002164000000000000164 days. She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, outliving both her daughter and grandson by several decades. Calment became especially well known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh's visit brought reporters to Arles.Calment became the last living documented person born in the 1870s when the Japanese supercentenarian Tane Ikai (born 1879) died on 12 July 1995. Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study. More records have been produced to verify her age than in any other case.
Nicolas Calment, Marguerite Calment, La Farandole de Jeanne, Historycalment, Transcalment
Siblings
François Calment, Marie Calment, Antoine Calment, La Farandole de Jeanne, Historycalment, Transcalment
Albums
Maîtresse du temps
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.
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I'm not afraid of anything.
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I've only got one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it.
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I'm interested in everything but passionate about nothing.
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I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
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Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.
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Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!
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I wait for death and journalists.
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I'd like to go to the Moon.
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All babies are beautiful.
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In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.
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Wit doesn't make girls pretty.
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I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.
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I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.
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I think I will die laughing.
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I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
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I didn't like mundane life.
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Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.
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He who hugs too much, hugs badly!
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Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.
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Every age has its happiness and troubles.
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I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.
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Fact
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Daughter, Yvonne, died at age 36, in 1934, from pneumonia. She and Fernand Calment raised her son, Frederic, who became a doctor. Frederic died in 1963, in a motorcycle accident.
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On October 17, 1995, when she reached the age of 120 years and 238 days, she surpassed Shigechiyo Izumi as the oldest living person in recorded history.
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She lived to the amazing age of 122.
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In 1996, she performed (speaking) on a rap/techno record for the benefit of her nursing home.
Knew Vincent van Gogh when she was young, and in consequence became the oldest person to appear in a film when she played herself in Vincent et moi (1990). At the time of her appearence in this film, she was 114 years old. This may be varified at the Guinness World Records web site.
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In 1966 she made a type of deal common in France, where she sold the right to occupy her apartment after she died in return for a monthly payment until then. The would-be occupant died in 1996 aged 77.
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Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest person (with proof of age) in the history of the world.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Intresseklubben
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Au-delà de 120 ans avec Jeanne Calment
1995
Herself
Vincent and Me
1990
Herself
Known for movies
Vincent and Me (1990) as Herself
Au-delà de 120 ans avec Jeanne Calment (1995) as Herself
$11 Million
