Moune de Rivel

Cécile Jean-Louis (7 January 1918 – 27 March 2014), better known by her pen name Moune de Rivel, was a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

Biography
Moune de Rivel was born in Bordeaux to Guadeloupean parents. Her father is Henri Jean-Louis Baghio'o, French magistrate, and her mother is Fernande de Virel, daughter of the Count of Virel and musician. She has two brothers, Edward and Victor.

She chooses Moune de Rivel as stage name by reversing her mother's surname.

Moune de Rivel died in 2014 in Paris and rests at the Montparnasse Cemetery.

Honors and awards

 * Ordre national du Merite Chevalier ribbon.svg Knight of the French Order (France) (1966)
 * Ordre national du Merite Officier ribbon.svg Officer of the National Order of Merit (France) 1994
 * Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier ribbon.svg Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004)