Jeanne Calment: Difference between revisions

===Recognition===

In 1985, Calment moved into a nursing home, having lived on her own until age 110.<ref name=NYTimesDeath /> Nevertheless, she did not gain international fame until 1988, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh's visit to Arles provided an occasion to meet reporters. She said at the time that she had met Van Gogh 100 years before, ''i.e.'' in 1888, as a thirteen-year-old girl in her uncle's fabric shop, where he wanted to buy some canvas, later describing him as "dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable", and "very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick".<ref name=NYTimesDeath /><ref name=CNN />

At the age of 114, she appeared briefly in the 1990 film ''[[Vincent and Me]]'' as herself, making her the oldest actress ever. A French [[documentary film]] about her life, entitled ''Beyond 120 Years with Jeanne Calment'', was released in 1995.<ref name=LastingTribute>{{cite web |title=Tribute to Jeanne Calment, memorial&nbsp;— Lasting tribute |url=http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/calment/2603938 |publisher=Lasting Tribute |accessdate=2008-08-05 }}</ref> In 1996, to celebrate her 121st birthday, a record company released ''Time's Mistress'', a four-track CD of her speaking over a background of [[Rapping|rap]] and [[hip hop]].<ref name=HoustonChronicle>{{cite news |title=Believed to be world's oldest, woman in France dies at 122 |url=http://supercentenarian.com/oldest/jeanne-calment.html |date=1997-08-04 |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |accessdate=2008-08-05 }}</ref> After her 122nd birthday, it was decided she would not do any more public speaking, as her health had seriously deteriorated, and she died five months later.<ref name=LastingTribute />