Michael Daks

Award winning actress aged 102
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. In a career spanning more than 80 years, Casadesus appeared in more than a dozen films after turning 90 including 'My afternoons with Margueritte" 2010 in which she co-starred with Gerard Depardieu.

Known professionally as Renée-Jeanne Simonot. She was a French actress and voice artist. She was married to actor Maurice Dorléac, the mother of actresses Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac and the grandmother of actor Christian Vadim and actress Chiara Mastroianni.

Ex mother-in law to David Bailey!

Actress and mother of Catherine Deneuve/Francois & Sylvie Dorleac

(26 November 1911 – 22 May 2021). Marchand was a French centenarian cyclist. He was the holder of the world record for cycling 100 km and for the distance cycled in one hour, in both the 100–105 and over-105 years old age categories.

She was simply delightful to meet and to photograph.

Pretended to die while I was shooting her. What a sense of humour! Almost killed me with the stress!!!

The Maquis de Vabre were an organisation of French Resistance fighters in the east of the Tarn department during the Second World War, which was gradually built up by local militants. They were officially recognised in December 1943, affiliated to the Armée secrète under the name Maquis Pol Roux (its original organiser, Guy de Rouville, had the codename Pol Roux. Approximately 450 maquis fighters were enrolled, organised, trained and armed in anticipation of the allied landings.

108 years old

Unfortunately the famous French singer Leo Marjane was not well on the day we visited so we were met by her son - Baron Philippe de Ladoucette - the resulting photograph was not ideal for the project, but life is full of disappointments.

Oldest woman in France at the time I photographed her, aged 113.

"Why has God left me behind"

Her children had all died and she was being looked after by her granddaughter.

The mayor of her village sent a car each day to take her to her favourite cafe to play dominoes with her friends.