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23rd October 1965

SUBJECT: ORLOV, Mara, called “Gay” ORLOV.

BORN IN: Moscow (Russia), in 1914, daughter of Kyril ORLOV and Irene GIORGIADZE.

NATIONALITY: stateless. (Miss Orlov’s parents and she herself, as Russian refugees, were not recognized by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as its nationals.) Miss Orlov had an ordinary residence permit. Miss Orlov evidently arrived in France, in 1936, from the United States. In the U.S.A. she entered into marriage with a Mr. Waldo Blunt, then divorced.

Miss Orlov resided successively at:

The Hôtel Châteaubriand, 18 Rue du Cirque, Paris 8

53 Avenue Montaigne, Paris 8

25 Avenue du Maréchal-Lyautey, Paris 16

Before coming to France, Miss Orlov was a dancer in the United States. In Paris, there was no visible source of income, although she led a life of luxury.

Miss Orlov died in 1950 at her home, 25 Avenue du Maréchal-Lyautey, Paris 16, of an overdose of barbiturates.

Mr. Waldo Blunt, her ex-husband, has resided in Paris since 1952 and has worked in various night club establishments as a professional pianist. He is an American citizen. Born 30th September 1910, in Chicago.

Residence permit no. 534HC828.

Attached to this typewritten memorandum, a visiting-card bearing Jean-Pierre Bernardy’s name and the words:

“This is all the information available. My best wishes. Regards to Hutte.”