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==Early life==

The daughter of Antoine Bourgeois, a 31-year-old day-labourer, and Jeannette Debrée, a 21-year-old seamstress, Jeanne Bourgeois was born at 5 [[Rue du Chemin-de-Fer]] (today [[Rue Gaston-Israël]]), in [[Enghien-les-Bains]], [[Val-d'Oise]], [[Île-de-France]], France. The family moved to [[Soisy-sous-Montmorency]] where she spent her childhood; her parents later worked as mattress-makers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soisy-sous-montmorency.fr/heading/heading1442971.html |title=Town of Soisy sous Montmorency, "History of Soisy" |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191423/http://www.soisy-sous-montmorency.fr/heading/heading1442971.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Flanner, Janet 1965 page 6">Flanner, Janet, ''Paris Journal, Volume Two, 1956—1964'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1965), page 6</ref>

At an early age Bourgeois aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a [[flower seller]] in a restaurant in her hometown, singing popular ballads as she sold blossoms.