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Alice Guy's Birthday to be Celebrated at her graveside in July 1st, 2010

Posted on Jul 6, 2010

Some of the attendees at the July 1st, 2010 Graveside Birthday Celebration for Alice Guy.

Female film pioneer remembered in Mahwah

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

Alice Directs MY MADONNAThe first woman filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché, was remembered Thursday during a brief graveside ceremony at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah on what would have been her 137th birthday.

Alice Guy's Birthday to be Celebrated in Fort Lee, NJ

Posted on Jun 27, 2010

Madame Blaché is buried at Maryrest Cemetery which is located at 25 Seminary Road, Mahwah NJ.

We want to start a tradition of the Fort Lee Film Commission of placing a wreath of flowers on Madame Blaché's grave each year on her birthday of July 1 - she was born July 1, 1873 and died March 24, 1968.