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Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel) was born on 19 August, 1883 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France, is a costume_designer,actress,costume_department. Discover Coco Chanel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

Popular As Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel
Occupation costume_designer,actress,costume_department
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August, 1883
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Date of death 10 January, 1971
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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Coco Chanel Height, Weight & Measurements

At 88 years old, Coco Chanel height is 5' 6½" (1.69 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Dating & Relationship status

She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Coco Chanel Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Coco Chanel worth at the age of 88 years old? Coco Chanel’s income source is mostly from being a successful Costume Designer. She is from France. We have estimated Coco Chanel's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Costume Designer

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Timeline

1878

Her birth certificate is misleading - her father's surname and hers were misspelt due to a clerical error as "Chasnel". Her father's surname on his own birth certificate had also been misspelt as "Charnet". The mistake on his birth certificate was not corrected in official records until 1878 when a court decree stated that Charnet be replaced on the certificate by Chanel, which is the true name.

1882

Her older sister Julia was born on September 11, 1882.

1883

Coco Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.

1884

She was the second daughter of Henri-Albert Chanel and Eugénie Jeanne Dévolles. She was born out of wedlock until her parents married on November 17, 1884. In marrying Jeanne, Albert legalized his paternity, and Coco and her sister Julia's names were recorded in the "livret de famille," the handbook issued to every couple for registration of births and deaths.

1905

Took on the nickname Coco after her 1905 performance of the song, "Qui qu'a vu Coco dans le Trocadero" for a crowd of uniformed admirers at La Rotande, a music hall in a small, provincial town.

1920

Popularized the sun-tanned look in the 1920s after appearing on her vacation yacht with a sun tan. Prior to that, porcelain white skin was popular, because it was believed that only people of lower class worked in the sun and were therefore tan.

1924

Worked for Sergei Diaghilev in 1924-1928 as costume designer for his "Russian Seasons" in collaboration with Pablo Picasso.

1938

She retired in 1938 and made a successful comeback in 1954.

1939

She is known for her work on The Rules of the Game (1939), Tonight or Never (1931) and Éducation sentimentale (1962).

1970

Was played by Katharine Hepburn in the 1970 Alan Jay Lerner/ André Previn Broadway musical Coco.

2019

Famous writer Françoise Sagan said on French TV, that Coco Chanel was fiercely antisemitic: "I liked her work, but I didn't like her at all. I found her disgusting, nasty, cruel, antisemitic. I had dinner with her twice. Each time I left early...because of her offensive antisemitic opinions. I didn't like that. We were pretty much at odds." [from Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019), translated].