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- Died
- Birth nameElena Ivanovna Diakonova
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Gala Dalí was born on September 7, 1894 in Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]. She was married to Salvador Dalí and Paul Éluard. She died on June 10, 1982 in Port Lligat, Spain.
- SpousesSalvador Dalí(1934 - June 10, 1982) (her death)Paul Éluard(February 21, 1917 - 1932) (divorced, 1 child)
- Had a daughter, Cécile, born 1918, with first husband, French poet Paul Éluard (born Eugène Grindel). She later left him for Salvador Dalí.
- Director Luis Buñuel loathed her, and considered her a "viper".
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