Knew Vincent van Gogh when she was young, and in consequence became the oldest person to appear in a film when she played herself in Vincent and Me (1990). At the time of her appearance in this film, she was 114 years old. This can be verified at the Guinness World Records website.
In 1996, she performed (speaking) on a rap/techno record for the
benefit of her nursing home.
On October 17, 1995, when she reached the age of 120 years and 238
days, she surpassed Shigechiyo Izumi as the oldest living person in
recorded history.
Daughter, Yvonne, died at age 36, in 1934, from pneumonia. She and Fernand Calment raised her son, Frederic, who became a doctor. Frederic died in 1963, in a motorcycle accident.
Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest person (with
proof of age) in the history of the world.
In 1966 she made a type of deal common in France, where she sold the
right to occupy her apartment after she died in return for a monthly
payment until then. The would-be occupant died in 1996 aged 77.