Miriam reluctantly poses as "Madame Lucienne", a high-class courtesan in an exclusive bordello. Fronsac is also intrigued by Sylvia, an Italian courtesan at the local brothel. The song depicts its heroine overcoming poverty to become a successful courtesan. He goes to the brothel for treatment, where he is offered the top courtesan. Rekha played the title role of a courtesan and poet from 19th century Lucknow. She portrayed Chandramukhi, a courtesan who is in love with the title character. Francis is portrayed in Diane Haeger's novel "Courtesan" about Diane de Poitiers and Henri II. Then she appeared in Japan as Tamamo-no-Mae, the most favoured courtesan of Emperor Toba. This directly pertained to her duality of both a courtesan and a published poet. The film revolves around a beautiful and charismatic courtesan, Garance (Arletty). She was by profession a courtesan and some twenty years his junior. She also appeared in a very brief role as Rasa Devi's Rekha's Courtesan in "". Gervex was one of many lovers entertained by the famous courtesan Valtesse de La Bigne. She plays the dual role of a courtesan, Pannabai, and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Wong appeared alongside Marlene Dietrich as a self-sacrificing courtesan in Sternberg's "Shanghai Express".