Other former residents include Marlon Brando, actress and singer Mistinguett, and writer Jorge Luis Borges, who said it seemed to have been "sculpted by a cabinet maker".
Though Mistinguett never married, she had a son, Léopoldo João de Lima e Silva, by Brazilian diplomat Leopoldo de Lima e Silva (died 1931); the latter was a grandson of the Duke of Caxias.
While in France, the Escudero family formed a flamenco group with family members and performed with artists like Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguette.
"Mon Homme", song first sung by Mistinguett, popularized in English as "My Man" by Fanny Brice (and by Barbra Streisand playing Brice in Funny Girl)