Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, VouhĂ©, Charente-Maritime â 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother AndrĂ© (who married Ethel, daughter