Marie Rambert and the last changed his name to Warszawski. She changed her name to Myriam Ramberg, and finally left it in the French form "Marie Rambert". In later years she was known to friends and dancers as Mim. Her father, Yakov Ramberg (1855–1928), born in Vištytis, a small town in Suwałki Governorate (nowadays in Lithuania), was a learned merchant and Hebrew publisher and lexicographer, and a Zionist. Her mother, Eiga Ramberg née Lap, born in the town of Suchowola (nowadays in north-east Poland), daughter of Rabbi Elhanan Tzvi Lap, was a community worker. Rambert was the fourth of seven children. The
Marie Leszczyńska Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes and her "Dame d'honneur" Marie Brûlart. Her other favorite lady in waiting was her "Dame d'atour", Francoise de Mailly, Duchess de Mazarin, who supported Marie during the affair between her cousin, Louise Julie de Mailly, and the king. Marie's private circle of friends was completed with the addition of President Hénault (her "Surintendant" since 1753) and Comte d'Argenson, whom she had asked not to address her with her title and with whom she also consulted when she wished to have a pension or a promotion given to a protegé. Like her mother, Marie maintained a