Lake Geneva promenade; his home at Corsier-sur-Vevey is now a museum of his life and career). Actors Noël Coward, James Mason, Peter Ustinov, Richard Burton, and Audrey Hepburn all lived in villages on the shores of or in view of the lake. David Bowie moved to a chalet to the north of Lake Geneva in 1976, which inspired him to take up painting and informed the first stages of the "Berlin Trilogy". Pop singer Phil Collins lives in a home overlooking the lake. Rock band Queen owned and operated Mountain Recording Studios (which is still in use today) in Montreux, and a
French name French name This article describes the conventions for using people's names in France, including the norms of custom and practice, as well as the legal aspects. In normal polite usage, a person's name is usually preceded by: Since 2013, French administration does not use the term "mademoiselle" anymore for its documents in favour of "madame" regardless of the status and the age of the woman addressed. During the "Ancien Régime", a female commoner was always addressed as "mademoiselle", even when married, "madame" being limited to women of the high nobility, even if they were not married. This practice ceased after