The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation:; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. [1] The Dionne girls were born premature.

Jun 23, 2001 · Dionne quintuplets, the five daughters—Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile, Marie, and Annette—born prematurely on May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada, to Oliva and Elzire Dionne. The parents had 14 children, 9 by single births. The quintuplets became international celebrities during their early.

Jul 29, 2022 · This is the story of these five girls that were raised in a “baby zoo”. Mrs. Alzire Dionne with the five newborn girls. 1934. Dionne quintuplets wew born prematurely on May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada, to Oliva and Elzire Dionne.

Apr 12, 2023 · On May 28, 1934 five identical girls Annette, Cécile, Yvonne, Marie, and Émilie were born to Elzire and Oliva Dionne on a farm near Callander, Ontario. It was a notable event–these babies were the first surviving quintuplets born anywhere in the world.

Apr 7, 2017 · The "Quints"—Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie—spent their leisure time on a playground beneath elevated walkways covered in wire mesh. Thousands of tourists would gawk at them from the walkways, and although the girls couldn't see their admirers because of the mesh, they could hear them.

Aug 3, 2016 · Although they ended up becoming the first quintuplets ever known to survive infancy, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile, and Marie — never should have made it at all. Born dangerously premature, all five girls initially weighed less than 14 pounds combined. Each newborn could fit in the palm of an adult’s hand.

Aug 4, 2015 · According to the New York Times, the Dionne quintuplets were five identical girls born on May 28, 1934. They were thought to be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. The Dionne quintuplets were born near Callander, Ontario, Canada to Elzire and Oliva Dionne.

On May 28, 1934, on a farm in the village of Corbeil, Ontario, near the Quebec border, a French-Canadian mother, Elzire Dionne, gave birth to five identical girls — Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, and Marie.

The “five most adorable little girls in the world” made headlines. Cécile, Marie, Yvonne, Emilie, and Annette Dionne first saw light in a ramshackle farmhouse near Corbeil, Ontario. Their mother, Elzire, had already given birth to six children.

The Dionne girls starred in three Hollywood feature films, which were essentially fictionalized versions of their story. They played the "Wyatt quintuplets" in all three films: The Country Doctor (1936) – directed by Henry King and starring Jean Hersholt as "Dr. John Luke"