Lois Sieff, who has died aged 94, was a lifelong enthusiast and supporter of the arts. She was also an irresistibly bright and warm friend.

Trumpeter and singer-songwriter who was a pioneer of jazz in South Africa and a campaigner against apartheid in exile

Hollywood star who won an Oscar for her role in Written on the Wind and appeared in the TV soap Peyton Place

Author of the bestselling 1989 book A Year in Provence

In 1940 my mother, Blanchette Fluer, with her parents, Rachel and Bernard, and her brother, Samuel, fled their home in Antwerp, Belgium, as German troops advanced on the city. They journeyed through France and reached Bordeaux. The Portuguese consul there, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, had been instructed to issue visas…

Colossus of French cooking dedicated to promoting his country’s cuisine