Dear Chris,
No I meant Edith Melba Artois - René's wife, and the café's resident cabaret performer. However, her singing was so bad and tuneless (as René was heard once to comment "my wife, who cannot carry a tune in a bucket..."), the locals stuck cheese in their ears to block out the terrible sound.
Rob.
PS Did you ever see the paintings "The Big Maddona with the Fallen Boobies"?