PARIS — Marianne Faithfull is in higher spirits than you might think. “On the whole, I’ve been pretty happy for years,” Faithfull muses over a glass of Coke Zero at the trendy Hôtel Costes in Paris.

Jan. 31—Gretchen Wyler was a dancer and actress whose career spanned more than five decades. In the late 1960s she became an animal rights advocate who drew national attention to the plight of captive ...