Dalida

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Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), better known as Dalida, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer and actress who performed and recorded in more than 10 languages, including Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, French, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish. In 1961 she acquired French citizenship upon marriage, while maintaining her original Italian one.

Dalida ranks among the six most popular singers in the world. Her sales figures today would amount to more than 170 million albums worldwide. Twice honored with "The World Oscar of success of the disc", she is the only European singer to have won this Oscar at least once. Her 30-year career commenced in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, a few months before her death. Her death led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer. She received 70 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc.

Dalida (film)

Dalida is a French and Italian two-parts-film for television directed by Joyce Buñuel released on TV in 2005. This movie tells Dalida's life.

Plot

When she was still young, Dalida, then Dalila for her stage's name, she left her native country, Egypt to Paris, in order to have her chance. She met Lucien Morisse who permitted her to start a beautiful career as a singer. Dalida and Lucien got married finally but divorced soon. Some others lovers would leave her with a brutal and dramatic manner that would push her to a little decline. But her wish to have a child would never come true that finish her decline so that she decided to kill herself.

Cast