Irma may refer to:

• Irma (name), a female given name
• Irma (artist), a Cameroonian female singer-songwriter

Places[link]

• Irma, Alberta, Canada, a village
• Irma, Lombardy, Italy, a comune
• Irma, Wisconsin, USA, an unincorporated community

Other uses[link]

• 177 Irma, a fairly large and dark main belt asteroid
• Irma (dog), a Dickin Medal-winning dog
• Irma (supermarket), a Danish supermarket chain
• Irma Records, an Italian record label
• Irma Hotel, a landmark built in Cody, Wyoming by "Buffalo Bill" Cody
• Operation Irma, a series of airlifts of civilians during the Siege of Sarajevo
• Tropical Storm Irma (disambiguation), various storms
• SS Irma (1905), a Norwegian merchant ship sunk in controversial circumstances in 1944

See also[link]

• IRMA (disambiguation)

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Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh, 2007
Born	(1971-04-19) April 19, 1971 (age 41) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut (Dad is upstairs). He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.

Early years[link]

Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He is Jewish and was brought up in a mixed cultural background, speaking Moroccan Arabic and French. He earned his Baccalaureate in Morocco at Lycee Lyautey in Casablanca^[1] before he studied political science in Montreal for four years, then moved to Paris to study drama.

His first one-man show Décalages, performed at the "Palais des glaces" in 1997, was autobiographical.^{[citation needed]}

At the Olympia

Career[link]

Elmaleh's first contact with cinema was the full-length film, Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache. He later appeared in L'homme est une femme comme les autres and Train de Vie.

His fame further increased with the success of his second one-man show, La Vie Normale, and the film La Vérité si je mens ! 2 (2000) in which he played the role of "Dov", the seducer. The character of "Chouchou" in La Vie Normale was reproduced in the comedy Chouchou (2002), directed by Merzak Allouache and also starring Alain Chabat; the film drew large audiences.^{[citation needed]}. He then did his debut as a singer in "it's kiz my life", a popular song in a non-existing language. The music video was directed by J.G Biggs and shot in the famous Parisian Hôtel Costes.

In contrast to his first two one-man shows, his L’autre c’est moi (2005) contains more improvisation and interaction with the public. In an interview, Gad Elmaleh said that this one-man show is more in the tradition of stand up.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to film in 2004 when he starred in the 2004 film Olé! with Gérard Depardieu. In 2005, he starred as François Pignon in La Doublure (English title "The Valet"), by Francis Veber. In 2006, he appeared opposite Audrey Tautou in Hors de prix (English title "Priceless"), by Pierre Salvadori.

He came back to the stage with L'autre, c'est moi in September 2006 in Canada (Montreal) and in the U.S. (in Broadway, at the Beacon Theater in front of 3000 spectators); it was performed also in Casablanca, Morocco. Between April and August 2007 he played his successful show in France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

On July 15, 2007, Elmaleh premiered his latest show, Papa est en haut, in Montreal as part of the Just for Laughs festival.

He also played the voice of Barry B. Benson in the French version of the 2007 film Bee Movie, Drôle d’Abeille.^[2]

In 2009, he released the film, Coco, which he directed, wrote and starred in. In 2010 he appeared in a dramatic role in Roselyne Bosch's The Round Up, which is based on the events surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.^[2]

Elmaleh was scheduled to perform in the 2009 Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon on July 13–15.^[3]

In 2011, he had a small role in Woody Allen's Paris-set feature, Midnight in Paris.^[4] He also appeared in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside Jamie Bell. The film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, was released on October 26, 2011 in Belgium and on December 23, 2011 in the United States. The same year, he also starred in Jack & Jill as Al Pacino's French cook.

Personal[link]

He lived with French actress Anne Brochet from 1998 to 2002. They have one son, Noé.^[5] The story of their relationship and breakup can be found in Brochet's book Trajet d'une amoureuse éconduite.

Filmography[link]

• Man Is a Woman (1998) with Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein
• Deuxième vie (2000)
• La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001) with Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gilbert Melki
• A+ Pollux (2002) with Cécile De France
• Chouchou (2003) with Alain Chabat
• Ole! with Gérard Depardieu (2005)
• The Valet with Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Virginie Ledoyen, Kristin Scott Thomas (2005)
• Priceless (2005) with Audrey Tautou
• Comme ton père (2007) with Richard Berry
• Coco (2009)
• The Round Up (2009)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)^[6]
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• Mood Indigo (2013)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gad Elmaleh

• Gad Elmaleh at the Internet Movie Database

Irma Serrano (born December 9, 1933) is a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater; and also a singer, screenwriter and politician.^[1][2] Thanks to her beauty, her figure and her way of being controversial, coming out of the standards of the time, Serrano managed to attract the attention of directors and producers, so they began to call her to act in different movies.^[1]

In her later years, she was the center for multiple scandals and controversies.^[3] She has appeared in celebrity gossip magazines and television shows because of her political career as senator of her home state of Chiapas from 1994 to 1997.^[1]

Early life[link]

Irma was born Irma Cielo Consuelo Serrano Castro Domínguez to an affluent rancher and a woman of a tough attitude, in Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico.^[1] According to her own autobiography she was kidnapped (actually ran away) at the age of 13 or 14.^{[citation needed]} A politician whisked her away from her small hometown in southern Chiapas where she was born and raised.

Career[link]

1960s[link]

Her first break came in Santo contra los zombies (1962), where she acted along with the actor-wrestler sensation, Santo. In the same year she had a small role in El extra, starring Cantinflas and Alma Delia Fuentes, where she portrayed a movie extra. By 1964, she had a musical guest spot in the film Gabino Barrera, and in it she sang the eponymous song and reprised the role for the film's sequels El hijo de Gabino Barrera (1965) and La venganza de Gabino Barrera (1971) all three films starring Antonio Aguilar. In the film El zurdo (1965) Serrano was given a decent acting role playing "Catalina", a bar singer who participates in a plan to rob notorious left-handed gun slinger Pedro "El zurdo" portrayed by Rodolfo de Anda.

1970s[link]

She appeared with Emilio Fernández and Eric del Castillo in Los malvados in 1966. It is not until 1972 when she stars in a title role and is featured as a screenwriter in La Martina. In 1973 she earns the nickname "La Tigresa" or "the tigress" after she starred in the film of the same name.

Personal life[link]

She was ordered jailed by the First Lady of Mexico in 1967 when she dared to serenade then Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz in Los Pinos, Mexico's official Presidential residence. It was rumored they had a short lived romantic affair.^[3] Both never confirmed it, until 1998 when she defended the late president when she said that she lived with him, and that she never ordered him to attack the students of the massacre of Tlatelolco, which happened in 1968.^[1]

She lives in palatial residences in Mexico City, all furnished with art masterpieces from around the world that she collected and accumulated during her singing, acting and political careers.

In 1994, she ran for Senator from her home state of Chiapas and won.^[3]

On March 25, 2009 she was arrested in her home State of Chiapas and taken into custody to Mexico City's federal women penitentiary for supposed death threats and branding a gun 3 years earlier to an ex-tenant of one of her properties.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Television work[link]

• 2005 La Madrastra (TV series)
• 2004 Hospital el paisa (TV series)
• 1977 Variedades de media noche (TV series)
• 1974 La tierra (TV series)
• 1972 Aun hay mas (TV series)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Irma Serrano at the Internet Movie Database