Yves Allégret (13 October 1905, Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – 31 January 1987) was a French film director in the film noir genre.

He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.

Selected filmography

''The Ball of Count Orgel'' (1970)

''Konga Yo'' (1962)

''Oasis'' (1955)

''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1954)

''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (1953)

''Manèges'' (1950)

''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949)

External links

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Simone Signoret
birth date	March 25, 1921
birth place	Wiesbaden, Germany
death date	September 30, 1985
death place	Auteuil-Anthouillet, France
birth name	Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker
occupation	Actress
years active	1942–1985
spouse	Yves Allégret (1944-1949)Yves Montand (1951-1985) }}

Simone Signoret (; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in ''Room at the Top'' (1959). In her lifetime she also received a BAFTA, an Emmy, Golden Globe, Cannes Film Festival recognition and the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Early life

Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker as the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer of Polish descent, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied the English language in school, earning a teaching certificate. She tutored English and Latin and worked part-time as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper, ''Les nouveaux temps'', run by Jean Luchaire.

Career

During the German occupation of France, Signoret mixed with an artistic group of writers and actors who met at a café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter, ''Café de Flore''. By this time, she had developed an interest in acting and was encouraged by her friends, including her lover, Daniel Gélin, to follow her ambition. In 1942, she began appearing in bit parts and was able to earn enough money to support her mother and two brothers as her father, who was a French patriot, had fled the country in 1940 to join General De Gaulle in England. She took her mother's maiden name for the screen to help hide her Jewish roots.

Signoret's sensual features and earthy nature led to type-casting and she was often seen in roles as a prostitute. She won considerable attention in ''La Ronde'' (1950), a film which was banned briefly in New York as immoral. She won further acclaim, including an acting award from the British Film Academy, for her portrayal of another prostitute in Jacques Becker's ''Casque d'or'' (1951). She appeared in many notable films in France during the 1950s, including ''Thérèse Raquin'' (1953), directed by Marcel Carné, ''Les Diaboliques'' (1954), and ''Les Sorcières de Salem'' (1956), based on Arthur Miller's ''The Crucible''. In 1958, Signoret acted in the English set ''Room at the Top'' (1959), which won her numerous awards including the Best Female Performance Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 (Supporting Actress) and Marion Cotillard in 2008 (Best Actress), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film. She was offered films in Hollywood, but turned them down and continued to work in France and England. She played opposite Laurence Olivier in ''Term of Trial'' (1962). She did work in America for ''Ship of Fools'' (1965), which earned her another Oscar nomination, and appeared in a few other Hollywood films before returning to France in 1969.

In 1962 she translated Lillian Hellman's play ''The Little Foxes'' into French for a production in Paris that ran for six months at the Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt. She played the Regina role as well. Hellman was displeased with the production, although the translation was approved by scholars selected by Hellman.

Her one attempt at Shakespeare, performing Lady Macbeth opposite Alec Guinness at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, although some critics were harsher and one referred to her English as "impossibly Gallic".

In her later years, she was often criticized for gaining weight and letting her looks go, but Signoret, who was never concerned with glamour, ignored the insults and continued giving finely etched performances. She won more acclaim for her portrayal of a weary madam (Madame Rosa) in ''La Vie devant soi'' (1977) and as an unmarried sister who unknowingly falls in love with her paralyzed brother via anonymous correspondence in ''I Sent a Letter to my Love'' (1980).

Her memoirs, ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be'', were published in 1978. She also wrote a novel, ''Adieu Volodya'', published in 1985, the year of her death.

First married to the filmmaker Yves Allégret (1944–49), with whom she had a daughter Catherine Allégret, herself an actress. Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor Yves Montand in 1950, a union which lasted until her death.

A lifelong chain smoker, she died of pancreatic cancer in Auteuil-Anthouillet, France, and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris next to her second husband.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1942			uncredited
1942	''''	Extra	uncredited
1942	''''
1943	''Adieu Léonard''		uncredited
1943	''''	Extra	uncredited
1944	''''		uncredited
1944	''''	La maitresse de Firmin
1944	''Service de nuit''
1944	''Béatrice devant le désir''
1945	''''		uncredited
1946	''Back Streets of Paris''	Gisèle
1946	''''	Annette
1946	''''	Lily, la cabaretière
1947		Hélène
1948	''Impasse des deux anges''	Marianne
1948	''Dédée d'Anvers''	Dédée
1948		Michele Dennis
1950	''Manèges''	Dora
1950	''Gunman in the Streets''	Denise Vernon	a French version was also filmed as ''Le Traqué''
1950	''''	Leocadie, the Prostitute
1950	''Swiss Tour''	Yvonne
1951	''Ombre et lumière''	Isabelle Leritz
1951	''...Sans laisser d'adresse''		uncredited
1952	''Casque d'or''	Marie 'Casque d'Or'	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1953		Thérèse Raquin
1955		Yvette, Lagerhure
1955	''''	Nicole Horner	''Diabolique''
1956	''''	Janine Alix
1956	''Death in the Garden''	Djin
1957	''''	Elisabeth Procter	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1957	''Die Windrose''
1959		Alice Aisgill
1960	''Adua and Friends''	Adua Giovannetti
1960	''''	Roberte
1960	''Amours célèbres''	Jenny	segment "Jenny de Lacour"
1961
1962	''''	Unconfirmed
1962	''Term of Trial''	Anna
1963		Genevieve
1963	''''	Therese Dutheil
1965	''''	Eliane Darès
1965
1966	''Is Paris Burning?''
1966	''''	Elsa Fennan	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1967		Lisa Schindler	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1968	''''	Arkadina, an actress
1969	''''	Léone
1969	''Army of Shadows''	Mathilde
1969	''Mr. Freedom''		uncredited cameo
1970	''''	Mme L. aka Lise London
1971	''''	Veuve Couderc Tati
1971	''''	Clémence Bouin	Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
1971	''Comptes à rebours''	Léa
1973	''Rude journée pour la reine''	Jeanne
1973	''''	Rose
1975	''''	Lady Vamos
1976	''Police Python 357''	Thérèse Ganay
1977	''Madame Rosa''	Madame Rosa
1978	''Judith Therpauve''	Judith Therpauve
1979	''''	Mamie
1980	''Chère inconnue''	Louise
1982		Maupassant's mother
1982	''''	Mme Louise Baron	Nominated — César Award for Best Actress

Television award

Emmy Awards

1966: Won Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for: ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' (1963) for episode ''A Small Rebellion''

Popular Culture

''Marilyn'' (2011) by Sue Glover, premiered at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow on 17 February 2011. The play charted the deteriorating relationship between Signoret and Marilyn Monroe during the filming of ''Let's Make Love''. Unable to achieve the recognition of Oscar-winning Signoret, Monroe begins an affair with Signoret's husband, Yves Montand.

See also

Cinema of France

César Award for Best Actress

References

Bibliography

Monush, Barry (ed), ''The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965''. New York: Applause Books, 2003. ISBN 1-55783-551-9

Signoret, Simone, ''Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be''. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. ISBN 0-297-77417-4

External links

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Édith Piaf
background	solo_singer
birth name	Édith Giovanna Gassion
alias	La Môme Piaf(''The Little Sparrow'')
born	December 19, 1915Belleville, Paris, France
died	Plascassier, France
instrument	Voice
genre	CabaretTorch songsChanson
occupation	Singer, songwriter, actress
years active	1935–1963
label	Pathé Records, Pathé-Marconi
associated acts	}}

Édith Piaf (, ; ; 1915–1963), born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads. Among her songs are "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Foule" (1957), "l'Accordéoniste" (1955), and "Padam... Padam..." (1951).

Early life

Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is shrouded in mystery. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville, Paris. Legend has it that she was born on the pavement of ''Rue de Belleville 72'', but her birth certificate cites the Hôpital Tenon, the hospital for the 20th arrondissement of which Belleville is part.

She was named Edith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity. Piaf—an ''argot'' colloquialism for "sparrow"—was a nickname she would receive 20 years later.

Her mother, Annetta Giovanna Maillard (1895–1945), was of French descent on her father's side and of Italian and Berber origin on her mother's. She was a native of Livorno, a port city on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. She worked as a café singer under the name ''Line Marsa''.

Louis-Alphonse Gassion (1881–1944), Édith's father, was a Norman street acrobat with a past in the theatre. Édith's parents soon abandoned her, and she lived for a short time with her maternal grandmother, Emma (Aïcha) Saïd ben Mohammed (1876–1930). Before he enlisted with the French Army in 1916 to fight in World War I, her father took her to his mother, who ran a brothel in Normandy. There, prostitutes helped look after Piaf.

From the age of three to seven, Piaf was allegedly blind as a result of keratitis. According to one of her biographies, she recovered her sight after her grandmother's prostitutes pooled money to send her on a pilgrimage honoring ''Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux'', which the author claims resulted in a miraculous healing.

In 1929, at 14, she joined her father in his acrobatic street performances all over France, where she first sang in public.

She took a room at Grand Hôtel de Clermont (18 rue Veron, Paris 18ème) and separated from him, going her own way as a street singer in Pigalle, Ménilmontant, and the Paris suburbs (cf. the song "''Elle fréquentait la Rue Pigalle''").

She joined her friend Simone Berteaut ("Mômone") in this endeavor, and the two became lifelong partners in mischief. She was about 16 when she fell in love with Louis Dupont, a delivery boy.

At 17, she had her only child, a girl named Marcelle, who died of meningitis at age two. Like her mother, Piaf found it difficult to care for a child while living a life of the streets, so she often left Marcelle behind while she was away, and Dupont raised her until her death.

Singing career

In 1935 Piaf was discovered in the Pigalle area of Paris by nightclub owner Louis Leplée, whose club ''Le Gerny'' off the Champs-Élysées was frequented by the upper and lower classes alike. He persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness, which, combined with her height of only , inspired him to give her the nickname that would stay with her for the rest of her life and serve as her stage name, ''La Môme Piaf'' (''Parigot'' translatable as "The Waif Sparrow", "The Little Sparrow", or "Kid Sparrow"). Leplée taught her the basics of stage presence and told her to wear a black dress, later to become her trademark apparel. Leplée ran an intense publicity campaign leading up to her opening night, attracting the presence of many celebrities, including actor Maurice Chevalier. Her nightclub gigs led to her first two records produced that same year, with one of them penned by Marguerite Monnot, a collaborator throughout Piaf's life.

On 6 April 1936, Leplée was murdered and Piaf was questioned and accused as an accessory, but was acquitted. Leplée had been killed by mobsters with previous ties to Piaf. A barrage of negative media attention now threatened her career. To rehabilitate her image, she recruited Raymond Asso, with whom she would become romantically involved. He changed her stage name to "Édith Piaf", barred undesirable acquaintances from seeing her, and commissioned Monnot to write songs that reflected or alluded to Piaf's previous life on the streets.

In 1940, Édith co-starred in Jean Cocteau's successful one-act play ''Le Bel Indifférent''. She began forming friendships with prominent people, including Chevalier and poet Jacques Borgeat. She wrote the lyrics of many of her songs and collaborated with composers on the tunes. In 1944, she discovered Yves Montand in Paris, made him part of her act, and became his mentor and lover. Within a year, he became one of the most famous singers in France, and she broke off their relationship when he had become almost as popular as she was.

During this time she was in great demand and very successful in Paris as France's most popular entertainer. After the war, she became known internationally, touring Europe, the United States, and South America. In Paris, she gave Atahualpa Yupanqui (Héctor Roberto Chavero)—the most important Argentine musician of folklore—the opportunity to share the scene, making his debut in July 1950. She helped launch the career of Charles Aznavour in the early 1950s, taking him on tour with her in France and the United States and recording some of his songs. At first she met with little success with U.S. audiences, who regarded her as downcast. After a glowing review by a prominent New York critic, however, her popularity grew, to the point where she eventually appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' eight times and at Carnegie Hall twice (1956 and 1957).

Édith Piaf's signature song "La vie en rose" was written in 1945 and was voted a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.

Bruno Coquatrix's famous Paris Olympia music hall is where Piaf achieved lasting fame, giving several series of concerts at the hall, the most famous venue in Paris, between January 1955 and October 1962. Excerpts from five of these concerts (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962) were issued on record and CD and have never been out of print. The 1961 concerts were promised by Piaf in an effort to save the venue from bankruptcy and where she debuted her song "Non, je ne regrette rien". In April 1963, Piaf recorded her last song, "L'homme de Berlin".

World War II

During World War II, she was a frequent performer at German Forces social gatherings in occupied France, and many considered her a traitor; following the war she stated that she had been working for the French Resistance. While there is no evidence of this, it does seem to be true that she was instrumental in helping a number of individuals (including at least one Jew) escape Nazi persecution. Throughout it all, she remained a national and international favorite. Piaf dated a Jewish pianist during this time and co-wrote a subtle protest song with Monnot. According to one story, singing for high-ranking Germans at the ''One Two Two Club'' earned Piaf the right to pose for photographs with French prisoners of war, to boost their morale. The Frenchmen were supposedly able to cut out their photos and use them as forged passport photos.

Personal life

The love of Piaf's life, the married boxer Marcel Cerdan, died in a plane crash in October 1949, while flying from Paris to New York City to meet her. Cerdan's Air France flight, flown on a Lockheed Constellation, went down in the Azores, killing everyone on board, including noted violinist Ginette Neveu. Piaf and Cerdan's affair made international headlines, as Cerdan was the former middleweight champion of the world and a legend in France in his own right.

In 1951, Piaf was seriously injured in a car crash along with Charles Aznavour, breaking her arm and two ribs, and thereafter had serious difficulties arising from morphine and alcohol addictions. Two more near fatal car crashes exacerbated the situation. Jacques Pills, a singer, took her into rehabilitation on three different occasions to no avail.

Piaf married Jacques Pills in 1952 (her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich) and divorced him in 1956. In 1962, she wed Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a Greek hairdresser-turned-singer and actor who was 20 years her junior. The couple sang together in some of her last engagements.

Death and legacy

Piaf died of liver cancer aged 47 at Plascassier, on the French Riviera, on 11 October 1963 (according to some, 10 October in Paris). She had been drifting in and out of consciousness for several months. It is said that Sarapo drove her body back to Paris secretly so that fans would think she had died in her hometown. She is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris next to her daughter Marcelle, where her grave is among the most visited.

Although she was denied a funeral mass by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris because of her lifestyle, her funeral procession drew tens of thousands of mourners onto the streets of Paris and the ceremony at the cemetery was attended by more than 100,000 fans. Charles Aznavour recalled that Piaf's funeral procession was the only time since the end of World War II that he saw Parisian traffic come to a complete stop.

In Paris, a two-room museum is dedicated to her, the Musée Édith Piaf (5 rue Crespin du Gast).

In popular culture

Films

The film ''Piaf'' (1974) depicted her early years, and starred Brigitte Ariel, with early Piaf songs performed by Betty Mars.

Piaf's relationship with Cerdan was also depicted in film by Claude Lelouch in the movie ''Édith et Marcel'' (1983), with Marcel Cerdan Jr. in the role of his father and Évelyne Bouix portraying Piaf.

''Piaf...Her Story...Her Songs'' (2003) is a film starring Raquel Bitton in her performance tribute to Edith Piaf. Bitton performs Piaf's most famous songs and describes her tempestuous life. Woven into the filmed concert is a luncheon in Paris, hosted by Bitton, in which some of Piaf's composers, friends, lovers, and family share their memories. These include Michel Rivgauche and Francis Lai, two of Piaf's composers, as well as Marcel Cerdan, Jr., son of the boxing champion who was her greatest love.

''La Vie en rose'' (2007), a film about her life directed by Olivier Dahan, debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2007. Titled ''La Môme'' in France, the film stars Marion Cotillard in the role that won her the Academy Award for Best Actress (Oscar), as Piaf. Dahan's film follows Piaf's life from early childhood to her death in 1963. David Bret's 1988 biography, ''Piaf, A Passionate Life'', was re-released by JR Books to coincide with the film's release.

Plays

''Piaf'' (1978), by Pam Gems

''Piaf Piaf'' (1988), by Juha Siltanen and Jorma Uotinen

''The Sparrow and the Birdman'' By Raquel Bitton (1999)

''Edith and Simone'' (2000 and 2006), by Ronny Verheyen

''Pure Piaf'' (2006), by Alex Ryer

''No Regrets'' (2009), by Scotti Sween (TheatreVision/Off-Off-Broadway)

''Piaf de Musical'' (1999 and 2009), a Dutch musical

''Edith, het legendarische verhaal van Edith Piaf''(2009), by Yves Caspar

Other

The minor planet of 3772 Piaf, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina in 1982, is named after her.

Songs

;1925

;1933

;1934

;1935

;1936 (from the movie ''La Garçonne'')

;1937

;1938

;1939

;1940

;1941 (from the movie ''Montmartre-sur-Seine'')

;1942 (from the movie ''Montmartre-sur-Seine'')

;1943 (from the movie ''Montmartre-sur-Seine'')

;1944

;1945

;1946 (with Les Compagnons de la chanson) (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson) (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson) (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson)

;1947 (from the movie ''Neuf Garçons, Un Cœur'') (from the movie ''Neuf Garçons, Un Cœur'')

;1948

;1949 (from the movie ''L'Homme aux Mains d'Argile'')

;1950

Hymn to Love

Autumn Leaves

The Three Bells

Simply a Waltz

(English version)

;1951 (with Eddie Constantine) (with Eddie Constantine) (with M. Jiteau)

;1952 (from the movie ''Boum sur Paris'') (with Jacques Pills) (from the movie ''Boum sur Paris'')

;1953 (with Jacques Pills) (from the movie ''Boum sur Paris'')

;1954 (from the movie ''Si Versailles M'Était Conté'') (from the movie ''French Cancan'')

;1955

;1956

Heaven Have Mercy

One Little Man

'Cause I Love You

(English)

Don't Cry

I Shouldn't Care

My Lost Melody

;1957

;1958

;1959

;1960

;1961

No Regrets

;1962 (with Théo Sarapo) (with Charles Dumont) (with Mikis Theodorakis/Jacques Plante) (with Théo Sarapo)

;1963 (her last recording)

Filmography

''La garçonne'' (1936), Jean de Limur

''Montmartre-sur-Seine'' (1941), Georges Lacombe

''Étoile sans lumière'' (1946), Marcel Blistène

''Neuf garçons, un cœur'' (1947), Georges Freedland

''Si Versailles m'était conté'' (1954), Sacha Guitry

''French Cancan'' (1954), Jean Renoir

''Música de Siempre'' (1958), sang La vida en rosa, the Spanish version of "La Vie en rose".

''Les Amants de demain'' (1959), Marcel Blistène

Theatre credit

''Le Bel Indifférent'' (1940), Jean Cocteau

Discography

The following titles are compilations of Édith Piaf's songs, and not reissues of the titles released while Édith Piaf was active.

''The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf'', original release date: June 1991

''Édith Piaf: 30th Anniversaire'', original release date: 5 April 1994

''Édith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935–1943'', original release date: 15 July 1995

''The Early Years: 1938–1945, Vol. 3'', original release date: 15 October 1996

''Hymn to Love: All Her Greatest Songs in English'', original release date: 4 November 1996

''Gold Collection'', original release date: 9 January 1998

''The Rare Piaf 1950–1962'' (28 April 1998)

''La Vie en rose'', original release date: 26 January 1999

''Montmartre Sur Seine'' (soundtrack import), original release date: 19 September 2000

''Éternelle: The Best Of'' (29 January 2002)

''Love and Passion'' (boxed set), original release date: 8 April 2002

''The Very Best of Édith Piaf'' (import), original release date: 29 October 2002

''75 Chansons'' (Box set/import), original release date: 22 September 2005

''48 Titres Originaux'' (import), (09/01/2006)

''Édith Piaf: L'Intégrale/Complete 20 CD/413 Chansons,'' original release date: 27 February 2007

There are in excess of 80 albums of Édith Piaf's songs available on online music stores.

Édith Piaf on DVD

''Édith Piaf – A Passionate Life'' (24 May 2004)

''Édith Piaf : Eternal Hymn'' (''Éternelle, l'hymne à la môme'', Non-US Format, Pal, Region 2, import)

''Piaf – Her Story, Her Songs'' (June 2006)

''Piaf: La Môme'' (2007)

''La Vie en rose'' (biopic, 2008)

''Édith Piaf – The Perfect Concert'' and ''Piaf The Documentary'' (February 2009)

Books on Édith Piaf

''The Wheel Of Fortune: The Autobiography of Édith Piaf'' by Édith Piaf (originally written in 1958, 5 years before her death), Peter Owen Publishers; ISBN 0720612284

''Édith Piaf'', by Édith Piaf and Simone Berteaut, published January 1982; ISBN 2904106014

memoirs, written by stepsister

''The Piaf Legend'', by David Bret, Robson Books,1988.

''Piaf: A Passionate Life'', by David Bret, Robson Books, 1998, revised JR Books, 2007

"The Sparrow – Edith Piaf," chapter in ''Singers & The Song'' (pp. 23–43), by Gene Lees, Oxford University Press, 1987, insightful critique of Piaf's biography and music.

''Marlene, My Friend'', by David Bret, Robson Books, 1993. Dietrich dedicates a whole chapter to her friendship with Piaf.

''Oh! Père Lachaise'', by Jim Yates, Édition d'Amèlie 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555836-0-5. Piaf and Oscar Wilde meet in a pink tinted Parisian Purgatory.

''No Regrets. The Life of Edith Piaf'', by Carolyn Burke, Alfred A. Knopf 2011, ISBN 978-0-307-26801-3. An in depth and insightful look at Piaf's life.

Édith Piaf in contemporary music and popular media

Barbara Feldon sings Édith Piaf's "La vie en rose" in the 1966 episode of Get Smart entitled "Casablanca".

Édith Piaf is mentioned in the song "Piaf chanterait du rock" by Luc Plamondon, which was most famously recorded by Marie Carmen and Celine Dion.

The song "Edith and the Kingpin" on Joni Mitchell's 1975 album ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns'' was revealed to be about Édith Piaf in an interview with Mitchell published in the February 2008 issue of ''Mojo''.

The Elton John song "Cage the Songbird", from his 1976 ''Blue Moves'' album, is a tribute to Édith Piaf.

Édith Piaf is mentioned in the song "Chocolate Cigarette" by Tom Russell and Sylvia Tyson on Russell's 1991 album ''Hurricane Season''.

In 1996, Ari Folman released the near futuristic comedy ''Saint Clara''. In this film, Édith Piaf is repeatedly mentioned by many of the adults, who remember her seemingly from school, and prove that they are part of the leading culture, as opposed to the immigrants

In the film ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), Piaf's 1943 songs "C'Était Une Histoire D'Amour" and "Tu Es Partout" are central to providing a common thread of longing for loves and lives left behind in scenes between Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) and Private Ryan (Matt Damon) as well as providing a context for anecdotes from other central characters.

The song La Foule was used in the 2004 film My Summer of Love.

Martha Wainwright sings a collection of 15 songs made famous by Piaf on her album ''Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record'', released on 24 November 2009, by MapleMusic Recordings. All songs were recorded at Dixon Place Theatre in New York City during the summer of 2009.

Japanese musician, Utada Hikaru, has covered the song Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem) for her second compilation album Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 in 2010.

"Non, je ne regrette rien" is featured extensively in the 2010 movie Inception.

In the film ''X-Men: First Class'' (2011), the song La Vie En Rose is used.

See also

Music of France

French popular music

References

External links

Edith Piaf's songs

Genealogy of Edith Piaf, Généalogie magazine, n° 233, pp. 30–36

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Alain Delon
birth name	Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon
birth date	November 08, 1935
birth place	Sceaux, France
years active	1957–present
occupation	Actor
Spouse	Nathalie Barthélemy (m.1964-69)
Partner	Romy Schneider (1959-63)Mireille Darc (1968-82)Rosalie van Breemen (1987-2002)
Children	Christian Aaron Boulogne, born on August 11, 1962Anthony Delon, born on September 30, 1964Anouchka Delon, born on November 25, 1990Alain Delon Jr., born on March 18, 1994
website	http://www.alaindelon.com/ }}

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. Over the course of his career, Delon has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.

Delon acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999, and the company managing products sold under his name is based in Geneva.

Early life

Delon was born in Sceaux, Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), Île-de-France, a suburb of Paris. His parents, Édith (née Arnold) and Fabien Delon, divorced when Delon was four. Both remarried, and Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers. He attended a Roman Catholic boarding school, the first of several schools from which he was expelled because of unruly behavior. Teachers once tried to convince him to enter the priesthood because of his aptitude in religious studies.

At 14, Delon left school, and worked for a brief time at his stepfather's butcher shop. He enlisted in the French Navy three years later, and in 1953/54 he served as a ''fusilier marin'' in the First Indochina War. Delon has said that out of his four years of military service he spent 11 months in prison for being "undisciplined". In 1956, after being dishonorably discharged from the military he returned to France. He didn't have any money, and got by on whatever employment he could find. He spent time working as a waiter, a porter, a secretary and a sales clerk. During this time he became friends with the actress Brigitte Auber, and joined her on a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, where his film career would begin.

Career

At Cannes, Delon was seen by a talent scout for David O. Selznick. After a screen test Selznick offered him a contract, providing he learned English. Delon returned to Paris to study the language, but when he met French director Yves Allégret, he was convinced that he should stay in France to begin his career. Selznick allowed Delon to cancel his contract, and Allégret gave him his debut in the film ''Quand la Femme s'en Mêle'' (''When the Woman Butts In''). Delon then appeared in the film ''Faibles Femmes'' (''Women Are Weak''/''Three Murderesses''). This was also the very first of his films to be seen in America, where it became a huge success.

In 1960, Delon appeared in René Clément's ''Purple Noon'', which was based on the Patricia Highsmith novel ''The Talented Mr. Ripley''. He played protagonist Tom Ripley to critical acclaim; Highsmith herself was also a fan of his portrayal. He then appeared in Luchino Visconti's ''Rocco and His Brothers''. Critic Bosley Crowther of the ''New York Times'' said Delon's work was : "touchingly pliant and expressive." John Beaufort in the ''Christian Science Monitor'' said: :"Rocco's heartbroken steadfastness furnishes the film with the foremost of its ironic tragedies ... [I]ts believability rests finally on Mr. Delon's compelling performance."

Delon made his stage debut in 1961 in John Ford’s play ''Tis Pity She’s a Whore'' alongside Romy Schneider in Paris. Visconti directed the production. Delon would work with him again for ''Il Gattopardo'' (''The Leopard''). Delon also worked with Jean-Pierre Melville, who directed him in ''Un Flic'', ''Le Cercle Rouge'', and ''Le Samouraï''.

In 1964, the Cinémathèque Française held a showcase of Delon's films and Delon started a production company, Delbeau Production, with Georges Beaume. They produced a film called ''L’insoumis'', which had to be re-edited due to legal issues. Delon then started his own production company, Adel, and starred in the company’s first film, ''Jeff''. Delon followed the success of the film with ''Borsalino'', which became one of France’s highest grossing films of the time. In 1973, he made a duet with the French pop singer Dalida on "Paroles, paroles". He also played Johnston McCulley's popular masked hero in 1975's ''Zorro''. In 1976, Delon starred in Monsieur Klein, which won him the César awards (French equivalent of Oscars). He was awarded the Best Actor César Award for his role in Bertrand Blier's ''Notre histoire'' (1984), and portrayed the aristocratic dandy Baron de Charlus in a film adaptation of Marcel Proust's novel ''Swann in Love'' in the same year. Then followed a string of box office failures in the late 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the failure of Patrice Leconte's ''Une chance sur deux''. Delon announced his decision to give up acting in 1997, although he still occasionally accepts roles.

In 1990, he worked with auteur Jean-Luc Godard, on ''Nouvelle vague'', in which he played twins. In 2003, the Walter Reade Theater showed a series of Delon's films under the aegis, ''Man in the Shadows: The Films of Alain Delon''.

Products

Since the formation of a perfume label in his name, Delon has had a variety of products sold under his name including wristwatches, clothing, eyewear, stationery and cigarettes.

Delon's sunglasses brand became particularly popular in Hong Kong after actor Chow Yun-fat wore them in the 1986 crime film ''A Better Tomorrow'' (as well as two sequels). Delon reportedly wrote a letter thanking Chow for helping the sunglasses sell out in the region. The film's director John Woo has acknowledged Delon as one of his idols and wrote a short essay on ''Le Samourai'' as well as ''Le Cercle Rouge'' for the Criterion Collection DVD releases.

Relationships

On 20 March 1959, Delon was engaged to actress Romy Schneider, whom he met when they co-starred in the film ''Christine'' (1958). During their relationship, he had an affair with German actress, singer and model Nico. On 11 August 1962 Nico gave birth to a son, Ari (Christian Aaron), who was fathered by Delon. The child was raised mostly by Delon's parents.

In December 1963, Schneider and Delon decided to break the engagement. On 13 August 1964, Delon married Nathalie Barthélemy. Their son, Anthony Delon, was born in September. The couple divorced on 14 February 1969.

In 1968, during the shooting of ''Jeff'', he met French actress Mireille Darc with whom he had a 15-year relationship until 1982.

In 1987, Delon met Dutch model Rosalie van Breemen on the shooting of the video clip for his song "Comme au cinéma" and started a relationship. They had two children: Anouschka (25 November 1990) and Alain-Fabien (18 March 1994). The relationship ended in October 2002.

Honours

At the 60th Cannes Film Festival, he presented the Best Actress Award to South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon for her role in Lee Chang Dong's Secret Sunshine. She became the first South Korean to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the 2008 César Awards on February 22, 2008, he presented the César Award for Best Actress to Marion Cotillard, who two days later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for La Vie En Rose.

Delon appears on the cover of the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths.

He was made ''Officier'' (Officer) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1995. He was made ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur on 21 February 1991. He was promoted to ''Officier'' (Officer) in 2005.

Filmography

Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
2008		Julius Caesar>Jules César
2004	''Frank Riva	Frank Riva
2003	''Frank Riva	Frank Riva
1999	''Les Acteurs ''	Himself
1997	''Une Chance sur deux	Julien Vignal
1996	''Le Jour et la nuit	Alexandre
1994	''Les Cent et une nuits	L'acteur d'un jour
1993	''L'Ours en peluche	Jean Rivière
1992	''Un Crime	Maitre Charles Durand
1992		Giacomo Casanova>Casanova
1990		L'homme
1990		Alan Wolf
1988	''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort	Commissaire Eugène Grindel
1985	''Parole de flic	Daniel Pratt
1984	''Notre histoire	Robert Avranche
1984		Jean Diaz
1983	''Le Battant	Jacques Darnay
1983	''Swann in Love	Baron de Charlus
1982	''Le choc	Martin Terrier
1981	''Pour la peau d'un flic	Choucas
1980	''Trois hommes à abattre	Michel Gerfaut
1980		Foche
1979	''Le Toubib	Jean-Marie Desprès
1979	''The Concorde ... Airport '79	Paul Metrand
1978	''Attention, les enfants regardent	L'homme
1977	''Le Gang	Robert le Dingue
1977		Xavier Maréchal
1976	''Monsieur Klein	Robert Klein
1976	''Armaguedon	Dr. Michel Ambrose
1976	''Comme un boomerang	Jacques Batkin
1976	''L'Homme pressé	Pierre Niox
1975	''Flic Story	Roger Borniche
1975	''Le Gitan	Le Gitan
1975	''Zorro (1975 film)	Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro
1974	''Les Seins de glace	Marc Rilsen
1974	''Borsalino & Co.	Roch Siffredi
1973	''Deux hommes dans la ville	Gino Strabliggi
1973	''La Race des seigneurs	Julien Dandieu
1973	''Les Granges brûlées	Larcher
1973		Jean Laurier, alias Scorpio
1973	''Les Grands fusils	Tony Arzenta
1972	''Traitement de choc	Devillers
1972	''Il était une fois un flic	Man searching Rodriguez
1972	''La prima notte di quiete	Daniele Dominici
1971	''Un Flic	Coleman
1971	''La Veuve Couderc	Jean
1971
1971	''Fantasia chez les ploucs	A caïd
1971	''The Assassination of Trotsky	Frank Jackson
1970	''Le Cercle rouge ''	Corey
1970		Rocco Siffredi
1970	''Doucement les basses	Simon
1969	''Le Clan des Siciliens	Roger Sartet
1969	''Madly	Julian
1969		Laurent
1968		Jean-Paul
1968		Daniel
1968	''Adieu l'ami	Dino Barran
1968	''Spirits of the Dead	William Wilson
1967	''Le Samouraï	Jef Costello
1967	''Diaboliquement vôtre	Pierre
1966		Manu
1966	''Lost Command	Capt. Philippe Esclavier
1966	''Texas Across the River''/''Texas nous voilà	Don Andrea
1965	''Paris brûle-t-il ?	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
1965		Eddie Pedak
1965	''The Yellow Rolls-Royce	Stefano
1964	''L'Insoumis	Thomas
1963	''La Tulipe noire	Count de Saint Preux
1963
1963	''Mélodie en sous-sol	Francis
1963	''Les Félins	Marc
1962	''Le Diable et les Dix Commandements	Pierre Messager
1962	''Carambolages	Lambert
1962		Piero
1962	''L'Amour à la mer	The film actor
1961	''Les Amours celebres	Prince Albert
1961	''Quelle joie de vivre	Ulysse
1960	''Plein Soleil	Tom Ripley
1960	''Rocco and His Brothers	Rocco Parondi
1959	''Le chemin des écoliers	Antoine Michaud
1959	''Faibles femmes	Julien Fenal
1958		Franz Lobheiner
1957	''Quand la femme s'en mêle	Jo
1957		Loulou

References

External links

Official website

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Marc Allégret
birth date	December 22, 1900
birth place	Basel, Basel-Stadt
death date	November 03, 1973
death place	Versailles, France
occupation	Screenwriter and film director
yearsactive	1927 - 1970
imdb id	0002165 }}

Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter and film director.

Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven. Later, Marc was to fall briefly under the spell of Cocteau, who Gide feared would "corrupt" him.

Marc's father, Elie Allégret, had originally been hired by Gide's mother to tutor her son in light of his weak grades in school, after which he and his charge became fast friends. In 1895 Elie was best man at Gide's wedding.

After filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with Gide, he chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His relationship with Gide ended after that trip, as Allégret found out that he preferred women after having experiences with Congolese women. They nevertheless remained close friends until Gide's death in 1951. After working and training as an assistant director, in 1931 he directed his first feature ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' and the following year received much acclaim for his film, ''Fanny''. He went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films.

Allégret is noted for discovering and/or developing new acting talent who went on to stardom including Michèle Morgan, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Danièle Delorme, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim who would become his directing assistant.

He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

Filmography

1927 : ''Voyage au Congo'' (documentary)

1930 : ''La Meilleure bobone'' (short)

1931 : ''Mam'zelle Nitouche''

1931 : ''J'ai quelque chose à vous dire'' (short)

1931 : ''Attaque nocturne'' (short)

1931 : ''Les Amours de minuit''

1931 : ''Le Blanc et le Noir''

1932 : ''La Petite Chocolatière''

1932 : ''Fanny''

1934 : ''Zouzou''

1934 : ''L'Hôtel du libre échange''

1934 : ''Lac aux dames''

1934 : ''Sans famille''

1935 : ''Les Beaux jours''

1936 : ''Sous les yeux d'occident''

1936 : ''Aventure à Paris''

1936 : ''Les Amants terribles''

1937 : ''Gribouille''

1937 : ''La Dame de Malacca''

1937 : ''Andere Welt''

1938 : ''Orage''

1938 : ''Entrée des artistes''

1939 : ''Le Corsaire''

1941 : ''Parade en 7 nuits''

1942 : ''L'Arlésienne''

1942 : ''La Belle aventure''

1943 : ''Les Deux timides''

1944 : ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs''

1945 : ''Félicie Nanteuil''

1946 : ''Lunegarde''

1946 : ''Pétrus''

1947 : ''Blanche Fury''

1950 : ''Blackmailed''

1950 : ''Maria Chapdelaine''

1952 : ''Avec André Gide'' (documentary)

1952 : ''La Demoiselle et son revenant''

1953 : ''Julietta''

1954 : ''L'Eterna femmina''

1954 : ''L'Amante di Paride''

1955 : ''Futures vedettes''

1955 : ''L'Amant de lady Chatterley''

1956 : ''En effeuillant la marguerite''

1957 : ''L'Amour est en jeu''

1958 : ''Sois belle et tais-toi''

1958 : ''Un drôle de dimanche''

1959 : ''Les Affreux''

1961 : ''Les Démons de minuit''

1962 : ''Les Parisiennes''

1963 : ''L'Abominable homme des douanes''

1966 : ''Lumière'' (documentary)

1970 : ''Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel''

External links

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