Belle du Berry
Belle du Berry (* 1966 in Bourges ; bourgeois Bénédicte Grimault ; † August 11, 2020 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre ) was a French singer , songwriter and actress .
Life
She chose her stage name after the province of Berry , in which she grew up. After studying at the film school La fémis in Paris , she began singing at Le Zèbre de Belleville with the bands Pervers Polymorphes Inorganisés , Les Endimanchés and Les Champêtres de Joie in the late 1980s .
In 1992 she worked with the choreographer Philippe Decouflé on the ballet, which was created for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville .
From 1994 to 1995 she worked at Cabaret Sauvage and at that time met the pop and jazz trumpeter David Lewis . The two sang as a duet in various bars and cafés and met the guitarist Potzi, the bassist Mano Razanajato and the drummer François Jeannin, with whom they founded the music group Paris Combo . The lead singer recorded seven albums with the band between 1996 and 2017.
Du Berry was later discovered and promoted by Roger Planchon and Laurent Pelly , who worked with her on various projects.
She also wrote songs for Lokua Kanza and La Trabant .
Belle du Berry died at the age of 54 years to cancer .
Discography
- 2009: Quizz, Belle Du Berry & David Lewis
Filmography (selection)
- 1998: Lautrec - The painter of Montmartre
- 2000: Raoul et Jocelyne La douille magique
- 2002: Vivement dimanche (TV)
literature
- Elaine Lewis: Belle du Berry (1966–): Singer, Songwriter, International Artist, and Berrichonne [Bénédicte Grimault] , in: Michaël Abecassis: An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from A to Z: “Singin 'in French” . Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne 2018, ISBN 978-1-5275-0354-0 , pp. 71-74; limited preview in Google Book search
Web links
- Information on Belle du Berry in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Belle du Berry in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Belle du Berry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Belle du Berry at Discogs (English)
- Bénédicte Grimault at Discogs (English)
- Belle du Berry on MusicBrainz (English)
- Belle du Berry at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belle du Berry funeral. Retrieved on August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Brief portrait at rfi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | You Berry, Belle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grimault, Bénédicte (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer, songwriter and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourges |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2020 |
| Place of death | Le Kremlin-Bicetre |