Catherine Ringer

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Catherine Ringer, 2007

Catherine Ringer (born October 18, 1957 in the Paris suburb of Suresnes ) is a French porn actress , actress , dancer and became known as the singer-songwriter of the progressive rock and ( avant-garde ) pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko .

Childhood and youth

Catherine grew up with her brother in a creative environment and discovered her interest in music at an early age and played a flute as her first instrument. She is said to have sung songs by Georges Brassens , Maria Callas and Velvet Underground “with a very loud voice” with passion and talent . Her father Samuel Ringer is a painter, her mother Jeanine an architect.

Catherine left the “Collège Honoré de Balzac ” at the age of 15 and fulfilled her wish to turn her talent and artistic passion as an actress (and comedian), dancer and singer into a profession.

Artistic career

Catherine Ringer

In Michael Lonsdale's “Théâtre de Recherche Musicale” she received her first engagement for a piece called “Fragments pour le Che” by Pierre Bourgeade.

At the same time, Catherine Ringer met the Argentine dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto , who became her teacher and artistic partner. They appeared together in 1976 in “Silences Nocturnes aux îles des fées” by Armando Llamas in the “Café de la Gare” and in 1977 in the theater “Le Palace” on the occasion of the festival “Trans-Théâtres”.

Before Catherine Ringer met Frédéric "Fred" Chichin, she gained artistic experience in plays by Bertolt Brecht in December 1977, in "N'Shima" directed by the composer Iannis Xenakis and in an African ballet. She also appeared in porn films .

The paths of Ringer and Chichin crossed for the first time in the spring of 1979 at the music revue "Flashes rouges" in Montreuil (Paris) and became a couple. They have three children together.

At that time Chichin was playing guitar for the group "Le fond de l'air est rock" in the theater / music project "Flashes rouges" by Marc'O , Ringer had a role as a "victim".

In addition to other activities (film / TV / music), Ringer worked on the animated film "Les Boulugres" by Jean Hurtado for France 3 , together with Michael Lonsdale and Daniel Berlioux , and on the feature film "Le temps des Yeyes" by Gérard Jourd'hui .

Together with Frédéric Chichin , Catherine Ringer formed the progressive rock and ( avant-garde ) pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko from 1980 until Chichin's death in November 2007 .

Between 1976 and 1982 Catherine Ringer took part in around twenty porn films. Her main motivation was to make enough money to start a rock band. You saw them in French, but also in German and Italian productions. She also posed for the Danish magazine Sex Bizarre of Color Climax and for the Swedish magazine Pirate . She operated under her real name or under the pseudonyms Lolita da Nova or Betty Davis . In the spring of 1986 the general public discovered her past in adult films, previously known only to porn lovers: while she was starring with Les Rita Mitsouko, her old hard films were reissued on VHS, which were sold under the name "Mitsouko", sometimes even as "Rita Mitsouko". Faced with this use of her group's name, Catherine Ringer filed a complaint, but was dismissed by the courts, allowing publishers to sell their tapes thanks to a new advertising campaign centered around the "Rita Mitsouko scandal". The affair caused quite a stir in the French media, but the musical career did not suffer.

Catherine Ringer has returned to these experiences several times, which she has never denied. Shortly after the VHS affair, she was insulted on the set of the program Mon Zénith à moi by Serge Gainsbourg , who called her a "whore" for making pornographic films. She replies that she lived "the modern adventure", he replies that "the modern adventure is not disgusting", she attacks him by saying that he has become "the disgusting guy". The sequence was commented on by Pierre Desproges , who in defense of Catherine Ringer said of Serge Gainsbourg: "I loved him very much while he was alive". In 1986, in the program Sexy Folies presented by Mireille Dumas , she relates that her experience with porn consisted of "violent, difficult situations in which her personal image was completely shattered, reduced to nothing. She compares the shooting of porn to a form of" Military service ". To Christian Eudeline in VSD, she says:" I was surrounded by people who were a bit intellectual and said that it would be something artistic, that it would be exciting .... "I did that under the influence".

Theater and film projects

Theater & dance

  • 1975: Fragments pour le Che by Pierre Bourgeade at the Théâtre de Recherche Musicale
  • 1976: Silences Nocturnes aux îles des fées by Armando Llamas (with Marcia Moretto )
  • 1977: N'Shima, directed by the composer Iannis Xenakis
  • 1979: Flashes rouges by Marc'O

Film & TV

  • 1969: Les deux coquines
  • 1975: Au long de rivière Fango
  • 1976: The juice has to go ... (Corps brûlant)
  • 1976: La fessée ou Les mémoires de monsieur Léon maître-fesseur
  • 1977: Love Inferno
  • 1977: Body Love
  • 1978: Flash rouge (TV movie)
  • 1978: Color Climax Special 257
  • 1979: Poker Partouze
  • 1979: Histoires de cul
  • 1980: Paradise of Lust (Paradise)
  • 1980: Greta, Monica, Suzel ...
  • 1980: Histoires de cul
  • 1980: La pension des fesses nues
  • 1980: Petits trous libertins
  • 1980: Le temps des Yeyes (TV) by Gérard Jourd'hui
  • 1981: Rien ne vaut la première fois
  • 1981: Mélodie pour Manuella
  • 1981: L'Éducation d'Orphelie
  • 1981: Lingeries intimate
  • 1981: Quella porcacciona di mia moglie
  • 1981: Lea
  • 1981: Provinciales en chaleur
  • 1981: Innocence impudique
  • 1981: Gorges profondes et petites filles
  • 1982: Marilyn - Bizarre Desires (Mélodie pour Manuella)
  • 1982: Deep Openings (L'Inconnue)
  • 1982: Porno's Girls
  • 1983: Les Boulugres (voice of Minoda)
  • 1984: Petits trous vierges à explorer
  • 1984: L'éducation anglaise
  • 1985: Pizzaiolo et Mozzarel
  • 1985: Sans toit ni loi ( VagabondWithout Roof or Rule ) - Music / Text Marcia baïla and In my tea
  • 1989: Slaves of New York - Text Tongue Dance
  • 1990: Tatie Danielle - Music / Text La Complainte de la vieille salope
  • 1995: 7 sur 7 (TV, 1st episode)
  • 1995: Les Apprentis - Music Qu'est-ce que t'es belle
  • 1995: Les Trois frères ( The Three Brothers ) - Doux Daddy
  • 1996: Nuit d'ivresse - singer of the title theme
  • 1996: Les Boulugres (animation film, produced by Jean Hurtado from 1980–1984)
  • 1997: Sinon, oui ( A Foreign Body )
  • 1998: Desproges est vivant (TV)
  • 1998: Un grand cri d'amour
  • 1999: Suspendu
  • 2000: La Dame pipi (short film)
  • 2000: Tout le monde en parle (TV, 1st episode)
  • 2001: Me, the King of Porn - The Adventurous Life of Lasse Braun (TV)
  • 2001: Reines d'un jour ( A Hell of a Day ) - Song Le Vent
  • 2002: Nosferatu (TV) - singer of the title themes
  • 2004: Olivia Ruiz: Star activiste
  • 2006: Où sont passées les grandes gueules? 30 ans de débats à la télévision (TV)

Discography

Albums with "Les Rita Mitsouko"

  • 1984 - "Rita Mitsouko" (April 1984)
  • 1986 - "The No Comprendo" (September 20, 1986)
  • 1988 - "Marc et Robert" (November 7, 1988)
  • 1990 - "RE" ( remix )
  • 1993 - "Systems D" (November 16, 1993)
  • 1996 - "Acoustiques" (live album, concert on M6 (television) on October 27, 1996)
  • 2000 - "Cool Frénésie" (March 7, 2000)
  • 2001 - "Bestov Les Rita Mitsouko" ("Le Bestov", November 6, 2001)
  • 2002 - "La Femme Trombone" (September 10, 2002)
  • 2004 - "Live avec l'Orchestre Lamoureux" (March 2004)
  • 2007 - "Variéty" (May 25, 2007, Wmi (Warner))

Albums (Solo)

  • 2011 - "Ring'n Roll" (May 2011)
  • 2017 - "Chroniques et Fantaisies"

Singles with "Les Rita Mitsouko"

  • 1982 - "Don't Forget the Nite" ( EP ), with "Minuit dansant" a. a.
  • 1984 - “Restez avec moi”; "Marcia Baïla" (from the album "Rita Mitsouko")
  • 1986 - "Andy"; “Un soir, un chien”; "C'est comme ça"; "Les histoires d'amour" (from the album "The no comprendo")
  • 1988 - "Qu'est-ce que t'es belle" (duo by Catherine Ringer and Marc Lavoine )
  • 1988 - "Mandolino City"; "Singing in the Shower" (with the " Sparks "); "Tongue Dance"; "Le petit train" (from the album "Marc et Robert")
  • 1990 - "Hip Kit"; "Don't Forget the Nite" (from the album "RE")
  • 1993 - “Y'a d'la haine”; "Les amants" (title song from "The Lovers of Pont Neuf"); "Femme d'affaires" (from the album "Système D")
  • 1996 - "Riche" (duet with Doc Gynéco , from the album "Acoustiques")
  • 2000 - "Cool Frénésie" (from the album "Cool Frénésie")
  • 2002 - "Triton, Sasha, Tu Me Manques" (from the album "La Femme Trombone")
  • 2007 - “Communiqueur d'Amour”; "Ding Dang Dong (Ringing at your bell)" (from the album "Variéty")

Films, DVDs & Videos with "Les Rita Mitsouko" (selection)

  • 1985 - Champs-Elysées (TV series, episode June 15, 1985)
  • 1987 - Protect your rights (Soigne ta droite) - Title C'est comme ça
  • 1987 - Die Verliebte (L'amoureuse) - Music / Text Les histoires d'A
  • 1991 - The Lovers of Pont Neuf (Les amants Du Pont-Neuf) - theme song Les amants
  • 1991 - My life is hell (Ma vie est un enfer)
  • 1995 - L'âge des possibles - Music / Text Andy
  • 1996 - Reinventing love (L '@ mour est à réinventer) (TV series) –music / text C'est comme ça in the section Dans la décapotable
  • 1996 - Thieves of the Night (Les voleurs) - Music / Text Tonite
  • 1998 - If you love me, take the train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) - Music / Text Don't Forget the Nite
  • 1998 - Sale battars (short film)
  • 2000 - Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel (guest appearance)
  • 2002 - Peau d'Ange - Angels don't cry (Peau d'ange) - Music / Text Les amants

Collaboration with other artists

  • 1979 - "Flashes rouges" TV film by "Marc'O" (Catherine and Fred get to know each other)
  • 1980 - "Aux limites de la mer" (a musical theater, played from 1980 to 1982)
  • 1981 - "Jean Néplin & individual state" (Fred & Catherine, on the album "Happening")
  • 1981 - "Taxi Girl" ("Avenue Du Crime" on the album "Seppuku")
  • 1988 - "Qu'est-Ce Que T'es Belle" (duet with Marc Lavoine )
  • 1988 - "Révolution" ( Axel Bauer , on the album "Sentinelles")
  • 1990 - "Tatie Danielle" ("BOF", music by Gabriel Yared )
  • 1995 - "Doux Daddy" ("BOF", album "Les Trois Frères")
  • 1995 - "Peut-Etre Ce Soir" ("Coba", album "Roots")
  • 1997 - "Sinon, oui" ("BOF", album "Les Trois Frères", music by Archie Shepp )
  • 1997 - "Les Joyeux Bouchers" ("Jazz à St Germain" with the "Renegade Brass Band")
  • 1997 - "Eso Es El Amor" ("BOF". Album "Un Grand Cri D'Amour")
  • 1998 - "Rendez-Vous" ("Coba", album "Conscious Posi")
  • 1998 - "Sa Raison d'être" (on the anti-AIDS album "Ensemble")
  • 1998 - "Paranoïa" ( Doc Gynéco , album "Les Liaisons Dangereuses")
  • 2001 - "Marcia Baila" (on the album "A Tribute to Ricky Martin")
  • 2001 - "Le Vent" ("BOF", album "Reines d'un Jour")
  • 2002 - "Tawes" ("Djura", album "Uni-vers-elles")
  • 2003 - "Concha Bonita" (December 25, 2003, a musical comedy, on VHS & DVD)
  • 2004 - "La Bohême" (in a duet with "Corneille", CD & DVD)
  • 2004 - "Sem Cansar (C'est Comme Ça)" ("Inicial", on the album "Gigante!")
  • 2005 - "Le Petit Train (Choo-Choo Train)" (on the album "Sounds of the Steam Age: Vintage Train")
  • 2005 - "Maudie" ("Thomas Fersen", album "Le Pavillon Des Fous")
  • 2006 - "Concha Bonita" (musical, Italian version on CD)
  • 2006 - Play "Les Noces de l'Enfant Roi" by Alfredo Arias at the "Fêtes de nuit de Versailles" festival
  • 2014 - "A New Tango Songbook" with "Plaza Francia" (album with 14 tracks)

Awards

  • 1987 - "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros"
  • 1987 - At the Victoires de la Musique "Meilleur album" for "The no comprendo", "meilleur clip" for "C'est comme ça"
  • 1990 - “Bus d'Acier de la décennie” for all of their works
  • 1993 - "Video of the Year" from MTV Europe for "Y'a d'la haine"
  • 2000 - "Les Rita Mitsouko, c'est (toujours) comme ça" (book by Jean William Thoury)
  • 2001 - "Prix Roger-Seiller" du groupe français ("Prix de Printemps de la SACEM")
  • 2012 - “Artiste interprète féminine de l'année” at the Victoires de la Musique

Web links

Commons : Catherine Ringer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homage to Marcia Moretto (French)
  2. ↑ Marcia Moretto in the IMDb (English)
  3. ↑ a b Short biography of Armando Llamas (French)
  4. ↑ Catherine Ringer in the Internet Adult Film Database (English)
  5. ↑ "Flashes rouges": Newspaper articles and pictures (French)
  6. ↑ Video on Ina.fr (accessed September 9, 2010)
  7. ^ "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros" (French)
  8. ↑ Impressions from Rita's “meeting” with François Mitterrand
  9. ^ "Prix Roger-Seiller" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sacem.fr
  10. ^ "Prix de Printemps de la SACEM" ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sacem.fr
personal data
SURNAME Ringer, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actress, dancer and singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Suresnes , Île-de-France , France