Line Renaud

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Line Renaud (2011)

Line Renaud , actually Jacqueline Enté , (born July 2, 1928 in Nieppe , northern France) is a French singer and actress .

biography

The daughter of a truck driver and a typist came into contact with music through her father's activities as a trumpeter in the local brass band. She took part in an amateur competition at the age of seven.

During World War II , all the children, women and old men stayed in the village while their father went to war. They were completely excluded from public life, so that their mother, great-grandmother and maternal grandmother continued their (school) education.

During the war, she secretly applied to the Conservatory in Lille , but did not consider that classical singers were wanted there. Prior to the audit committee, she sang a very popular Blue song by Louis Gasté , Sainte-Madeleine , then - on demand of the Audit Committee - a second song by Louis Gasté Mon âme au diable . At the end of the audition, one of the members of the Audit Committee introduced himself to Line: "I am the director of Radio Lille and we are looking for a singer". Her career began under the pseudonym Jacqueline Ray .

After moving to Paris, she made her national breakthrough and shortly thereafter also international success. Offers from England followed to play and sing in films. She sang at the Moulin Rouge with such overwhelming success that American producers have now also noticed her. The great comedian and entertainer Bob Hope hired her for performances at the Astoria in New York and at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles . The way was paved for a career in the USA as a singer and actress, later also in Canada. She worked with greats like Johnny Carson , Dinah Shore , Dean Martin and Ed Sullivan . Finally she made a comeback in France as a revue star (Plaisir, around 1960 at the Casino de Paris, guest appearance at the Dunes, Las Vegas ). From 1976 to 1979, when she was over 50, she put on her fifth and last revue there.

In 1985 she initiated a solidarity campaign in France with AIDS patients (French: Sida) together with Elizabeth Taylor , Madonna and Dalida, among others .

In 1995 her husband Louis "Loulou" Gasté died and Renaud began a new career in the theater during this time. They have also been seen in numerous cinema and television films. Her mother died in June 1999 at the age of 94.

Known interpretations

Line Renaud and Loulou Gasté 1990
  • Ma Cabane Au Canada
  • Mon Mari Est Merve ...
  • Dis Oh Dis
  • Ciao Ciao Bambina
  • Bona Sera, Signorina
  • Un Jour
  • Two Sleepy People
  • Qué Séra

Filmography (selection)

Movie

  • Philippe Kohly, directed by Line Renaud - A life for the chanson (France, 2005, 91 min.)

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personal data
SURNAME Renaud, Line
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duck, Jacqueline (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Nieppe , France