Maddly Bamy
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Maddly Bamy , actually Hélène Bamy (* 1943 in Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe ) is a French actress and author . She was a lover of the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel and lived by his side in Hiva Oa for the last few years .
Life
Hélène Bamy grew up on Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe before moving to Paris with her mother and four siblings in 1953 . The father, who worked in a distillery , stayed behind in Guadeloupe. After school, Hélène, who adopted the stage name Maddly , applied to the ORTF . She played a few small roles in film productions and became an accompanist for the chansonnier Claude François , one of the so-called clodettes .
In 1971 she was hired to play a small supporting role in Claude Lelouch's film Die Entführer Lassen sich greetings . During the filming, she met Jacques Brel , who played one of the main roles. Maddly Bamy became Brel's lover, accompanied him in 1974 on his planned circumnavigation and in 1976 settled with Brel on Hiva Oa , one of the Marquesas islands in French Polynesia .
Since Brel's death in 1978, Maddly Bamy has mainly been active as a writer, with her books mostly dedicated to the memory of the deceased chansonnier. In 1981 she published her memories of the years together with Brel under the title Tu leur diras . In 2000, her first novel, La Rivière sans rives, was published .
Filmography
- 1967: Les Cinq Dernières Minutes : La Mort masquée by Guy Lessertisseur, TV series
- 1969: Amour fou by Jacques Rivette
- 1969: The swimming pool of Jacques Deray
- 1970: Madly by Roger Kahane
- 1972: The kidnappers send their regards from Claude Lelouch
bibliography
- Tu leur diras , éditions du Grésivaudan, 1981, éditions Fixot, 1998
- Pour le jour qui revient , éditions Yva Peyret, 1988
- Fleur d'amour , 1992
- La Parole de Jacques Brel , 1998
- La Rivière sans rives , Flammarion, 2000
- La Gymnastique énergétique: Le Majim , éditions du Rocher, 2001
- Et si la parole de Jacques Brel était vivante? , éditions du Rocher, 2001
- Lettre à mon fils que je n'ai pas eu , éditions du Rocher, 2003
- Deux enfants du soleil pour deux monstres sacrés , Christian Pirot éditeur, 2003
- De l'amour à vivre , Christian Pirot éditeur, 2006
- Chronique d'une âge d'or , Christian Pirot éditeur, 2007
- La force d'aimer , Christian Pirot éditeur, 2009
Web links
- Maddly Bamy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Judith Perrignon: La vie et Brel . In: Liberation of September 22, 2000.
- Marc Pasteger: Maddly Bamy s'est inspirée de son histoire avec Brel . In: La Dernière Heure of November 14, 2000.
- Virginie Roussel: Brel et Dieu sont . In: La Libre Belgique of April 4, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Judith Perrignon: La vie et Brel . In: Liberation of September 22, 2000.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bamy, maddly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bamy, Hélène (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actress and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe |