Suzy Delair

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Suzy Delair

Suzy Delair (* around December 31, 1917 in Paris ; † March 15, 2020 there ; born Suzanne Pierrette Delaire ) was a French actress and singer .

Life

Delair, who began an apprenticeship as a milliner at the age of 13 , decided to go to the theater and played in the company Renaud - Barrault , among others . She toured as far as Lebanon, Egypt, the USA and Canada. She also took on film roles from the age of 14. It became known especially during the time of the German occupation in World War II. She starred in several films under the director Henri-Georges Clouzot , including in 1947 in Under False Suspicions as an ambitious Music Hall singer. In later years she was mostly a series actress. During her film career, Delair worked with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, among others, on their last feature film Atoll K , in which she played a bigger role as nightclub singer Chérie Lamour . She also took on roles in Luchino Visconti's classic film Rocco and his Brothers alongside Alain Delon and in the comedy The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob at the side of Louis de Funès . She last stood in front of the camera in 1987 for the French television series Traquenards .

Delair also made a name for herself as a singer in revues and operettas, for example in pieces such as Pariser Leben and La Périchole . She was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for her recordings of arias from Jacques Offenbach's operettas . Suzy Delair died in March 2020 at the age of 102.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1931: Un caprice de la Pompadour
  • 1932: The Lady of Maxim (La dame de chez Maxim's)
  • 1941: You were six (Le dernier des six)
  • 1942: The murderer lives in No. 21 (L'assassin habite… au 21)
  • 1945: The victim of a great love / artist's life (La vie de bohème)
  • 1947: In Devil's Claws (Copie conforme)
  • 1947: Under false suspicions (Quai des Orfèvres)
  • 1949: Deadly Passion (Pattes blanches)
  • 1949: Lady Paname
  • 1951: Atoll K
  • 1956: The fashion king (Le couturier de ces dames)
  • 1956: Gervaise
  • 1960: Rocco and his brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli)
  • 1963: Food for cute birds (Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux)
  • 1966: is Paris on fire? (Paris brûle-t-il?)
  • 1973: The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/suzy-delair-dead-french-actress-chanteuse-was-102-1284951
  2. ^ François-Xavier Gomez: Suzy Delair, presque un siècle et tout le tralala. In: liberation.fr . January 1, 2017, accessed on March 17, 2020 (French). Delair, Suzy (1917 -....). In: Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved March 17, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ Benoît Duteurtre: Suzy Delair, la doyenne des comédiennes, est morte. In: LePoint.fr . March 16, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Delair, Suzy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delaire, Suzanne Pierrette (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH at December 31, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 2020
Place of death Paris , France