Suzy Solidor
Suzy Solidor (born December 18, 1900 in Saint-Servan-sur-Mer near Saint-Malo , † March 30, 1983 in Nice ) was a French singer. Her birth name is Suzanne Louise Marie Marion , after her mother married in 1907, her real name was Suzanne Rocher .
Life
In the 1920s she moved to Paris and initially worked as a mannequin for Lanvin, among others . She made friends with the then well-known antique dealer and publisher Yvonne de Brémond d'Ars . Both were an often seen couple in the “Parisian scene”. She gained increasing fame as a chanson singer due to her deep voice and androgynous appearance. In 1933 she opened her first nightclub "La Vie Parisienne" on Rue Sainte-Anne. Her repertoire was mainly marine songs. Their lesbian love affairs attracted attention. Solidor has appeared as an actress in several films. Their nightclub developed into a popular meeting place for Parisian society, especially in artistic circles. During the Second World War her club was visited by the occupation soldiers of the Wehrmacht, among other things she sang a French version of the famous song Lili Marleen . Because of these incidents, after the end of the war, the Commission d'Épuration accused her of collaboration .
Solidor then went to the USA for a short time, but returned to Paris in 1947 and opened the “Chez Suzy Solidor” club in Rue Balzac. Around 1960 she retired to Cagnes-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Azur and lived in a house on Schlossplatz in the medieval district of Le Haut de Cagnes. There she performed in her private club there until 1967 and ran an antique shop until the end of her life.
Solidor is said to have had numerous relationships with both well-known men and women. Portraits of numerous famous painters such as Pablo Picasso , Georges Braque , Raoul Dufy , Marie Laurencin , Francis Picabia , Kees van Dongen , Moise Kisling , Jean Cocteau and Tamara de Lempicka hung in their nightclubs . In 1973 she bequeathed part of her collection, which once comprised around 280 pictures, to the city of Cagnes-sur-Mer. A selection of around 40 works can be viewed there in Grimaldi Castle .
Her grave is in the old cemetery of Cagnes-sur-Mer.
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| SURNAME | Solidor, Suzy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marion, Suzanne Louise Marie (maiden name); Rocher, Suzanne (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Servan-sur-Mer |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1983 |
| Place of death | Nice |