Moulin Rouge and Bal du Moulin Rouge
(SALLES DE MUSIC-HALL / CABARETS)

The legendary Parisian cabaret, the Moulin Rouge, has been at heart of the Pigalle neighbourhood since 1889. Not just a destination for those who wish to be entertained it is also one of Paris’ most recognisable landmarks with its red windmill perched on the roof. It is probably best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can. In 1962 Jacki Clérico took over control of the Moulin Rouge. It was the start of a new era, with a larger auditorium, and the installation of a giant aquarium.

La Locomotive
(WHISKIES A GOGO / DISCOTHEQUES / CLUBS PRIVES)
82 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

La Locomotive was a three-floor nightclub in the basement of the Moulin Rouge. Around 1960 the actor André Pousse opened the ‘Loco’, encouraging a younger clientele with rock music and the British stars of the day, including The Who, David Bowie and The Kinks.

Colette Ritz
(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
92 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

Colette Ritz (real name Benitte Colette) was born into show business, her mother was a music hall dancer and her father a tour manager. She started her career as a naked dancer at the La Roulotte, and in the cabarets of Montmartre, where she was brought up. When she was 16 she fell in love and eloped with a young hoodlum, Gilbert Barrier, who was nicknamed ‘Romeo 48’ by the press. The couple were arrested and Barrier was given a two-month suspended prison sentence for abduction, while Ritz had a brief internment in a religious correctional institution for teenage delinquents. Despite trying a new life as a hairdresser she soon returned to the stage, cashing in on her new found fame. In the 1960s she released a handful of EPs as a singer.

Pierre-Jean Vaillard
(COMÉDIENS / CHANSONNIERS)
100 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

Pierre-Jean Vaillard was a chansonnier, humourist, songwriter, writer, and author of aphorisms. He was the headliner of the Théâtre des Deux Anes for more than thirty years, which is also located at this address. As an actor he was multidisciplinary, playing roles in the cinema, theatre and radio. He was a lead actors in the 1960 French thriller Colère Froide, directed by André Haguet and Jean-Paul Sassy.

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Les Deux Anes
(CHANSONNIERS)
100 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

Built in 1922 the Théâtre des Deux Anes is a performance hall that keeps alive the traditional spirit of Montmartre cabarets and chansonniers. The theatre has been run since 1995 by actor Jacques Mailhot. The building was once the cabaret known as the Cabaret des Truands one of the great eccentric nightclubs of Montmartre. A typical 1960s night would feature Pierre-Jean Vaillard, with Rene-Paul, Pierre Gilbert, Christian Vebel, Pierre Still, Jean Caya, Daniel Musry, Jacques Beauvais, Saint-Sernin, Nicole Delprat, Monique Leroy, and Jacqueline Valois.

Françoise Dupuy Ballets Modernes de Paris
(DANSEUSES)
104 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

A key figure in the development of modern dance in France, Françoise Dupuy started the Ballets Modernes de Paris with her husband Dominique in 1955. The troupe was one of France’s first modern dance companies. She studied music and painting initially but her passion for dance was strongest and brought her to Paris where she was to meet her future husband. Together they choreographed and performed in not only theatres across France but brought dance to schools, factories and to the wider public.

Marius Laurey
(COMEDIENS)
104 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France

Marius Laurey trod the boards at the Théâtre du Tertre, located in the heart of Montmartre (81 rue Lepic), before graduating to a long film career. He appeared in around 100 TV and cinema films including some of the French greats. Perhaps the best known being François Truffaut’s Les quatre cents coups, and Borsalino (starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon). As a supporting actor he often played in detective and police dramas, including the classic Les Cinq Dernières Minutes and Allô police, both in the 1960s.

Roger Weber
(COMÉDIENS)
10 Av. Rachel, 75018 Paris, France

Radio, stage and film actor Roger Weber appeared at theatres across Paris including at the Théâtre National de Chaillot (with Robert Vidalin), Théâtre Charles-de-Rochefort (now the Théâtre Tristan-Bernard), and Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique. In the 1960s and 70s he had a modest number of film roles, appearing in the film La vie, l’amour, la mort, a film about the inhumanity of the guillotine, and capital punishment.

Henri Charett
(COMÉDIENS)
15 Av. Rachel, 75018 Paris, France

Henri Charrett (1900-1972) was the deputy treasurer at the National Union of Actors (Syndicat national des acteurs). As a stage, radio and film actor he plied his trade at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre and La Comedie de Paris amongst others. He was a film actor from the early years, starting in the 1930s and finishing his career in the 60s.

Yoko Tani
(COMÉDIENNES)
5 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France

Born and raised in France both of Yoko Tani’s Japanese parents worked in the Japanese embassy in Paris. She was working as an exotic Parisienne dancer in the 1950s when she got her big break in cinema. Perhaps her most memorable role was opposite Dirk Bogarde in The Wind Cannot Read, one of the top British films of 1958. She played an Inuit in the film The Savage Innocents with Anthony Quinn, which was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.