Claude Morgan (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
15 Rue de Lagny 20, 75020 Paris, France

Claude Morgan made his debut as a singer in 1967 on the Barclay label. In 1968 he enjoyed major success with Barbara, Barbarella, with a dozen singles to follow at Barclay then CBS. In 1978 a serious car accident damaged one of hands and Morgan switched to composing and writing. It was a discipline he was clearly talented at, when you consider the hundreds of artists who have recorded his songs. He composed the Eurovision winning song Tu te reconnaitras, performed by Anne-Marie David for Luxembourg, who were victorious for the 4th time. His biggest hit was with the French euro disco group Bimbo Jet, led by Morgan and Laurent Rossi (the son of singer Tino Rossi). They topped the international charts during the summers of 1974 and 1975 with the song El Bimbo. In France it sold 1.3 million copies, and throughout the world over three million discs.

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Sarah Bernhardt is considered one of the most important French actresses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. She was named the Golden Voice by Victor Hugo, and Jean Cocteau invented the expression “sacred monster” for her. Considered one of the greatest French tragediennes of the 19th century, she was the first actress to have made triumphant tours on five continents.

Nicole Briard (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)
63 Rue de Lagny, 75020 Paris, France

In the 1960s the Mezzo-soprano Nicole Briard was in charge of operatic broadcasts at Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française (ORTF), the French Radio and Television Broadcasting Office. In 1966 she appeared alongside the ORTF choirs and orchestra on the vinyl release of Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde. Briard played the role of Liane de Pougy in the operetta Gipsy at the Théâtre du Châtelet at the start of the 1970s.

Jean-Jacques (COMÉDIENS)
15 Bd Davout, 75020 Paris, France

Born in Belgium, Jean Jacques Marcel Guillaume, aka Jean-Jacques, began his acting career during World War II. After the war, he became a resident of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal under the directorship of Jean de Létraz. He was a regular at boulevard theatres where he specialised in comic roles, he enjoyed his greatest successes with the plays Chérie noire (1958) and Le saut du lit (1972). He appeared in minor roles in the cinema, and was a familiar face on popular television and radio shows such as Les Jeux de 8 p.m. and Les Grosses Têtes.

Francois Babault (piano)
23 Rue Cristino Garcia, 75020 Paris, France

François Babault was the official pianist for the Télé-Paris television show, then Paris-Club. Télé-Paris and its successor Paris-Club were daily broadcast dealing with Parisian cultural news. Babault performed the opening and ending credits live every day, and was often the accompanist for guests. He was active as a bandleader, appearing on numerous releases, often on the Music-Hall label, of which he was Musical Director.

Soeurs Bordeau (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
10 Rue Louis Delaporte, 75020 Paris, France

The Soeurs Bordeau were singing sisters, Huguette (1935-1998) and Mireille Bordeau (1921-2008) . The duo began singing at the end of World War II and achieved success in France in the 1950s. They adapted songs from Mexican folklore, where they had spent some time in the late 1940s working with comedian and actor Cantinfias.

Christine Malaurie (DANSEUSES)
2 Bd Davout, 75020 Paris, France

Christine Malaurie was a dancer with the Opéra de Paris. In 1978 Yuri Grigorovich, director of the Bolshoi, created a new choreography to Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet at the Opéra, with Malaurie taking the role of La Nourrice at the Palais Garnier. In the ballet troupe of the Paris Opera she achieved the rank of coryphée, a dancer who is sometimes given a short soloist role; the title is awarded to the dancer who has reached the 4th level of the dancer’s hierarchy of jobs, after having been quadrille.