Jasmin Métro
The station was opened on 8 November 1922. It is named after the French poet Jacques Jasmin (born Jacques Boé; 1798–1864), called the wig-maker poet, whose works in Langue d’oc were the precursor of the Félibrige, the literary movement of Provençal.

Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse (Paris)
The Sainte-Thérèse chapel is the first sanctuary that was dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, after her beatification in 1923. Father Daniel Brottier became responsible for the Orphans of Auteuil In 1923, and decided to build a chapel here. The first mass was celebrated in the chapel on December 25, 1925.

Eddie Warner (CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)
6, rue Leon Bonnat, 75016 Paris, France

One of the great names of French exotica, Eddie Warner rode the mid-century wave alongside fellow bandleaders Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado. Eddie (real name Warner Blumann) left Germany when Hitler came to power. In Strasbourg he studied piano and trumpet at the Conservatory before continuing his education at the Ecole Normale de la Musique in Paris. His music would be the exotic sound that banished the post war blues in the clubs and nightspots of Paris throughout the 1950s. His orchestra of tropical musicians (up to 17 personnel) included the one and only Lalo Schifrin. As the dance crazes of the 1950s dwindled he built up an impressive portfolio of Library music releases in the 1960s. Many of these records have been rediscovered by 21st century music and vinyl lovers.

Magali (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
17 Rue Ribéra, 75016 Paris, France

Magali Déa wrote lyrics for several popular artists throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s, often to music by composer Francis Lai. Perhaps the most famous was Bonsoir tristesse, a hit in both Japan and Quebec, winning the Best Foreign Song Award in Canada at the Yamaha Music Festival (1977). As a baby she was found by a street sweeper in a trash can when only a few days old. After being adopted by a teacher, she would eventually move to Paris, flourishing under the guidance of Mireille and then Henri Salvador and his wife Jacqueline. Magali Déa had a short lived solo career as a singer in the mid 1960s (as Magali and Magali Fall). She usually penned her songs under the names Magali Déa or Magali Fallourd. She was particularly well known in French Canada for her association with singer Nicole Martin, writing one of her biggest hits, Je Lui Dirai. Over the years she has also written lyrics to music by Mireille, Bernard Algarra, Monty, Gérard Thouret, Jean Musy, Jean-Jacques Lafon, Henri Salvador, Alexandre Schwab, and Guy Bonnet.

Fabienne Strouve (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)
6 Rue de la Source, 75016 Paris, France

Director Fabienne Strouve started her career with whimsical fashion films but would soon move into the world of Arts and Theatre. In the 1970s this would include programs for Télévision Française 1 about the pets of Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud, Maurice Genevoix‘s dachshund Titou, and Serge Gainsbourg’s dog Nana. By the end of the decade and into the 1980s Strouve’s films centred on artists and their disciplines. Her documentaries of Mati Klarwein and family (1979), Michèle Forgeois (1983) and Pablo Picasso (1989) have left a lasting legacy for all art lovers.

Michel Duplessis (REALISATEURS DE RADIO)
92 Av. Mozart, 75016 Paris, France

Michel Duplessis was a producer and director on French radio during the 1950s and 60s. He served up a classic light radio menu for listeners. Music from popular singers like Bourvil in the 1950s and Serge Gainsbourg in the 60s, and for those of an adventurous spirit, stories to fire the imagination to worlds beyond (Jules Verne’s De la Terre à la Lune). Also living at this address was the singer Philippe Salerne, best known for his brief collaboration with the Dutch beat band The Zipps.

Alain Jessua (REALISATEURS DE TELEVISION / REALISATEURS DE CINEMA)
87 Av. Mozart, 75016 Paris, France

Born in Paris, Alain Jessua started his career in cinema as an assistant to directors Jacques Becker and Max Ophuls. He directed his first film, Léon la lune, a short documentary about a day and night in the life of a tramp, in 1956. It earned him immediate recognition, winning the prestigious Prix Jean Vigo in 1957. It would take seven years before Jessua made his first feature-length film, La Vie à l’envers, which won the Award for Best First Work at the 1964 Venice Film Festival and established him as an original writer and director of his time. His follow up Jeu de massacre (Best Screenplay Award at Cannes in 1967) captures the spirit of the 1960s with its vivid Pop Art colours and comic strip. After a failed science fiction project during the latter part of the 1960s he hit the jackpot once again with Traitement de choc (1972) starring Alain Delon and Annie Girardot. Although the number of films he directed (10 in total) is relatively modest, his work is amongst the most imaginative and thought-provoking of its time, with regular tributes and screenings in France and abroad. He married the actress Anna Gaylor in 1961, and this is where they lived.

Anna Gaylor – COMEDIENNES
87 Av. Mozart, 75016 Paris, France

Anna Gaylor (1932-2021, real name Anna Marie Tamora Senioutovitch) was a student at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique alongside Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle and Jean-Paul Belmondo. She made her theatre debut in 1956 at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. On the big screen she came to the public’s attention in two British productions, Seven Thunders, directed by Hugo Fregonese where she played a leading role alongside Stephen Boyd (1957), and then Nor the Moon by Night, directed by Ken Annakin. She worked in several films with her husband, the director Alain Jessua, including La Vie à l’envers (1964), Jeu de massacre (1966), and Traitement de choc (1973).

Jean-Marie Geneste (COMEDIENS)
45 Rue Ribéra, 75016 Paris, France

Amongst the famous actors living in the 16th arrondissement there are those who appear on film and stage credits for just the briefest moment in time. Jean-Marie Geneste appeared in Opération Lagrelèche at the Théâtre Fontaine (Paris) in 1966. A comedy by the music hall duo of Jean Poiret et Michel Serrault, with Geneste’s role in the production’s troupe passing without note. His one appearance on TV was in a single episode of Les créatures du bon Dieu in 1967. If you know what happened to Jean-Marie Geneste, please get in touch by leaving a comment below.

Michel Gay (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
2 Cr Jasmin, 75016 Paris, France

Another for lovers of obscure French singers, Michel Gay released just one solo single, the self-penned Je N’oublierai Jamais in 1967 on the CBS/Columbia label. A talented visual artist he illustrated a children’s story, Le Petit Chasseur Et La Fleur Bleue, that was released with an accompanying vinyl record narrated by Jean Rochefort.