Clarisse Deudon – COMEDIENNES
9 Rue de Passy, 75016 Paris, France

Actress Clarisse Deudon studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris, where she won first prize in tragedy and diction. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1942, making her debut in Maurice Donnay’s L’Autre Danger. She would leave the theatre in 1954 to devote more time to her family, but would return to the stage in 1965, when she lived here. Although she made her screen debut in 1951 (Buridan, héros de la tour de Nesle), it wasn’t until the 1970s that she strung several appearances together in smaller TV series.

Roger Vadim (REALISATEURS DE CINEMA)
13 Rue Vineuse, 75016 Paris, France

Parisian born Roger Vadim was a screenwriter, film director and producer. His best-known works are visually lavish productions with erotic qualities, including the 1960s films Blood and Roses, The Game Is Over, and Barbarella. His early career was defined by his work with Marc Allégret, and his relationship with Brigitte Bardot. His debut film as director, And God Created Woman (1956), was a major success, and established Bardot as a global icon. Vadim was celebrated for his romances and marriages to young beautiful actresses (Brigitte Bardot, Annette Stroyberg, Jane Fond, Marie-Christine Barrault). In 1969, when he lived here, Vadim’s former partner Catherine Deneuve and their son were his next door neighbours.

Catherine Deneuve (COMEDIENNES)
15 Rue Vineuse, 75116 Paris, France

Catherine Deneuve is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. She made her screen debut in 1957 aged 13. A major figure of the New Wave, she became, like Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, one of the best-known French artists in the world. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, she has played more than a hundred roles and is recognized in France and internationally for being one of the key faces of the musical film genre with appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, 8 Women and The Beloved. Early in her career, she gained acclaim for her portrayals of aloof and mysterious beauties while working for well-known directors such as Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Jacques Demy, Roman Polanski, Agnès Varda and of course her former partner and neighbour Roger Vadim. In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the official face of Marianne, France’s national symbol of liberty.

Musée Clemenceau
8 Rue Benjamin Franklin, 75116 Paris, France

The museum preserves the apartment and garden of Georges Clemenceau, French statesman and writer, who lived there from 1895 until his death. Clemenceau served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. He was a physician turned journalist, who played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War.

Yolande Laffon (COMÉDIENNES)
19bis Bd Delessert, 75016 Paris, France

Actress Yolande Laffon is remembered for her stylish appearance in the early French Talkies of the 1930s. Although she retired in the mid 1950s she still maintained a listing in the Guide du Showbusiness well into the 1960s. Known for her incomparable elegance, languid charm and fashionable grace Laffon was named one of the “Grandes Coquettes” of Paris in the 1930s. She shot her first film L’amour Chante, in Berlin at the start of the decade under the direction of Robert Florey. Starring as the female lead she made the transition effortlessly from the great stages of Parisienne theatreland. Her last film was Gilles Grangier’s Le sang à la tête (1956) alongside Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, and Claude Sylvain.

Janko Nilovic – Piano
11 bis Bd Delessert, 75016 Paris, France

Born in Istanbul, Janko Nilović moved to Paris in 1960 and would go on to become the King of the French Library music scene. His influence has grown over the decades with his music being sampled by hip-hop artists and musicians such as Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. In his early days in Paris he played the piano in nightclubs before joining a trio of Greek musicians, Les Doussis. In 1967, while he lived here, he worked with French-based singer Davy Jones to set up Ju Ju Records, writing and producing a series of singles by the singer.

Virginia Vee (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
3 Rue Chardin, 75016 Paris, France

Singer Virginia Peters was one third of the American vocal trio The Peters Sisters, alongside her sisters Mattie Jane and Anna Louise. After the trio stopped performing in about 1963, Virginia pursued a solo career in France under the name Virginia, then Virginia Vee. She lived here in Paris, and married designer Michel Engel. She participated in Gilbert Bécaud ‘s ambitious project, the Aran Opera in 1962, and achieved critical success with a 1969 Bee Gees cover of I Can’t See Nobody. She appeared frequently on French radio and television, often appearing on variety shows with Guy Lux.

Marcel Hauriac (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)
4 Rue de l’Alboni, 75016 Paris, France

Journalist and hunting expert Marcel Hauriac was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Plaisir de la chasse. He was the author of the bi-monthly TV program Chasseurs, sachez chasser. Each 20 minute program included a talk by Hauriac as well as a film specially made to illustrate practical lessons on hunting game.

Christian Lété (Batterie)
12 Sq. Alboni, 75016 Paris, France

Although jazz drummer Christian Lété is listed in the Guide du Showbusiness from the late 1960s, it wasn’t until the 1970s that his career really took off. From 1971 he played with René Urtreger, Maurice Vander, and Raymond Lesénéchal in the house band of the Club Saint-Germain in Paris. A year later he toured Europe with Eddy Louiss and gave concerts with Yvan Julien. It would lead him to play with the best musicians in international jazz, including Dexter Gordon, George Coleman, Joachim Kühn, and Charlie Wood. In the early 1970s he worked on a number releases as a sideman/session musician, playing with the likes of Jean Marie Vivier, Maxime Le Forestier, Christian Clément, Gilles Méchin, Jerome Jeffrys, and on Eddy Mitchell’s 1974 album Ketchup Électrique. In 1988, he became a member of the Orchestre National du Jazz , with whom he performed at festivals around the world. He currently works with the Trio Terranova-Lété-Bonfils.

Jean Nohain (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)
9 Sq. Alboni, 75016 Paris, France

One of the pioneers of French television, Jean Nohain was one of the favourite sons of Paris’ 16th arrondissement. A plaque pays tribute to him on the gates of the Square Alboni. Nohain began his career as a journalist on the newspaper L’Écho de Paris, where he was in charge of the children’s page. In 1923 he made his first foray into radio, working on the game show Avec quoi faisons-nous ce bruit?, where listeners had to recognise a noise (a slamming door, a bicycle bell, etc.). His original ideas for radio programmes graced French airwaves for another 50 years, these included nationals gems such as Comme le temps passe, Que personne ne sorte, Reine d’un jour, and the television hits 36 chandelles, and Quand j’avais dix ans.