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Walk 27 – Élysée Montmartre
Juan Catalano(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)52 Rue de la Goutte d’Or, 75018 Paris, FranceSinger Juan Catalano won the inaugural Coq d’or de la chanson française contest at l’Olympia in 1958 with his rendition of Les Gitans. The contest ran from 1958 to 1961 to reward a song written in French, by a French composer, and sang by…
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Walk 26 – Église apostolique de Paris
Gérard Buhr(COMÉDIENS)68 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, FranceMultilingual actor with a physique like Kirk Douglas (according to Cinémonde), Gérard Buhr was destined for a varied and hard-hitting career in cinema, theatre and television. On the silver screen his performance as a pimp in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob le flambeur (1956) earned him rave reviews. The 1960s was…
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Rue Ordener – Objet 21b
Find this object on Walk 21 – Poissonniers Georges Luca(Guitare)81 Rue Ordener, 75018 Paris, FranceJazz guitarist and bassist Georges Luca played with Errol Parker, Claudia Cardinale, and Zal 3, a trio with Benjamin Walter (piano) and Jean-Maurice Martin (drums).
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Walk 25 – Square Carpeaux
Pierre Stephen(COMÉDIENS)63 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, FranceSon of an optician from the rue de Rennes in Paris, Pierre Stephen (real name Pierre Trambouze) entered the Conservatoire in 1906 after studying at the Collège Chaptal. At the end of the Conservatoire, he was hired at the Théâtre de l’Odéon. In 1920, he married the actress Yvonne…
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Jacqueline Gauthier – objet 20
Find this object on Walk 20 – Cimetière de Montmartre Jacqueline Gauthier(COMÉDIENNES)35 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, FranceJacqueline Gauthier (1921-1982) began her career on stage and film in the late 1930s. After 1940, she stepped into the spotlight as a lead actress on the silver screen. Cinema roles began to dwindle in the late 1950s and…
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Gabriello – Objet 18
Find this object on Walk 18 – La Sorcière Gabriello(CHANSONNIERS)47 Av. Junot, 75018 Paris, FranceOne of the great Montmartre chansonniers, Gabriello (real name André Galopet) was an actor and singer with a larger than life persona. He was the father of Suzanne Gabriello and is buried in the cimetière Saint-Vincent de Montmartre with his daughter.…
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Anne-Marie Carriere – Objet 19
Find this object on Walk 19 – Lamarck Caulaincourt Anne-Marie Carriere(CHANSONNIERS)53 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, FranceThe holder of a law degree, Anne-Marie Carriere worked in a tax office before becoming a popular actress, comedian, singer, and author. She was one of the few female chansonniers, a profession dominated by her male colleagues. Regular Parisians haunts…
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Walk 24 – Cité Montmartre-aux-artistes
Suzanne Cotelle(Harpe)4 Vla Montcalm, 75018 Paris, FranceHarpist Suzanne Cotelle was awarded first prize for excellence from the Nancy Conservatory, and the Conservatoire de Paris. She formed a harp duo with Annie Challan, that recorded for the Pathé Marconi label. Cotellen was a member of Henriette Renié’s famous harp sextet, which was comprised of harpists who…
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Walk 23 – Square Léon Serpollet
Jacques Boyer(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)11 Rue des Cloys, 75018 Paris, FranceSinger, songwriter and actor Jacques Boyer moved to Paris in the early 1960s and performed on the cabaret circuit, where he met singer Christine Sèvres, the first wife of Jean Ferrat. The friendship between Boyer and Ferrat will endure for the rest of their lives, on…
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Agnes Laurent – Objet 16
Find this on Walk 16 – Château des Brouillards Agnes Laurent(COMEDIENNES)14 Rue Simon Dereure, 75018 Paris, FranceModel and actress Agnes Laurent (real name Josette Choleur) started her career in her native France but her beauty and sex appeal would transcend national borders. In France she is best known for her lead role in Pierre Foucaud…
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