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Walk 59 – Pont Saint-Louis
Andre Harris (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)30 Quai d’Orléans, 75004 Paris, France Journalist, director and producer André Harris began his journalistic career at the radio station Europe 1 in 1960, before becoming head of the political department of the television news. In 1966, along with Alain de Sédouy, he launched the TV news programme Zoom.…
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Walk 57 – Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Point zéro des routes de FranceParvis Notre-Dame – Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Marked by an octagonal brass plate in Place Jean-Paul II (outside the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris) you’ll find the French Point Zero. It’s the geographic marker from which distances from Paris to all other places are judged. There are several rituals…
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Walk 56 – Île de la Cité
Rosy Varte (COMÉDIENNES)16 Pl. Dauphine, 75001 Paris, France Actress Rosy Varte acted on all the major stages, making her debut at the Théâtre Moncey in Le Bar du crépuscule by Arthur Koestler (adapted by Louis Ollivier and Jean Vilar). She would join up again with Vilar at the Théâtre National Populaire for Ubu roi in…
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Walk 55 – Square Sarah Bernhardt
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…
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Walk 54 – Buzenval
Maurice Gueritte (poète)3 BIS Rue de la Réunion, 75020 Paris, France The internment of poet and playwright Maurice Gueritte in Stalag III-A, the German WW2 prisoner-of-war camp at Luckenwalde, had a lasting effect on this talented writer. The poems he wrote about his experience were published as Solitudes d’un Stalag. Post war, Gueritte was heralded…
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Walk 53 – Casque d’Or
Gérard Dunan (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)107 Rue de la Réunion, 75020 Paris, France Tenor Gérard Dunan was active on the 1960s operatic scene, appearing on recordings of Mignon (the opéra comique by Ambroise Thomas), Les Troyens (the five hour opera by Hector Berlioz), Antoine D’Auvergne’s Les Troqueurs, and Wozzeck (Alban Berg’s first opera). He was married to…
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Walk 52 – Square Séverine
René Joly (Accordeon)1 Sq. d’Amiens, 75020 Paris, France René Joly started playing the accordion with Raymond Gazave, creator of the Conservatoire d’accordéon de Paris. With Robert Deligny and Camille Quinzin he formed the Trio Musette de Paris, releasing many records in the 1950s and 60s. During his military service in Morocco he worked in the…
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Walk 51 – Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
René Duchaussoir (Guitare)15 Rue des Prairies, 75020 Paris, France René Duchaussoir was one of the many fine jazz guitarists who played the night spots of Paris during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. A fine technician of his craft, he was able to move seamlessly from jazz standards with Stephan Grappelly and Géo Daly to accompanying…
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Walk 50 – Place Édith Piaf
Nadine Santereau (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)54 Rue Pelleport, 75020 Paris, France Operatic soprano Nadine Santereau was known for her musicality and striking performances of authentic personality. In 1956 she appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Platée, the opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Jacques Autreau and Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d’Orville. It was a triumphant return…
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