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Walk 35 – Quartier de la Mouzaïa
Jean-Claude Olivier (Guitare)4 Vla Sadi Carnot, 75019 Paris, France Jean-Claude Olivier was a founding member of one of the best guitar-led groups of the 1960s, Les Fingers. A jazz and bebop fan, Olivier began his musical journey in Algiers during the 1950s but soon moved to Paris to play guitar in the orchestras of Armand…
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Walk 34 – Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge
See an object relating to Rue de Romainville Odette Bosramiez-Jahan (poète)23 Rue Compans, 75020 Paris, France Poet Odette Bosramiez, known in literature circles under the name of Odette Jahan, was the winner of two major poetry prizes, the Prix Auguste-Capdeville in 1959, and the Prix Montyon in 1973. The Prix Auguste-Capdeville was created in 1935,…
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Norman Maine – Object 31
Find this object on 18th Arrondissment Walk 31 – Hôpital Bretonneau Norman Maine(CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)247 Rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris, FranceThe orchestra of bandleader Norman Maine (real name André Lucien Robert Cazenabe) released a number of recordings with popular singers in the 1950s and 60s, these included Arlette Zola, Harold Nicholas, Miguel Cordoba, and fellow Montmartre residents…
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Walk 33 – Marx Dormoy
Raymond Jourdan(COMEDIENS)29 Rue de la Chapelle, 75018 Paris, FranceIn 1950 Raymond Jourdan made his theatre debut in Lyon, the city of his birth. By the mid 50s he was acting on the Paris stages of the Théâtre de l’Œuvre, Théâtre du Quartier Latin, Théâtre de la Huchette, and the Théâtre du Tertre. In the 1960s…
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Walk 32 – Square des Deux-Nèthes
Henri Jouot(Saxophone, Clarinette)1 Vla Saint-Michel, 75018 Paris, FranceSaxophonist and clarinettist Henri Jouot was a member of Jacques Denjean’s orchestra in the 1960s. He will be best remembered by international audiences for his recording session with The Gigi Gryce Orchestra. Gryce was touring with Lionel Hampton when he cut a 10” disc at the Vogue Studios…
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Walk 31 – Hôpital Bretonneau
Janine Ervil(ARTISTES LYRIQUES)82 Av. de Saint-Ouen, 75018 Paris, FranceThe soprano voice of classical singer Janine Ervil could be heard on the Parisian stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Le Secret de Marco Polo in the late 1950s. On disc she featured alongside Bourvil in the operetta L’Auberge Du Cheval Blanc (1962). In the cinema…
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Walk 30 – Porte de Saint-Ouen
Jeanne Herviale(COMÉDIENNES)156 Av. de Saint-Ouen, 75018 Paris, FranceDespite playing supporting roles, actress Jeanne Herviale (1908-1989, real name Jeanne Blanche Charlotte Charrier) still made an impact in her 100 film and TV movie career. Notable performances included playing the mother of Jean Carmet in Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974), and madwoman in…
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Anna Gaylor – Objet 24a
Find this object on Walk 24 – Montcalm Anna Gaylor(COMÉDIENNES)162 Rue Ordener, 75018 Paris, FranceAnna 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…
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Objet 28 – Maya Casabianca
Find this object on Walk 28 – Simplon Maya Casabianca(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)135 Rue de Clignancourt, 75018 Paris, FranceBorn in Casablanca, Morocco in 1941, Maya Casabianca came with her family to settle in Paris at the end of the 1950s. She was discovered by producer Jacques Canetti when she was only 13 and hired by the…
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