Tag: 18th arrondissement
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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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Walk 22 – Jules Joffrin
Gaby Verlor(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)25 Rue Hermel, 75018 Paris, FranceComposer and singer Gaby Verlor (real name Gabrielle Vervaecke) started her showbiz career in a duo singing with her father under the name Les Gaby-Verlor. In the 1940s she formed another duo, this time with young actor-singer, Roger Raux (stage name Jan Davril). Regulars on the radio,…
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Walk 21 – Poissonniers
Christophe(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)76 Rue de Clignancourt, 75018 Paris, FranceChristophe (1945-2020, real name Daniel Bevilacqua) released 17 studio albums, more than 100 singles and collaborated on 4 feature films in his 55 year career. He broke onto the scene when he was living here, in the mid 1960s, with the yé-yé era in full swing, his…
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Walk 19 – Lamarck Caulaincourt
Pierre-Louis Picard(CHANSONNIERS)81 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, FranceChansonniers were masters of a whole range of talents, as natural communicators they employed their skills as singers, actors, storytellers and comics. Pierre-Louis Picard was one of the rarer chansonniers who came from a background of writing, journalism and poetry. A disciple of Charles Cros, he was best known…
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Walk 18 – La Sorcière
Anne-Marie Rochand(COMÉDIENNES)1 Vla Léandre, 75018 Paris, FranceRadio, theatre and film actress Anne-Marie Rochand often acted alongside her husband Jean-Henri Chambois. Rochand was well known on the Parisian stage, most often seen at the Theater de I’Œuvre, but also venues like the Theatre de Paris, and Théâtre de l’Avenue. Pierre Sonnier(COMEDIENS)7 Vla Léandre, 75018 Paris, FranceActor…
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André Valmy – Objet 12
Find this object on Walk 12 – Mur des je t’aime André Valmy(COMÉDIENS)83 R. des Martyrs, 75018 Paris, FranceAndré Valmy (real name André Antoine Marius Dugenet) was a French film actor who appeared in more than 60 films between 1940 and 2001. Born in Paris in 1919, he considered himself a real Montmartrois. His father…
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Perrette Souplex – Objet 14
Find this object on Walk 14 – Studio 28 Perrette Souplex(COMÉDIENNES)7 Rue Cauchois, 75018 Paris, FranceActress Perrette Souplex (b.1930) is the daughter of the actor and chansonnier Raymond Souplex. She studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique. In the 1960s she was part of the trio Les Filles à papa formed with Suzanne Gabriello…
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