Tag: paris
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Walk 93 – Place Félix Éboué
Marcel Cariven (CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)245 Rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France Light music specialist Marcel Cariven was a long time conductor of the Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion-télévision française (ORTF). In the 1930s he was appointed conductor of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens and conducted classical concerts with the Radio-Paris Orchestra. After WW2 he made his debut at…
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Walk 94 – Square Charles Péguy
Jean-Marie Chauvel (Trombone)21 Rue Louis Braille, 75012 Paris, France Jean-Marie Chauvel was a member of Raymond Fonsèque’s Trombone Ensemble. A popular sight on TV, the group featured 11 trombonists in matching comedic costumes. Martine Clary (DANSEUSES)35 Rue Louis Braille, 75012 Paris, France Dancer Martine Clary was a member of the Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier,…
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Walk 96 – Porte Dorée
Jean-Claude Pelletier (Piano)269 Av. Daumesnil, 75012 Paris, France French jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Jean-Claude Pelletier began his music studies at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris aged just ten years old. He studied piano, music theory and harmony at the Conservatoire until 1948. After playing in jazz orchestras and with his own…
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Walk 81 – Voltaire
Marc Ogeret (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)16 Rue Pétion, 75011 Paris, France Born in Paris, French singer Marc Ogeret is best known for his powerful interpretations of political and poetic chanson. In the 1950s he started performing in cabarets, such as Chez Bernadette, Chez Agnès Capri, and La Colombe, on the Île de la Cité. He received…
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Corso Fleuri, Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris – Object 80
Reviving a tradition that crises and wars had ruined, a procession of floats, a true flower parade, crossed Paris from the Place de la Bastille to the Esplanade des Invalides during the 1950s. Starting just after 3pm during days in May, the route cut through the nerve centre of the city, starting with the “old…
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Walk 80 – Richard Lenoir
Jean Lescot (COMEDIENS)96 Bd Beaumarchais, 75011 Paris, France Although Jean Lescot played over 100 roles in TV and Film, it’s his exceptional career as a voiceover artist that lives long in the memory. One of his most memorable assignments, with its distinctive syntax, was the French voice of Yoda in episodes I, II, and III…
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Walk 79 – Saint-Ambroise
Claude Richard – COMEDIENS12 Cité Popincourt, 75011 Paris, France Actor Claude Richard made his theatrical debut in 1952 at the Studio des Champs-Élysées in Gaston-Marie Martens’ Le Village des miracles. He spent the rest of the decade in the ranks at the Théâtre Montparnasse and the Théâtre de l’Atelier. The 1960s was a fruitful time…
Guide to Paris Show Business 