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Line Renaud

Line Renaud

Line Renaud (born 2 July 1928) is a popular French singer, actress and AIDS activist. Line Renaud was born Jacqueline Ente in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week, but he played the trumpet on weekends, in a local brass band. Line showed the first signs of her talent in primary school, when at the age of seven she won an amateur competition. During the Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a café in Armentières, where she used to sing for passing soldiers. She auditioned at Conservatoire de Lille, singing songs written by Loulou Gasté "Sainte-Madeleine" and "Mon âme au diable". Louis Gasté was at that time a well-known French composer. At the end of the audition, she was approached by the director of Radio Lille who was looking for a singer. She took the pseudonym of Jacqueline Ray and joined the station singing a repertoire based on the songs by Loulou Gasté. In 1945, she moved to Paris and got her first gig in Folies Belleville, where she was introduced to Gasté. She was 16, and Gasté was 37. He became her mentor, changing her image and her name. Line Renaud made her national debut on Radio Luxembourg, singing on a Sunday morning program. After signing a contract with Pathe Marconi, she recorded "Ma Cabane au Canada", written by Loulou Gasté, which won le Grand Prix du Disque. She also sang with Yves Montand in the Théâtre de l'Etoile. She toured Europe and Africa extensively, came back to Paris to star at the ABC, and recorded numerous adaptations of American songs such as "Ma petite folie", "Étoile des neiges" and "Le Chien dans la vitrine". In 1954, while performing at Moulin Rouge, she met Bob Hope and subsequently appeared in five episodes of The Bob Hope Show in the US. During this trip, she also sang in the Waldorf Astoria (New York) and the Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared on Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Ed Sullivan shows and recorded with Dean Martin the songs "Relax-Ay-Voo" and "Two Sleepy People". In 1959, she started a four-year run of Plaisir de Paris for Henri Varna and then went on to perform in a Las Vegas show at Dunes from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Casino de Paris starring in a new show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas for a number of performances. In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years. In the 1980s, she starred in a TV show Telle est Line for Antenne 2 and recorded songs in English and French. At Casino de Paris, she put on a one-off show which retraced her forty-year career. Also, in 1981, she served as an unofficial on-air "guide" for Merv Griffin when he taped "The Merv Griffin Show" in Paris, and in 1982 she was a guest on Perry Como's Christmas special in Paris. In 1989, she toured around Japan as part of a festival which marked the bicentennial of the French Revolution. ... Source: Article "Line Renaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Personal information

Birthday

1928-07-02

Birth Place

Nieppe, Hauts-de-France, France

Movies and TV shows :

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30 millions d'amis

1976

5.8

TV
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À bout portant

1968

8.0

TV
A Cursed Monarchy

A Cursed Monarchy

2005

6.0

Movie
A Day in the Life of French Cinema

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

0.0

Movie
A House of Your Dreams

A House of Your Dreams

2006

5.7

Movie
À nous deux la vie

À nous deux la vie

1998

8.0

Movie
Aller retour dans la journée

Aller retour dans la journée

2007

10.0

Movie
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Archives secrètes

2021

0.0

TV
Belinda and Me

Belinda and Me

2014

4.0

Movie
Belle Maman

Belle Maman

1999

5.2

Movie
Blood Sisters

Blood Sisters

1997

1.0

Movie
Boom on Paris

Boom on Paris

1954

5.4

Movie
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Cadet Rousselle

1971

0.0

TV
poster

Call My Agent!

2015

7.7

TV
poster

Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

TV
Chaos

Chaos

2001

6.6

Movie
Devil and the Angel

Devil and the Angel

1946

5.4

Movie
poster

Discorama

1959

0.0

TV
Doggy Bag

Doggy Bag

1999

5.0

Movie
Double or Quits

Double or Quits

1953

1.0

Movie
Driving Madeleine

Driving Madeleine

2022

7.0

Movie
Fallen from the Sky

Fallen from the Sky

2008

7.0

Movie
Family Is Family

Family Is Family

2018

5.8

Movie
poster

Fan School

1977

6.5

TV
Folle Amanda

Folle Amanda

1983

0.0

Movie
Fugueuses

Fugueuses

2008

9.2

Movie
Harold et Maude

Harold et Maude

2012

0.0

Movie
Huguette

Huguette

2019

5.5

Movie
Hully Gully

Hully Gully

1964

0.0

Movie
I Can't Sleep

I Can't Sleep

1994

6.2

Movie
I Love You Coiffure

I Love You Coiffure

2020

3.9

Movie
poster

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

6.6

TV
Ils sont dans les vignes...

Ils sont dans les vignes...

1952

5.0

Movie
In case of Bad Luck

In case of Bad Luck

2009

6.4

Movie
In France with Madonna

In France with Madonna

2022

8.5

Movie
poster

Infrarouge

2006

4.0

TV
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

2018

6.4

Movie
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show

Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock

2022

6.0

TV
Knock, Knock, It's Mom!

Knock, Knock, It's Mom!

2021

5.4

Movie
poster

La Chance aux chansons

1984

4.0

TV
La Croisière

La Croisière

2011

5.0

Movie
La Douce Empoisonneuse

La Douce Empoisonneuse

2014

4.1

Movie
La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)

La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)

1989

6.0

Movie
poster

La Grande Béké

1998

10.0

TV
La Madelon

La Madelon

1955

4.3

Movie
La Voisine

La Voisine

1997

0.0

Movie
La voyante

La voyante

2014

5.0

Movie
poster

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

8.0

TV
poster

Le Miroir de l'eau

2004

0.0

TV
poster

Le monde est à vous

1987

0.0

TV
Le Palmier

Le Palmier

0.0

Movie
Le Prochain voyage

Le Prochain voyage

2023

7.1

Movie
poster

Le Silence de l'épervier

2008

0.0

TV
Le Squat

Le Squat

2021

5.7

Movie
poster

Les Filles du Lido

1995

1.0

TV
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
Les secrets de la belle endormie

Les secrets de la belle endormie

2020

0.0

Movie
Let's Dance

Let's Dance

2019

6.5

Movie
Ma femme me quitte

Ma femme me quitte

1996

4.0

Movie
Mademoiselle and Her Gang

Mademoiselle and Her Gang

1957

6.0

Movie
poster

Matin Bonheur

1987

0.0

TV
Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars

Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars

2018

7.1

Movie
poster

Midi Première

1975

10.0

TV
poster

Midi trente

1972

6.0

TV
Mon Chirac

Mon Chirac

2019

8.0

Movie
poster

Murders in...

2013

7.2

TV
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...

Muriel Robin, oser être soi...

2018

0.0

Movie
My New Partner II

My New Partner II

1990

6.0

Movie
poster

Nulle part ailleurs

1987

5.6

TV
Over the waves

Over the waves

1951

0.0

Movie
Paris Still Sings!

Paris Still Sings!

1951

0.0

Movie
Petits arrangements avec ma mère

Petits arrangements avec ma mère

2012

6.0

Movie
Pleins feux

Pleins feux

1992

0.0

Movie
Pleins feux

Pleins feux

2017

0.0

Movie
Polly West est de retour

Polly West est de retour

1993

0.0

Movie
Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

2022

0.0

Movie
Remembering You

Remembering You

2017

7.5

Movie
Rendez-moi ma fille

Rendez-moi ma fille

1994

0.0

Movie
Résistantes

Résistantes

0.0

Movie
poster

Sacrée soirée

1987

6.2

TV
poster

Samedi soir

1971

6.0

TV
Santa's Apprentice

Santa's Apprentice

2010

6.2

Movie
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

7.5

Movie
Simple question de temps

Simple question de temps

2012

0.0

Movie
Sixième classique

Sixième classique

1996

0.0

Movie
poster

Stars 90

1990

6.2

TV
Suzie Berton

Suzie Berton

2004

7.0

Movie
poster

Système 2

1975

0.0

TV
poster

The Accursed Kings

2005

4.0

TV
The Courage to Love

The Courage to Love

2005

5.3

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Great Restaurant II

The Great Restaurant II

2011

5.8

Movie
The Indestructible

The Indestructible

1959

5.0

Movie
The Robin Sisters

The Robin Sisters

2006

1.0

Movie
The Sands of Time

The Sands of Time

1992

0.0

Movie
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!

They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!

2022

5.1

Movie
Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later

Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later

2003

5.0

Movie
Très chère Mathilde

Très chère Mathilde

2011

6.0

Movie
Une Belle Garce

Une Belle Garce

1947

0.0

Movie
Une femme d'action

Une femme d'action

1997

0.0

Movie
poster

Vivement dimanche

1998

3.2

TV
poster

Vivement dimanche prochain

1998

3.4

TV
Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

2008

6.7

Movie