Édith Piaf
Birthday
1915/12/19
Day of death
1963/10/10 (47 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Édith Giovanna Gassion
Biography
Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars. Piaf's music was often autobiographical, and she specialized in chanson réaliste and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Fo...Read more
Acting
(2004) Piaf: Without love we are nothing at all
as (archive footage)
(1946) Star Without Light
as Madeleine
(1954) Boom on Paris
as Self
(1951) Paris Still Sings!
as Self
(2011) An Intimate History of Occupation
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Édith Piaf : L'Hymne à la môme
as Self
(1936) The Tomboy
as Chanteuse
(2009) Singing Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music
as Self
(2013) Piaf intime
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) French Cancan
as Eugénie Buffet
(1948) Nine Boys, One Heart
as Christine
(1954) Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Woman of the people
(1941) Montmartre on the Seine
as Lili Talia
(1959) The Lovers of Tomorrow
as Simone
(1958) Music of Always
as Singer
(2019) Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
(2006) The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Cadet Rousselle
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) McCartney 3, 2, 1
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Midi trente
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Legends
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1987) Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)