Ray Ventura
Birthday
1908/04/16
Day of death
1979/03/29 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens, Ray Ventura et son Orchestre, Raymond Ventura, l'Orchestre Ray Ventura
Biography
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s. A year later he led the band, and it became a dance orchestra resembling a big band. His sidemen incl...Read more
Acting
(1936) Adventure in Paris
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(1936) Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise
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(1950) We Will All Go to Paris
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(1953) One Hundred Francs Per Second
as Self
(1939) Whirlwind of Paris
as Self
(1963) L'assassin connaît la musique
as Self (uncredited)
(1953) Femmes de Paris
as Self
(1951) Monte Carlo Baby
as Self
(1948) Mademoiselle Has Fun
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(1939) Feux de joie
as Self
(1938) Quadrille
as Himself (as Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens)
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1984) La Chance aux chansons
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self