Patachou
Birthday
1918/06/10
Day of death
2015/04/30 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Henriette Ragon
Biography
Henriette Ragon (10 June 1918 – 30 April 2015), better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress. She was an Officier of the Légion d'honneur. Born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Henriette Ragon began her working life as a typist, then a factory worker, a shoeseller and an antique dealer. In 1948, with her husband Jean Billon she took over a cabaret-restaurant in Montmartre, called Patachou. (Their son Pierre Billon had some success as a singer in the 1970s and wrote J'ai oublié...Read more
Acting
(2001) Les Petites Mains
as Marguerite
(2000) Adventures of Félix
as Mathilde Firmin
(1955) Napoleon
as Madame Sans-Gêne
(1986) Faubourg St Martin
as Mme Coppercage
(1996) Hold-up en l'air
as Emilie Sagglia
(1987) La Rumba
as Meyrals
(1990) Les matins chagrins
as Alice
(1995) Le Cœur étincelant
as ---
(1953) Femmes de Paris
as ---
(1996) Tendre piège
as Madeleine
(1954) French Cancan
as Yvette Guilbert
(1988) The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as ---
(1990) The Carpathian Mushroom
as Madame Ambrogiano
(1993) Wild Target
as Mme. Meynard
(1987) Avec sentiment
as ---
(2001) Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Geneviève
(1999) Pola X
as Marguerite
(1993) Open Season
as Madame Cygne
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1963) Es spielt für Sie...
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1984) La Chance aux chansons
as Self
(1990) Orages d'été, avis de tempête
as Marthe
(2001) Pierre or The Ambiguities
as Margherite
(1968) À bout portant
as Self
(1982) L'Académie des 9
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1975) Système 2
as Self
(1994) Les Cordier, juge et flic
as Mrs. Lemoine
(1959) Discorama
as Self