Charles Trenet
Birthday
1913/05/18
Day of death
2001/02/19 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Narbonne, Aude, France
Also know as
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Biography
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is also noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance de Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for ...Read more
Acting
(1957) It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
(2023) Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles
as Self (archive footage)
(1941) Paris Romance
as Georges Gauthier
(1951) Bouquet de joie
as Charles Trenet
(1943) Love Around the Clock
as Charles
(1938) I Sing
as Charles
(1954) Boom on Paris
as Self
(2022) Charles Trenet l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) La Lucarne magique
as L'homme mystérieux
(1952) Giovinezza
as Se stesso
(1938) The Enchanted Road
as Jacques Minervois
(2022) La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) L'or du duc
as ---
(1942) Frédérica
as Gilbert Legrant
(1943) Adieu Léonard
as Ludovic
(1957) Springtime in Paris
as Charles Trenet
(1956) Melodie der Welt
as Self
(1984) La Chance aux chansons
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) Victoires de la musique
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
(1971) Cadet Rousselle
as Self
(1965) Dim Dam Dom
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1975) Système 2
as Self
(1975) Midi Première
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(2022) Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self
(1984) La Chance aux chansons
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self (voice)