Édith Piaf

Personal Info

Birthday

December 19, 1915

Day of Death

1963-10-10

(47 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Édith Giovanna Gassion

Édith Piaf

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 Foule" (1957), "L'Accordéoniste" (1940), and "Padam, padam..

Known For

French Cancan

Royal Affairs in Versailles

The Lovers of Tomorrow

Nine Boys, One Heart

The Tomboy

Star Without Light

Montmartre on the Seine

Music of Always

Filmography

2019
Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2013
Piaf intime
as Self (archive footage)
2011
An Intimate History of Occupation
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Singing Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music
as Self
2008
Édith Piaf : L'Hymne à la môme
as Self
2004
Piaf: Without love we are nothing at all
as (archive footage)
1959
The Lovers of Tomorrow
as Simone
1958
Music of Always
as Singer
1955
French Cancan
as Eugénie Buffet
1954
Boom on Paris
as Self
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Woman of the people
1951
Paris Still Sings!
as Self
1948
Nine Boys, One Heart
as Christine
1946
Star Without Light
as Madeleine
1941
Montmartre on the Seine
as Lili Talia
1936
The Tomboy
as Chanteuse