- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 19, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- October 10, 1963
Édith Piaf
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..." (1951). Since her death in 1963, several biographies and films have studied her life, including 2007's La Vie en rose. Piaf has become one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is unknown. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville, Paris. Legend has it that she …
Filmography
movieOuça-me Por Favor
2025 · Music
movieLes Magnifiques sauvages
2023 · Music
tvThe Century of Icons
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvMcCartney 3, 2, 1
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieAznavour by Charles
2019 · Self - Singer (archive footage)
movieOh Les Filles!
2019
moviePiaf intime
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieAn Intimate History of Occupation
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieSinging Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music
2009 · Self
movieÉdith Piaf : L'Hymne à la môme
2008 · Self
tvLegends
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006
moviePiaf: Without love we are nothing at all
2004 · (archive footage)
movieAvant toi
1997 · Music
movieI'm a Gigolo
1994 · Songs
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self (archive footage)
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self (archive footage)
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self (archive footage)
tvCadet Rousselle
1971 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrance, Song
1969 · Herself (archive footage)
movieThe Lovers of Tomorrow
1959 · Simone
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieMusic of Always
1958 · Singer
movieFrench Cancan
1955 · Eugénie Buffet
movieBoom on Paris
1954 · elle-même
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Woman of the people
movieParis Still Sings!
1951 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieNine Boys, One Heart
1948 · Christine
movieStar Without Light
1946 · Madeleine
movieMontmartre on the Seine
1941 · Lili Talia
movieThe Tomboy
1936 · Chanteuse