- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- April 30, 2015
Patachou
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 de vivre for Johnny Hallyday.) She began to sing in the bistro, and journalists began to call her Patachou after the name of her cabaret (pâte-à-choux means cream puff dough). Georges Brassens sang there, and together they sang the duet "Maman, papa". She was the first to interpret other songs he composed such as "Le bricoleur", "La chasse aux papillons", etc. The evening she sang them for the f…
Filmography
movieA Night at the Opera
2020
tvPierre or, The Ambiguities
2001 · Margherite
movieLes Petites Mains
2001 · Marguerite
movieBelphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001 · Geneviève
movieAdventures of Félix
2000 · Mathilde Firmin
movieActors
2000 · Blind old lady
moviePola X
1999 · Marguerite
movieHold-up en l'air
1996 · Emilie Sagglia
Tendre piège
1996 · Madeleine
Le Cœur étincelant
1995
tvLes Cordier, juge et flic
1994 · Mrs. Lemoine
movieOpen Season
1993 · Madame Cygne
movieWild Target
1993 · Mme. Meynard
Les matins chagrins
1990 · Alice
tvOrages d'été, avis de tempête
1990 · Marthe
movieThe Carpathian Mushroom
1990 · Madame Ambrogiano
movieDamia: Concert en velours noir
1989 · Self
movieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieWith Feeling
1987
movieLa Rumba
1987 · Meyrals
movieFaubourg St Martin
1986 · Mme Coppercage
tvLa Chance aux chansons
1984 · Self
tvL'Académie des 9
1982 · Self
movieLa Visiteuse
1981 · Songs
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
Système 2
1975 · Self
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self
Es spielt für Sie...
1963 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieFrench Cancan
1955 · Yvette Guilbert
movieNapoleon
1955 · Madame Sans-Gêne
movieFemmes de Paris
1953 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self