- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Narbonne, Aude, France
- Died
- February 19, 2001
Charles Trenet
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 for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs 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 the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000. Trenet was born in Avenue Charles Trenet, Narbonne, Occitanie, France, the son of Françoise Louise Constance (Caussat) and Lucien Etienne Paul Trenet. When he was age seven, his parents divorced, and he was sent to boarding school in Béziers, but he returned home just a few months later, suffering from typhoid fever. It was during hi…
Filmography
movieGuet-apens, des crimes invisibles
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieJockey, professor och folkkär målare
1998 · Music
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self, Self (voice)
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
tvLa Chance aux chansons
1984 · Self (archive footage)
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
Système 2
tvSystème 2
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
tvCadet Rousselle
1971 · Self
La Lucarne magique
movieLa Lucarne magique
1971 · The mysterious man
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieL'Or du duc
1965
tvDim Dam Dom
1965 · Self
movieIt Happened on the 36 Candles
1957 · Self (uncredited)
movieSpringtime in Paris
1957 · Charles Trenet
Melodie der Welt
tvMelodie der Welt
1956 · Self
movieBoom on Paris
1954 · lui-même
movieGiovinezza
1952 · Cantante
movieBouquet de joie
1951 · Charles Trenet
movieNine Boys, One Heart
1948 · Original Music Composer
movieLove Around the Clock
1943 · Charles
movieAdieu Léonard
1943 · Ludovic, Music
movieFrédérica
1942 · Gilbert Legrant
movieParis Romance
1941 · Georges Gauthier
movieI Sing
1938 · Charles
movieThe Enchanted Road
1938 · Jacques Minervois
Bariole
movieBariole
1933 · Original Music Composer