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Annie Cordy

Annie Cordy

Actor · 1928 – 2020 · Bruxelles, Belgium

Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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  • TV5.7

    Sacrée soirée

    1987 · 5 votes

  • TV6.8

    Champs-Elysées

    1982 · 9 votes

  • TV3.6

    Vivement dimanche

    1998 · 9 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV7.2

    L'École des fans

    Fan School

    1977 · 2 votes

  • TV7.5

    Numéro un

    1975 · 2 votes

  • TV9.0

    Midi Première

    1975 · 2 votes

  • TV7.5

    L'Académie des 9

    1982 · 2 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV
  • TV8.0

    Le Grand Échiquier

    1972 · 3 votes

  • TV6.0

    Midi trente

    1972 · 1 votes

  • TV8.0

    Discorama

    1959 · 1 votes

  • TV6.5

    La Chance aux chansons

    1984 · 2 votes

  • TV6.0

    Samedi soir

    1971 · 1 votes

  • TV6.2

    30 millions d'amis

    1976 · 3 votes

  • TV
  • TV8.0

    À bout portant

    1968 · 1 votes

  • TV6.2

    Stars 90

    1990 · 2 votes

  • TV6.3

    Samedi Sébastien

    2021 · 3 votes

  • TV5.0

    Téléthon

    1987 · 1 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV
  • TV

Movies22

  • Movie6.4

    Le Passager de la pluie

    Rider on the Rain

    1970 · 103 votes

  • Movie7.2
  • Movie4.4

    Disco

    2008 · 358 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Si Versailles m'était conté

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    1953 · 32 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Les Gaspards

    The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

    1974 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Le Chat

    The Cat

    1971 · 121 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Les Jouvencelles

    The Damsels

    2018 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Le Dernier diamant

    The Last Diamond

    2014 · 82 votes

  • Movie8.0
  • Movie6.3

    Les Souvenirs

    2014 · 111 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie4.0

    L'Or du duc

    1965 · 3 votes

  • Movie9.0

    L'Avare

    1978 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Tamara Vol. 2

    A New Girl in Paris!

    2018 · 297 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Les Herbes folles

    Wild Grass

    2009 · 90 votes

  • Movie4.5
  • Movie3.7

    Drôles de zèbres

    1977 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie5.9

    Le crime est notre affaire

    Crime Is Our Business

    2008 · 98 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Rue haute

    High Street

    1976 · 6 votes

  • Movie4.0

    Les Galets d'Étretat

    The Pebbles of Etratat

    1972 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Boum sur Paris

    Boom on Paris

    1954 · 5 votes