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Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

Oyuncu · 1922 – 2004 · Reggio Emilia, Italy

Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. For many years, he struggled with alcoholism, caused in part by the 1980 suicide of his son Stephan. After acting school (Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques) he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in a wartime production of Les Parents terribles ("The Terrible Parents"). During World War II, he left Paris to join the French resistance. His first feature film came in 1946 with his role in Les portes de la nuit ("The Doors of the Night"). He later went on to perform in 80 films including Casque d'or, Les Misérables (1958),Tutti a casa, Le Doulos, Il Gattopardo, La terrazza, The Pianist (1998). In spite of never quite reaching the peak with his acting career, he did triumph in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Séquestrés d'Altona. In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer (at the age of 43), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara. Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French "Chanson" ("song") and although he was in his 40s, his bad-boy rugged image made him popular with both young and older listeners. His best known songs include Les loups sont entrés dans Paris ("The Wolves Have Entered Paris") and Sarah (La femme qui est dans mon lit) ("The Woman Who Is In My Bed"), the latter written by Georges Moustaki. However, one of his regular songwriters throughout his career was Boris Vian (Le Déserteur, Arthur où t'as mis le corps, La Java des bombes atomiques). His new young fans identified with his left-wing ideals and antimilitarism, most notably during the 1968 student revolts in France. With age he became more and more acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of the French chanson also bringing the poetry of Rimbaud, Apollinaire and Prévert closer to his audience. In 1995, he made a comeback to the singing stage, giving a few concerts despite his deteriorated health and personal distress, the last one being held as late as in the year of his death, in spring of 2004. In later life he became a painter and gave a number of exhibitions of his artwork. Serge Reggiani died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 82, one day after the death of another well known French singer Sacha Distel. He is interred in Montparnasse Cemetery.

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  • Film7.7

    Il gattopardo

    Leopar

    1963 · 982 votes

  • Film7.9

    L'Armée des ombres

    Gölgeler Ordusu

    1969 · 780 votes

  • Film7.1

    Mauvais Sang

    1986 · 294 votes

  • Film6.5

    Paris Blues

    1961 · 76 votes

  • Film7.6

    La Vingt-cinquième Heure

    The 25th Hour

    1967 · 59 votes

  • Film7.0

    Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres

    Sen, Ben ve Diğerleri

    1974 · 165 votes

  • Film7.4

    Le Doulos

    1962 · 317 votes

  • Film7.1

    Il giorno della civetta

    The Day of the Owl

    1968 · 128 votes

  • Film6.9

    I Hired a Contract Killer

    1990 · 236 votes

  • Film7.3

    Marie-Octobre

    1959 · 87 votes

  • Film7.3

    Casque d'Or

    Altın Başlık

    1952 · 209 votes

  • Film6.3

    Napoléon

    Napoleon

    1955 · 23 votes

  • Film7.2

    Les Misérables

    1958 · 127 votes

  • Film7.3

    L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot

    Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

    2009 · 93 votes

  • Film8.0

    Élisa

    1957 · 1 votes

  • Film5.0

    Les Amants de Vérone

    The Lovers of Verona

    1949 · 14 votes

  • Film6.8

    Manon

    1949 · 64 votes

  • Film5.5

    Touche pas à la femme blanche

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

    1974 · 45 votes

  • Film7.6

    Tutti a casa

    Everybody Go Home!

    1960 · 122 votes

  • Film6.8

    Une fille à croquer

    Good Enough to Eat

    1951 · 2 votes

  • Film7.2
  • Film8.0
  • Film7.0

    The Beekeeper

    Arıcı

    1986 · 77 votes

  • Film5.6

    Le Carrefour des enfants perdus

    Children of Chaos

    1944 · 5 votes

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