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Juliette Gréco
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Juliette Gréco
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-02-07,Montpellier, Hérault, France
Gender
Female
Biography
Juliette Gréco (7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career came to an end in 2015 when she began her last worldwide tour titled "Merci". As an actress, Gréco played roles in films by French directors such as Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier, France, to an absent Corsican father, Gérard Gréco; her mother Juliette Lafeychine (1899–1978) was from Bordeaux. Her lineage hails in part from Greece. She did not receive love from her mother in her childhood and suffered from her harsh comments due to being an unwanted child, such as "You ain't my daughter. You're the child of rape". She was raised by her maternal grandparents in Bordeaux with her older sister Charlotte. After the death of her grandparents, her mother took them to Paris. In 1938, she became a ballerina at the Opéra Garnier. When World War II began, the family returned to the southwest of France. Gréco was a student at the Institut Royal d'éducation Sainte Jeanne d'Arc in Montauban. The Gréco family became active in the Resistance and her mother was arrested in 1943. The two sisters decided to move back to Paris but were captured and tortured by the Gestapo, then imprisoned in Fresnes Prison in September 1943. Her mother and sister were deported to Ravensbrück while Juliette, being only 16, remained in prison for several months before being released. After her release, she walked the eight miles back to Paris to retrieve her belongings from the Gestapo headquarters. Her former French teacher and her mother's friend, Hélène Duc, decided to take care of her. In 1945, Gréco's mother and sister returned from deportation after the liberation of Ravensbrück by the Red Army. Gréco moved to Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1945 after her mother moved to Indochina, leaving Gréco and her sister behind. Gréco became a devotee of the bohemian fashion of some intellectuals of post-war France. Duc sent her to attend acting classes given by Solange Sicard. She made her debut in the play Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir in November 1946 and began to host a radio show dedicated to poetry. Her friend Jean-Paul Sartre installed her at the Hotel La Louisiane and commented that Greco had "millions of poems in her voice". She was known to many of the writers and artists working in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, such as Albert Camus, Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, thus gaining the nickname la Muse de l'existentialisme. Gréco spent the post-Liberation years frequenting the Saint-Germain-des-Prés cafes, immersing herself in political and philosophical bohemian culture. As a regular at music and poetry venues like Le Tabou on Rue Dauphine, she was acquainted with Jean Cocteau, and was given a role in Cocteau's film Orphée (1950). ... Source: Article "Juliette Gréco" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

7.6

Orpheus
1950-09-29

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

0

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999-01-01

It Happened on the 36 Candles

2

It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957-10-16

The Sun Also Rises

5.9

The Sun Also Rises
1957-08-23

The Night of the Generals

6.8

The Night of the Generals
1967-01-29

The Green Glove

6.2

The Green Glove
1952-02-28

Droit de Réponse

10

Droit de Réponse
1981-12-12

6

Lily aime-moi
1975-04-30

The Roots of Heaven

6.238

The Roots of Heaven
1958-10-15

The Bouquinquant Brothers

7

The Bouquinquant Brothers
1948-01-11

When You Read This Letter

6

When You Read This Letter
1953-07-26

Days and Nights in Paris

0

Days and Nights in Paris
2004-12-01

6.1

The Sinners
1949-09-30

6.2

Whirlpool
1959-03-01

5.4

Boom on Paris
1954-02-19

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

6

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021-05-16

Uncle Tom's Cabin

5.8

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1965-04-13

5

Man and Child
1956-11-28

5.7

The Big Gamble
1961-07-25

Where the Truth Lies

6.6

Where the Truth Lies
1962-03-14

Everyman's Feast

4.5

Everyman's Feast
2002-01-25

Crack in the Mirror

7.5

Crack in the Mirror
1960-05-19

7.1

Love at Sea
1966-05-01

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

7.3

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019-08-23

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07

Barbara ou ma plus belle histoire d'amour

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Barbara ou ma plus belle histoire d'amour
1973-06-15

Elena and Her Men

5.8

Elena and Her Men
1956-09-12

0

38-24-36
1963-03-31

Without Leaving an Address

6.3

Without Leaving an Address
1951-01-17

The Lebanese Mission

2.5

The Lebanese Mission
1956-09-12

Bonjour Tristesse

6.6

Bonjour Tristesse
1958-01-15

Hôtel La Louisiane

0

Hôtel La Louisiane
2015-11-18

Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe

0

Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
2006-11-02

5

Disorder
1950-12-02

On l'appelait Roda

5.2

On l'appelait Roda
2018-10-31

The Naked Earth

0

The Naked Earth
1958-02-05

Vadim Mister Cool

6.2

Vadim Mister Cool
2016-12-28

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

4.6

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001-04-03

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

6.9

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017-05-28

Cherchez l'idole

6.2

Cherchez l'idole
1964-02-26

Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise

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Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise
2012-02-05

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

0

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954-04-15

Lieben Sie Show ?

0

Lieben Sie Show ?
1962-11-24

Tonight in Person

7

Tonight in Person
1963-01-30

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

La Chance aux chansons

4

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Victoires de la musique

2

Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23

Stars in der Manege

5.3

Stars in der Manege
1959-04-11

Musik ist Trumpf

6

Musik ist Trumpf
1975-01-02

Belphegor, or the Phantom of the Louvre

6.9

Belphegor, or the Phantom of the Louvre
1965-03-06

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

V.I.P. Schaukel

6

V.I.P. Schaukel
1971-05-09

0

Bio’s Bahnhof
1978-02-09

Einer wird gewinnen

7

Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25

6

Numéro un
1975-04-05

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

8

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

Le monde est à vous

0

Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

0

Das große Los
1996-05-16

Vivement dimanche

3.2

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20

0

Discorama
1959-02-04

6.2

Stars 90
1990-09-03

0

Night-Club
1968-09-13

6.5

Was bin ich?
1955-01-02