Personal Info
Édith Giovanna Gassion
Édith Piaf
Acting
Biography
Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars.
Piaf's music was often autobiographical, and she specialized in chanson réaliste and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Foule" (1957), "L'Accordéoniste" (1940), and "Padam, padam..." (1951).
Since her death in 1963, sever…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Oh Les Filles!
Piaf intime
as Self (archive footage)
An Intimate History of Occupation
as Self (archive footage)
Singing Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music
as Self
Édith Piaf : L'Hymne à la môme
as Self
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
Piaf: Without love we are nothing at all
as (archive footage)
France, Song
as Herself (archive footage)
The Lovers of Tomorrow
as Simone
TV Shows
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
McCartney 3, 2, 1
as Self (archive footage) · 6 ep.
Legends
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Midi trente
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Cadet Rousselle
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Discorama
as Self · 1 ep.
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 5 ep.