Personal Info
Henriette Ragon
Chanteuse Patachou
Patachou
Acting
Biography
Henriette Ragon (10 June 1918 – 30 April 2015), better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress. She was an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.
Born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Henriette Ragon began her working life as a typist, then a factory worker, a shoeseller and an antique dealer.
In 1948, with her husband Jean Billon she took over a cabaret-restaurant in Montmartre, called Patachou. (Their son Pierre Billon had some success as a singer in the 1970s and wrote J'ai oublié de vivre for Johnny Hallyday.) She began to sing in the bistro, and journalists began to call her P…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Night at the Opera
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Geneviève
Les Petites Mains
as Marguerite
Adventures of Félix
as Mathilde Firmin
Actors
as Blind old lady
Pola X
as Marguerite
Tendre piège
as Madeleine
Hold-up en l'air
as Emilie Sagglia
Le Cœur étincelant
Wild Target
as Mme. Meynard
TV Shows
Pierre or, The Ambiguities
as Margherite · 3 ep.
Les Cordier, juge et flic
as Mrs. Lemoine · 1 ep.
Orages d'été, avis de tempête
as Marthe · 9 ep.
Sacrée Soirée
as Self · 1 ep.
La Chance aux chansons
as Self · 7 ep.
L'Académie des 9
as Self · 1 ep.
Numéro un
as Self · 3 ep.
Système 2
as Self · 1 ep.
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self · 5 ep.
Midi trente
as Self · 3 ep.