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Mad ele ine. Edi th P iaf. Rien de Rien. Starring: Marion Cotillard Directed by: Olivier Dahan. Premiered in 2007 at the Berlin Film festival. In France, it is called “La Mome”. La Vie en Rose. Edith Piaf museum. “My songs are myself, my flesh, my blood, my head, my heart, my soul.”.
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Starring: Marion Cotillard Directed by: Olivier Dahan Premiered in 2007 at the Berlin Film festival In France, it is called “La Mome” La Vie en Rose
Edith Piaf museum “My songs are myself, my flesh, my blood, my head, my heart, my soul.” L'effet qu'tu m'fais
Edith Giovanna Gassion Born December 19th, 1915 in Paris Mother: Annetta Giovanna Maillard A singer Father: Louis-Alphonse Gassion A street acrobat Monsieur Lenoble
Edith first sang at 14 years old, in public to help earn more money. She left her fathers care when she was 15 years old. Edith became a street singer herself with her friend simone berteaut. She fell in love with delivery boy, louis Dupont at 16 years old. Un refrain courait dans la rue
Mon manege a moi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKgHGTpN0s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKgHGTpN0s
Louis Leplee Discovered edith piaf or “la mome” as he called her. La rue aux chansons
Raymond Asso A french song writer. Made her into the edith piaf that we now know. Mon légionnaire
“Basing your life on a dream is something that always surprises the skeptics, but our entire life is made up of chance happenings, good or bad, against which human will is virtually powerless.” L'homme à la moto
Charles Aznavour Les Compagnons Yves Montand Les trois cloches
Marcel Cerdan Boxing champion in France. Became World champion in 1948. Married but had a summer long affair with edith. Hymne à l'amour
“It’s true that I’ve always wanted to have courage. They say that it’s a masculine quality. But I believe that it’s women who ‘cope’ best when things are going badly.” Edith piaf was in a car crash in 1951. She broke her arm and two ribs but refused to stop performing. Dans les prisons de Nantes
1st marriage 2nd marriage Jacques Pills Theo Sarapo “The essential thing is to love, to be loved, to be happy and in harmony with yourself.” je t’ai dans la peau
Eartha Kitt Frank Sinatra “The day of an American is an exhausting one. He excepts this philosophically, but when it is over he wants to relax. He knows very well that there is a coarser side of life where rogues abound…indeed; he has to deal with it everyday…but in the evening he wants to forget about it. His needs and tastes are simple and unsophisticated. Why, he asks himself, when he has deposited his cares in the cloak-room with his hat, does this little French woman have to sing her miserable songs about miserable people?” C'est si bon
Died on October 11th, 1963. She is buried at Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise in Paris. Her last recorded song was “L’homme de Berlin”. She was only 47. L’homme de Berlin
Bibliography Web http://www.little-sparrow.co.uk/ http://www.edithpiaf.com/biography.php http://www.cdmusicrobot.com/the-stories-behind-the-sounds/edith-piaf-eminent-street-chanteuse.html Books Piaf, Edith, and Jean Noli. My Life. Ed. Margaret Crosland. Peter Owen. Print. Piaf, Edith. The Wheel of Fortune: the Autobiography of Edith Piaf. Trans. Peter Trewartha and Andree Masoin De Virton. Peter Owen, 1965. Print. Media La Vie En Rose. Dir. Oliver Dahan. Perf. Marion Cotillard. DVD. Edith Piaf. 50 Grandes Chansons. 2010. MP3.