Madelon line renaud biography

French singer, actress and AIDS activist

Line Renaud (born Jacqueline Ente take in 2 July 1928) is a Sculpturer singer, actress and AIDS activist.

In her 80 year career, she has appeared in 86 films and Television films, released 25 albums and 114 singles. She has also appeared derive 12 plays and written or co-written approximately 20 books. In 2022, she played the titular character in magnanimity film Driving Madeleine.^[1]

Early life

Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was spruce up shorthand typist; her father was fastidious truck driver during the week nevertheless he played the trumpet, on weekends, in a local brass band. Ferocious showed the first signs of repudiate talent in primary school, when insensible the age of seven she won an amateur competition. ^{[citation needed]}

During character Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away proud the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her indolence, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother challenging a café in Armentières, where Jacqueline used to sing for passing general public. ^{[citation needed]}

Career

She auditioned at School de Lille, singing songs written next to Louis "Loulou" Gasté "Sainte-Madeleine" and "Mon âme au diable", a well-known Romance composer. At the end of say publicly audition, she was approached by representation director of Radio Lille who was looking for a singer. She took the pseudonym of Jacqueline Ray celebrated joined the station singing a rereading based on the songs by Loulou Gasté.

Line Renaud made her internal debut on Radio Luxembourg, singing look over a Sunday morning program. After signal a contract with Pathe Marconi, she recorded "Ma Cabane au Canada", handwritten by Loulou Gasté, which won grotto Grand Prix du Disque. She besides sang with Yves Montand in rank Théâtre de l'Etoile. She toured Collection and Africa extensively, came back pare Paris to star at the ABC, and recorded numerous adaptations of Dweller songs such as "Ma petite folie", "Étoile des neiges" and "Le Chien dans la vitrine".^{[citation needed]}

In 1954, to the fullest extent a finally performing at Moulin Rouge, she reduction Bob Hope and subsequently appeared crucial five episodes of The Bob Wish Show in the US. During that trip, she also sang in blue blood the gentry Waldorf Astoria (New York) and probity Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared basis Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Be concerned Sullivan shows and recorded with Religious Martin the songs "Relax-Ay-Voo" and "Two Sleepy People".

In 1959, she going on a four-year run of Plaisir naive Paris for Henri Varna and proof went on to perform in trim Las Vegas show at Dunes escape 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Cassino de Paris starring in a additional show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas insinuation a number of performances. In Writer, in 1973 she created an Earth show which she toured for deuce years around the country. She authenticate helped Casino de Paris, threatened indifferent to closing, by putting on a stage show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four period.

In the 1980s, she starred break off a TV show Telle est Line for Antenne 2 and recorded songs in English and French. At Cassino de Paris, she put on a-okay one-off show which retraced her forty-year career. Also, in 1981, she served as an unofficial on-air "guide" sponsor Merv Griffin when he taped "The Merv Griffin Show" in Paris, extremity in 1982 she was a patron on Perry Como's Christmas special joke Paris. In 1989, she toured circumnavigate Japan as part of a party which marked the bicentennial of prestige French Revolution.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, aged 94, she starred as Madeleine in class film Driving Madeleine with Dany Boon.^[1][2]

AIDS activism

In 1985, she created l'Association nonsteroid Artistes Contre le Sida (Association confront Artists Against AIDS) and organised televised art events which enabled her want raise funds for helping AIDS controlled research in France. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, as vice-president of Sidaction, she doomed the statements of Pope Benedict Cardinal, who claimed condoms promoted behavior which causes AIDS.^[3]

Personal life

In 1945, she studied to Paris and got her eminent gig in Folies Belleville, where she was introduced to Gasté. She was 16, and Gasté was 37. Powder became her mentor, changing her advance and her name. In 1950, she married Louis 'Loulou' Gasté; he boring in 1995.^[4]

In March 2019, Renaud was hospitalised due to a fall remove her garden.^[5]

Recognition

In 2000, a Golden Region Star on the Palm Springs, Step of Stars was dedicated to her.^[6]

In 2022, Renaud was awarded the layer of Grand Cross of the Crowd d'Honneur at a ceremony presided amulet by PresidentEmmanuel Macron.^[7]

Selected filmography

1987- Silver Spoons Jacqueline

Theatre

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