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باربارا
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خواننده-ترانهسرا، بازیگر، و خواننده فرانسوی
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Barbara, born Monique Andrée Serf in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, was a French singer-songwriter, poet, and film actor. Active in the chanson genre, she performed in French and played the piano and voice. Her musical career included releases on record labels such as Universal Music Group, His Master's Voice, Odeon, and Philips Records. She received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Barbara was of Jewish ethnicity and held French citizenship. She passed away on November 24, 1997, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, due to cardiovascular disease. Her birth name was Monique Serf, and she also used the pseudonyms Barbara Brodi. She is buried at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 43
Top works
- A Glass of Blessings
- Less than angels
- La Douce colombe est morte
- Amor no correspondido
- The Barbara Pym Omnibus Some Tame Gazelle Excellent Women Jane Andprudence
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Paris, France
Monique Andrée Serf (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997), known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous cabaretière in the late 1950s in Paris, known as La Chanteuse de minuit ('the midnight singer'), before she started composing her own tracks, which brought her to fame. Her most famous songs…
Known for
- Immortelle Barbara - « …Du bout des lèvres » au Grand Rex à Paris, le 18/09/2023 — Self (archive footage)2024
- Au cœur du Papotin — Self2023
- Mitterrand, président culturel — Self (archive footage)2021
- Barbara, chansons pour une absente — Self (archive footage)2017
- À la recherche de... Pierre Richard — Self - Singer, songwriter (archive footage)2017
- Precy Jardin — Self2006
- Chants — Self1995
- Le monde est à vous — Self1987
- Barbara en concert : Pantin 81 — Self1986
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 1997
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 225,439
- Total plays
- 2,585,349
Tags
Barbara was a popular French female singer born as Monique Andrée Serf (9th June 1930 - 25th November 1997) best known under her stage name. "Barbara" had been the title of a famous song in the fifties, whose text comes from Prévert. Monique Serf, born in Paris, France, into a Jewish family, was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighbourhood music teacher heard her sing and took an interest in helping her
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,740x
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity
· 2003 · cited 17,611x
- Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation
· 2010 · cited 13,975x
- Mapping and quantifying mammalian transcriptomes by RNA-Seq
· 2008 · cited 11,972x
- The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
· 2001 · cited 10,686x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Monique Andrée Serf , 9 June 1930, Paris , France
- Died
- 24 November 1997 (aged 67), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Genres
- Chanson French pop
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter actress
- Instruments
- Vocals piano
- Years active
- 1958–1996
- Label
- Universal Music Group
via Wikipedia infobox