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Caterina Valente
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Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress (1931–2024)
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Caterina Valente (1931–2024) was a French-Italian actress, singer, guitarist, and dancer. Born Caterina Germaine Maria Valente in Paris, she began her work period in 1953 and concluded it in 2003. She performed in genres including pop music, bossa nova, and schlager music, playing the guitar and using her voice. Her recordings were released by record labels such as RCA Records, Polydor, Decca, and Fonit Cetra.
Valente received the Romy and Goldene Stimmgabel awards. She spoke German, English, French, and Italian. She was the sister of Silvio Francesco, with whom she was also a business partner. Her spouse was Roy Budd, and she had two children. She died in Lugano.
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Known for
- Unvergessene Legenden — Self (archive footage)2020
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio — Self1994
- ECHO-Verleihung — Self1992
- Die Mike Krüger Show — Self1991
- Boulevard Bio — Self1991
- Hotel Paradies — Rosita Kroll1990
- Romy Award — Self1990
- Pssst ... — self1990
- Die schnelle Gerdi — Self1989
- Super-Chancen — Caterina Valente1988
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2024
Discography
- Baiao Bongo / Babalou1954
- Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe / Wenn es Nacht wird in Paris1954
- O Mama, O Mama, O Mamajo1954
- Bahia / Take Me to Your Heart1955
- Es geht besser, besser, besser / Komm ein bißchen mit nach Italien1955
- Es ist so schön bei dir1955
- Granada / Similau1955
- If Hearts Could Talk / Fiesta Cubana1955
- Siboney / Begin the Beguine1955
- Steig in das Traumboot der Liebe1955
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 115,770
- Total plays
- 1,558,218
Tags
Caterina Valente (January 14, 1931 in Paris – September 9, 2024 in Lugano) was an Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress. She came from an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown. She had three siblings, of whom Silvio Francesco was also active in show business. In 1952 she married juggler Erik van Aro (Gerd Eric Horst Scholz). He recognized her talent and accompanied her in her initial years of worldwide success
Key facts
- Born
- Caterina Germaine Maria Valente , ( 1931-01-14 ) 14 January 1931, Paris, French Third Republic
- Died
- 9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) (aged 93), Lugano , Ticino, Switzerland
- Occupations
- Singer musician dancer
- Instruments
- Vocals acoustic guitar
- Years active
- 1953–2003
- Labels
- Polydor Cetra RCA Victor Decca Ariston RCA Italiana London Durium
- Website
- www .caterinavalente .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- 12th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Lugano
- Sibling
- Silvio Francesco
- Occupation
- dancer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Award
- Goldene Stimmgabel
- Genre
- schlager music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Teldec
- Official website
- www.caterinavalente.com
- Image
- Caterina Valente (1966) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Lugano
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- Caterina Valente
- date of birth
- 1931-01-14
- name in native language
- Caterina Valente
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- birth name
- Caterina Germaine Maria Valente
- partner in business or sport
- Silvio Francesco
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-09-09
- social media followers
- 41600
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Encyclopedic overview
Caterina Germaine Maria Valente (14 January 1931 – 9 September 2024) was an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer. She spoke six languages and sang in thirteen. While she was best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.
Life and career
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