دالیدا

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Works

4

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Film & TV

Acting · Cairo, Egypt

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Some of her best known songs include "Bambino", "Ciao amore, ciao", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salma ya salama", "Helwa ya…

Known for

• 50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier — Self (archive footage)2025
• A Little Something Extra — Self (archive sound) (uncredited)2024
• Dalida Forever!: The Greatest Hits Over 40 Years — Self (archive footage)2023
• Dalida & Orlando: Brother and Sister Forever — Self (archive footage)2023
• L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
• La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
• Basique, l'essentiel de la musique - Dalida Pour Orlando2022
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
• Dalida, les meilleures chansons — Self2021
• Archives secrètes — Self (archive footage)2021

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Country

France

Active from

1933

Active to

1987

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

473,390

Total plays

6,681,971

Dalida (January 17, 1933 – May 3, 1987) was a French-Italian-Egyptian singer who became one of the most successful and enduring figures in French popular music. Over the course of her career, she sold millions of records worldwide, earned more than fifty gold records, and became the first female singer to be awarded a diamond disc, securing her status as one of the most commercially successful European artists of her time. Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti was born on January 17, 1933, in Cairo, Egypt

via Last.fm · Dalida

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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   · 2011 · cited 355x

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   · 2014 · cited 345x

4. Surface Modification of Membrane Filters Using Graphene and Graphene Oxide-Based Nanomaterials for Bacterial Inactivation and Removal

   · 2014 · cited 220x

5. Improved removal of lead(ii) from water using a polymer-based graphene oxide nanocomposite

   · 2013 · cited 208x

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Music

Quotes

• “Quand on dit "je t'aime", on veut dire "aime-moi".”
• “Je n'étais pas une femme, mais une industrie de la chanson.”
• “Je crois que mon rêve a toujours été de devenir quelqu'un. De réussir dans la vie, dans le spectacle, je ne savais pas exactement quoi, mais c'était ou chanter ou jouer la comédie, ou faire du cinéma ou du théâtre... c'était le spectacle.”
• “J'ai traversé la vie sans la regarder. Je sais ce qu'est ma vie. Mon mari, c'est le public. Les chansons, ce sont mes enfants.”
• “La vie m'est insupportable, pardonnez-moi.”

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Key facts

Person.name

Dalida

Person.image

Dalida19673 (cropped 1).jpg

Person.caption

Dalida in 1967

Person.birth_name

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti

Person.birth_place

Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt

Person.death_place

Paris, France

Person.burial_place

Montmartre Cemetery, Paris

Person.monuments

Dalida tomb Bust at Place Dalida

Person.partner

Luigi Tenco (1966–1967) (1972–1981)

Person.signature

Dalida autogram signature.png

Musical artist.embed

yes

Musical artist.instrument

Vocals

Musical artist.years_active

1954–1987

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Official website

Link to the official site · 5,780 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Iolanda

Gender

female

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Shobra

Place of death

18th arrondissement of Paris

Sibling

Orlando

Occupation

dancer

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

Italian

Field of work

performing arts

Genre

Arabic music

Instrument

voice

Discography

Dalida discography

Official website

www.dalida.com

Image

Dalida 1974.jpg

Voice type

contralto

Significant event

barbiturate overdose

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