Person
- Born
- 1940-10-29
- Died
- 1996-08-01
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Film & TV
Acting · Casablanca, Morocco
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian. Boccara was born in Casablanca, Morocco, into a Jewish family of Italian origin that lived in Tunisia before they settled in Morocco. When she was 17, she…
Known for
- Bonjour la France — Self2004
- La Chance aux chansons — Self1984
- La Chance aux chansons — Self (archive footage)1984
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Samedi soir — Self1971
- Discorama — Self1959
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,284
- Total plays
- 143,079
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Frida Boccara was born on October 29, 1940 in Casablanca, Morocco. She started and succeeded her career in France, however. At the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid, Spain in 1969 she represented France and performed "Un jour, un enfant" (One day a child) - music by Émile Stern and text by Eddy Marnay. Her song (along with the entries from Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Spain) shared first place. She died on August 1, 1996 in Paris of a pulmonary infection. <a href="https://www.last.f
Key facts
- Born
- Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara , ( 1940-10-29 ) 29 October 1940, Casablanca , French Morocco , (today Kingdom of Morocco)
- Died
- 1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) (aged 55), Paris, France
- Genres
- Chanson , French jazz , folk music
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1959–1996
- Labels
- Universal-Philips-Polydor Disques Yvon Chateigner Edina Music – Nocturne
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 29 October 1940
- Died
- 1 August 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frida
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Casablanca
- Place of death
- 20th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- singer
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Employer
- UNICEF
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian.
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1940 births1996 deaths20th-century French Jews20th-century French women singersBurials at the Cimetière parisien de BagneuxDeaths from respiratory tract infectionDutch-language French singersEnglish-language French singersEurovision Song Contest winnersFrench jazz singersFrench people of Italian-Jewish descentGerman-language French singers