Marie Laforêt
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939-10-05
- Died
- 2019-11-02
- Works
- 11
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, France
Marie Laforêt (born 5 October 1939 - November 2, 2019) is a French singer and actress. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland and acquired Swiss citizenship. Her career began accidentally in 1959 when she replaced her sister at the last minute in a French radio talent contest Naissance d'une étoile (birth of a star) and won. Director Louis Malle then cast the young starlet in the film he was…
Known for
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
- Dispositif 47 - The Second Death — Self (archive footage)2010
- God's Offices — Martine2008
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes — Self (archive footage)2002
- Jeux pour mourir2000
- Jeudi 12 — Françoise Gamelin1998
- Tout le monde en parle — Self1998
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Heroines — Sylvie1997
- Desert of Fire — Rahma1997
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 191,555
- Total plays
- 1,909,482
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Marie Laforêt (Maïtena Marie Brigitte Doumenach, Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, France, 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French-Swiss singer and actress. Her career began accidentally in 1959 when she replaced her sister at the last minute in a French radio talent contest Naissance d'une étoile and won. Director Louis Malle then cast the young starlet in the film he was shooting at the time, Liberté, a project he finally abandonded, making <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marie+Lafor%C3%AAt
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Electrical Energy Storage for the Grid: A Battery of Choices
· 2011 · cited 14,041x
- A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change
· 1979 · cited 11,481x
- QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
· 2011 · cited 11,232x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
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Key facts
- Born
- Maïtena Marie Brigitte Doumenach , ( 1939-10-05 ) 5 October 1939, Soulac-sur-Mer , France
- Died
- 2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) (aged 80), Genolier , Switzerland
- Occupation
- Singer, actress
- Spouse s
- Jean-Gabriel Albicocco (div.), Eric de Lavandeyra ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
- Partner
- Judas Azuelos
- Children
- 3, including Lisa Azuelos
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 5 October 1939
- Died
- 2 November 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brigitte
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Soulac-sur-Mer
- Place of death
- Genolier
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- lyrics
- Genre
- pop music
Article
Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Douménach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, and acquired Swiss citizenship.
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1939 births2019 deathsActresses from Nouvelle-AquitaineBurials at Père Lachaise CemeteryFrench emigrants to SwitzerlandFrench film actressesFrench people of Catalan descentFrench people of Spanish descentFrench television actressesFrench women singersNaturalised citizens of SwitzerlandPeople from Gironde