We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. The French have declared her the "Singer of the Century. Her career was legendary; her life was filled with myth and tragedy. Admirers of the great cabaret singer regularly adorn her grave with fresh flowers to this day. Piaf died on October 10, in Plascassier, or according to her the death certificate, on October 11 in Paris.
That is not the only doctored detail in Piaf's biography. According to a popular version of her life story, it was at the entrance of apartment number 72 on Rue Belleville. After that, her father, Alphonse Gassion, brought her to live with his own mother, who ran a brothel in Bernay - not a particularly favorable environment for a young girl, who was often beaten by her alcoholic father. Leaving her father at age 15, she earned her livelihood by singing in Paris. Piaf suffered greatly from impaired vision for a time yet also became renowned for her voice at a young age.
At the age of 7, she joined her father and a circus caravan to travel to Belgium, eventually participating in street performances all over France. Piaf later separated from her father, who was often a temperamental, abusive taskmaster, and set out on her own as a street singer in and around Paris.
At 17, she and a youngster named Louis Dupont had a daughter, Marcelle, who died of meningitis at 2 years old.
She was popular enough to record two albums that same year. After authorities investigated her as a potential accomplice to the crime, Piaf and a new team took charge of her career. The singer worked closely with composer Marguerite Monnot during this time. Her concerts for German servicemen were controversial, although it was later believed that she had been working for the French Resistance and helped Jewish comrades escape Nazi persecution. After the war, her fame spread quickly.
Although American audiences were initially put off by her dour demeanor and dark clothes, Piaf garnered glowing reviews and ultimately achieved enough of an audience to warrant several televised performances on The Ed Sullivan Show throughout the s. Select basic ads.
Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. By Megan Romer. Featured Video. Biography of Edith Piaf, French Singer. Most Tragic Music Deaths of the '80s. Where Are the Woodstock Performers Now? Biography of Marilyn Monroe, Model and Actress. Your Privacy Rights. She continued to perform during the Nazi occupation of France and hobnobbed with other celebrities such as actor Maurice Chevalier and poet Jacques Borgeat.
She was accused of collaborating with the Nazis but claimed that she was a member of the French resistance. During the war, both parents showed up on her doorstep. She supported her father until he died. The police called Piaf many times to pick up her mother after she had passed out at a local bar; she died from an overdose of morphine in a cheap hotel room.
In , Piaf met Yves Montand and hated him. He eventually became a star in France. Although they were often seen together, she said that their relationship was not sexual. In , she lost the love of her life, Marcel Cerdan, a married former world middleweight champion boxer who died in a plane crash while flying to New York to meet her.
In , she made Charles Aznavour famous by taking him on tour with her in France and the United States. She was riding in a car with him and was seriously injured in a crash that broke her arm and two ribs. After that, she was addicted to alcohol and morphine and was frequently seen going to bars in Paris and picking up strange men.
In , she married songwriter and entertainer Jacques Pills and her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich. Pills was also an alcoholic and the two would drink together for days. He did love her, however, and provided her with the most stable relationship of her lifetime. However, true to her past, she ran off with other men and divorced him in In , she met her last husband, Theo Lamboukas, who was 27 and earned a living by cutting hair.
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