Stage, screen and television actress, singer and dancer.
Born Suzanne Pierrette Delaire, she was a popular national figure in cabaret and music halls. Two of her more notable songs were "Avec Son Tra-la-la" and "C'est si bon," the latter was interpreted shortly afterwards by Louis Armstrong in his own version, making it a world wide success.
Growing up in Montmartre, she began an apprenticeship as a milliner at the age of 13, but dreamed of going to the theater. She started out as an extra in the cinema and theater during her teenage years, but it was in the music hall that she achieved success at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Bobino, L'Européen, Folies-Belleville, Suzy Solidor's cabaret, and in revues featuring Mistinguett and Marie Dubas - later performing in the Renaud-Barrault theatre company, among others. She became particularly well known during the German occupation in the Second World War, making no secret of her sympathies for the Germans. She appeared in several films under the direction of Henri-Georges Clouzot, with whom she had a long-term relationship.
Credits include "L'assassin habite… au 21" (1942), "Quai des Orfèvres" (1947), "Atoll K/Utopia" (1951, with Laurel and Hardy), "Gervaise" (1956), "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" (1960, dir. Visconti), "Paris brûle-t-il?" (1966) and "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (1973) and some television work.
She died in her sleep in a Paris retirement home
Born Suzanne Pierrette Delaire, she was a popular national figure in cabaret and music halls. Two of her more notable songs were "Avec Son Tra-la-la" and "C'est si bon," the latter was interpreted shortly afterwards by Louis Armstrong in his own version, making it a world wide success.
Growing up in Montmartre, she began an apprenticeship as a milliner at the age of 13, but dreamed of going to the theater. She started out as an extra in the cinema and theater during her teenage years, but it was in the music hall that she achieved success at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Bobino, L'Européen, Folies-Belleville, Suzy Solidor's cabaret, and in revues featuring Mistinguett and Marie Dubas - later performing in the Renaud-Barrault theatre company, among others. She became particularly well known during the German occupation in the Second World War, making no secret of her sympathies for the Germans. She appeared in several films under the direction of Henri-Georges Clouzot, with whom she had a long-term relationship.
Credits include "L'assassin habite… au 21" (1942), "Quai des Orfèvres" (1947), "Atoll K/Utopia" (1951, with Laurel and Hardy), "Gervaise" (1956), "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" (1960, dir. Visconti), "Paris brûle-t-il?" (1966) and "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (1973) and some television work.
She died in her sleep in a Paris retirement home
Stage, screen and television actress, singer and dancer.
Born Suzanne Pierrette Delaire, she was a popular national figure in cabaret and music halls. Two of her more notable songs were "Avec Son Tra-la-la" and "C'est si bon," the latter was interpreted shortly afterwards by Louis Armstrong in his own version, making it a world wide success.
Growing up in Montmartre, she began an apprenticeship as a milliner at the age of 13, but dreamed of going to the theater. She started out as an extra in the cinema and theater during her teenage years, but it was in the music hall that she achieved success at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Bobino, L'Européen, Folies-Belleville, Suzy Solidor's cabaret, and in revues featuring Mistinguett and Marie Dubas - later performing in the Renaud-Barrault theatre company, among others. She became particularly well known during the German occupation in the Second World War, making no secret of her sympathies for the Germans. She appeared in several films under the direction of Henri-Georges Clouzot, with whom she had a long-term relationship.
Credits include "L'assassin habite… au 21" (1942), "Quai des Orfèvres" (1947), "Atoll K/Utopia" (1951, with Laurel and Hardy), "Gervaise" (1956), "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" (1960, dir. Visconti), "Paris brûle-t-il?" (1966) and "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (1973) and some television work.
She died in her sleep in a Paris retirement home
Born Suzanne Pierrette Delaire, she was a popular national figure in cabaret and music halls. Two of her more notable songs were "Avec Son Tra-la-la" and "C'est si bon," the latter was interpreted shortly afterwards by Louis Armstrong in his own version, making it a world wide success.
Growing up in Montmartre, she began an apprenticeship as a milliner at the age of 13, but dreamed of going to the theater. She started out as an extra in the cinema and theater during her teenage years, but it was in the music hall that she achieved success at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Bobino, L'Européen, Folies-Belleville, Suzy Solidor's cabaret, and in revues featuring Mistinguett and Marie Dubas - later performing in the Renaud-Barrault theatre company, among others. She became particularly well known during the German occupation in the Second World War, making no secret of her sympathies for the Germans. She appeared in several films under the direction of Henri-Georges Clouzot, with whom she had a long-term relationship.
Credits include "L'assassin habite… au 21" (1942), "Quai des Orfèvres" (1947), "Atoll K/Utopia" (1951, with Laurel and Hardy), "Gervaise" (1956), "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" (1960, dir. Visconti), "Paris brûle-t-il?" (1966) and "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (1973) and some television work.
She died in her sleep in a Paris retirement home
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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