Juliette Gréco

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Juliette Gréco
Born	7 February 1927 (1927-02-07) (age 82) Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Spouse(s)	Philippe Lemaire (1953-1956) Michel Piccoli (1966-1977) Gérard Jouannest (1988-present)

Juliette Gréco (born 7 February 1927) is a French actress and popular chanson singer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Autobiography 4 Albums 5 Famous songs 6 Partial filmography 7 References 8 Sources 9 External links

[edit] Biography

Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier to a Corsican father and a mother who became active in the Résistance, in the Hérault département of southern France. She was raised by her maternal grandparents. Gréco also became involved in the Résistance, and was caught but not deported because of her young age. She moved to Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1946 after her mother left the country for Indochina.^{[citation needed]}

Gréco became a devotee of the bohemian fashion of some intellectuals of post-war France. A famous description of Gréco is that her voice "encompasses millions of poems".^{[cite this quote]} She was known to many of the writers and artists working in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Vian.^{[cite this quote]}

Gréco spent the post liberation years frequenting the Saint Germain cafes, immersing herself in political and philosophical Bohemian culture. As a regular figure at legendary music and poetry venues like Le Tabou on Rue Dauphine, Greco became acquainted with Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau, even being given a role in Cocteau’s film Orphee in 1949. ^[1] That same year, she began a new singing career with a number of well-known French writers writing lyrics; Raymond Queneau's "Si Tu T’Imagines" was one of her earliest songs to become popular.

In 2009 her newest album, Je Me Souviens De Tout, was released. To mark the occasion, Juliette Gréco, accompanied by her husband Gérard Jouannest on the piano, and Jean-Louis Matinier on the accordion gave four concerts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in early June.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

She has been married three times: to actor Philippe Lemaire (1953-1956; one daughter, Laurence-Marie Lemaire, b. 1954), actor Michel Piccoli (1966-1977), and pianist Gérard Jouannest (since 1988).

[edit] Autobiography

• 1982: Jujube (published in French), Stock.

[edit] Albums

• 1950: Si tu t’imagines , poème de Raymond Queneau mis en musique de Joseph Kosma.
• 1950: La Fourmi , poème de Robert Desnos mis en musique par Joseph Kosma.
• 1951: Je suis comme je suis , paroles de Jacques Prévert et musique de Joseph Kosma.
• 1951: Les Feuilles mortes , paroles de Jacques Prévert et musique de Joseph Kosma du film Les Portes de la nuit de Marcel Carné.
• 1951: Sous le ciel de Paris , paroles de Jean Dréjac et musique d’Hubert Giraud du film Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier.
• 1951: Je hais les dimanches , paroles de Charles Aznavour et musique de Florence Véran.
• 1953: La Fiancée du pirate , extraite de L'Opéra de quat'sous, adaptation française d’André De Mauprey d’après des paroles de Bertolt Brecht, musique de Kurt Weill.
• 1954: Coin de rue , paroles et musique de Charles Trenet
• 1955: Chanson pour l'Auvergnat , paroles et musique de Georges Brassens
• 1960: Il n’y a plus d’après , paroles et musique de Guy Béart
• 1961: Jolie Môme , paroles et musique de Léo Ferré
• 1961: C’était bien (Le P’tit bal perdu), paroles de Robert Nyel et musique de Gaby Verlor
• 1962: Accordéon , paroles et musique de Serge Gainsbourg
• 1962: Paris canaille , paroles et musique de Léo Ferré
• 1963: La Javanaise , paroles et musique de Serge Gainsbourg
• 1966: Un petit poisson , un petit oiseau, paroles de Jean-Max Rivière et musique de Gérard Bourgeois
• 1967: Déshabillez-moi , paroles de Robert Nyel et musique de Gaby Verlor
• 1970: Les Pingouins , paroles et musique de Frédéric Botton
• 1971: La Chanson des vieux amants , paroles de Jacques Brel et musique de Gérard Jouannest
• 1971: J’arrive , paroles de Jacques Brel et musique de Gérard Jouannest
• 1972: Mon fils chante , paroles de Maurice Fanon et musique de Gérard Jouannest
• 1977: Non monsieur je n’ai pas vingt ans , paroles d’Henri Gougaud et musique de Gérard Jouannest
• 1983: Le Temps des cerises , poème de Jean-Baptiste Clément et musique d’Antoine Renard
• 1988: Ne me quitte pas , paroles et musique de Jacques Brel
• 2003: L'Éternel féminin — Intégrale en 21 CD Mercury

[edit] Famous songs

• 1950: "Si tu t'imagines"
• 1951: "Je suis comme je suis"
• 1952: "Les Dames de la poste"
• 1967: "Déshabillez-moi"

[edit] Partial filmography

• 1951: ...Sans laisser d'adresse
• 1957: The Sun Also Rises
• 1958: The Roots of Heaven
• 1958: Bonjour Tristesse
• 1960: Crack in the Mirror
• 2001: Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
• 2002: Everyman's Feast

[edit] References

1. ^ Interview with Juliette Gréco about her friendship-relationship with Miles Davis
2. ^ Le grand art de Juliette Gréco met K-O le public du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées LE MONDE | 10.06.09

[edit] Sources

• Boggio, Philippe. Boris Vian (pp. 152–154)
• Davis, Miles, Miles (pp. 126–127)

[edit] External links

• Juliette Gréco at the Internet Movie Database
• Juliette Gréco on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Biography of Juliette Gréco
• Singing the Praises of Juliette Greco (TCM Movie Morlocks)

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