Profile
Édith Piaf
Singer + Songwriter + Actress
Female
Born
Dec 19, 1915
Hometown
Belleville, Paris
Died
Oct 11, 1963
Death Place
French Third Repu...
Genres
Modern Chanson + ...
Record Label
Pathé Records
Other Names
Gassion, %C3%89di...
Édith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's national popular singer, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty… Read More
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Takisz MenelaszDated 1946
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Édith Piaf.
CHILDHOOD
1915
Birth
Born on December 19, 1915.
1916
Birth
Édith's parents soon abandoned her, and she lived for a short time with her maternal grandmother, Emma (Aïcha). Before he enlisted with the French Army in 1916 to fight in World War I, her father took her to his mother, who ran a brothel in Normandy.
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TEENAGE
1929
13 Years Old
In 1929, at 14, she joined her father in his acrobatic street performances all over France, where she first sang in public.
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In 1935 Piaf was discovered in the Pigalle area of Paris by nightclub owner Louis Leplée, whose club Le Gerny off the Champs-Élysées was frequented by the upper and lower classes alike.
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TWENTIES
1936
20 Years Old
On 6 April 1936, Leplée was murdered and Piaf was questioned and accused as an accessory, but was acquitted.
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1944
28 Years Old
In 1944, she discovered Yves Montand in Paris, made him part of her act, and became his mentor and lover.
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1945
29 Years Old
Édith Piaf's signature song "La vie en rose" was written in 1945 and was voted a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.
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THIRTIES
1949
33 Years Old
The love of Piaf's life, the married boxer Marcel Cerdan, died in a plane crash in October 1949, while flying from Paris to New York City to meet her.
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1950
34 Years Old
In Paris, she gave Atahualpa Yupanqui (Héctor Roberto Chavero) - the most important Argentine musician of folklore - the opportunity to share the scene, making his debut in July 1950.
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1951
35 Years Old
In 1951, Piaf was seriously injured in a car crash along with Charles Aznavour, breaking her arm and two ribs, and thereafter had serious difficulties arising from morphine and alcohol addictions.
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1952
36 Years Old
Piaf married Jacques Pills, her second husband, in 1952 (her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich) and divorced him in 1956.
FORTIES
1959
43 Years Old
In her final years she lived at 23 rue Édouard Nortier in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - alone from 1959-1962 and with her third husband from 1962-1963 until her death.
1961
45 Years Old
The 1961 concerts, promised by Piaf in an effort to save the venue from bankruptcy, debuted her song "Non, je ne regrette rien".
1962
46 Years Old
In 1962, she wed Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a Greek hairdresser-turned-singer and actor who was 20 years her junior.
In April 1963, Piaf recorded her last song, "L'homme de Berlin".
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