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Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf , 1915-63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion. She began to sing at 15 in cafés and in the streets of Paris and was soon engaged to sing in a cabaret. Fame quickly followed her appearances in nightclubs all over Europe and America. Piaf appeared in several movies... Read more
music hall
music hall In England, the Licensing Act of 1737 confined the production of legitimate plays to the two royal theaters—Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the demands for entertainment of the rising lower and middle classes were answered by song, dance, and acrobatics, and later by pantomime and co... Read more
Pavel Tchelitchew
Pavel Tchelitchew , 1898-1957, Russian-American painter. His first commissions, ballet designs, were given him while he was living in Berlin (1921-23), whence he had fled from the Russian Revolution. Moving to Paris (1923), he became associated with Diaghilev. In 1926 he developed his technique of m... Read more
François Maurice Mitterrand
François Maurice Mitterrand , 1916-96, French political leader, president of France, 1981-95. Initially a supporter of Pétain 's Vichy government during World War II, he joined the Resistance in 1943. Mitterrand served in the National Assembly (1946-58) and senate (1959-62). As head o... Read more
Paris
Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. Ida, but there he was raised by shepherds and loved by the nymph Oenone . Later he returned to Troy, where he... Read more
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor d. 1066, king of the English (1042-66), son of Æthelred the Unready and his Norman wife, Emma. After the Danish conquest (1013-16) of England, Edward grew up at the Norman court, although his mother returned to England and married the Danish king Canute. In 1041, Edward w... Read more
Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell , 1865-1915, English nurse. When World War I broke out, she was head of the nursing staff of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. In 1915 she was arrested by the German occupation authorities and pleaded guilty to a charge of harboring and aiding Allied prisoners and assisting ... Read more
Dame Edith Evans
Dame Edith Evans 1888-1976, English actress. After her stage debut in 1912, Evans toured with Ellen Terry. Known for her resonant voice, she worked with the Old Vic (1925-26) and had a distinguished career on the stage and in films. She was celebrated for her performances in Elizabethan, Restoratio... Read more
Edith Irene Södergran
Edith Irene Södergran , 1892-1923, Swedish poet, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Södergran spent most of her adult life in poor health and in isolation in SE Finland near the Russian border. Dikter (1916), her first book, was a collection of free verse that introduced the modernist movement t... Read more
Paris Gibson
Paris Gibson 1830-1920, American pioneer and politician, b. Brownfield, Maine. After serving in the Maine legislature he moved to Minneapolis, where he built the first flour mill and started woolen mills. By 1879 he was in Fort Benton, Mont., where he became a sheep raiser. Realizing the industrial... Read more

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Montand, Yves
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...October 1921; raised in Marseilles...following Signoret's death): the...Marseilles and Paris; 1945—...Moulin Rouge; Edith Piaf helped him in...xE8;re with Piaf; 1950–...oneman show in Paris; late 1970s...at New York's Metropolitan...

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Edith Piaf's Paris; Raised by prostitutes, Edith Piaf became La Mome Piaf, The little Sparrow, and France's greatest popular singer. Belleville, the neighbourhood where she was born, is a rarely explored treasure of Paris.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario); 9/27/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: Emma Vandore PARIS -- Tourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of La Vie en Rose...part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf. Only five Metro stops away from Paris's town hall, Belleville has retained...
'La Vie en Rose': Edith Piaf's encore.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 6/8/2007; 700+ words ; ...abandonment. Although Piaf's life has its legendary...pare down the events. Raised in her grandmother's brothel in Normandy, Piaf, who was born Edith Giovanna Gassion, was...1940 Piaf was the toast of Paris, celebrated by stars such...
Turning Heartbreak Into SONG: Moroccan-born chanteuse Raquel Bitton's journey to the music of Edith Piaf.
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 1/7/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...epiphany. Edith Piaf was singing to her and to her alone. Piaf was born in the hallway of a Paris apartment building...her to his mother, Edith's grandmother, who raised Edith in the bordello she operated. Piaf became a street singer...
IN BLOOM TRAGIC LIFE OF FRENCH SINGER EDITH PIAF STRIKES A CHORD.(U)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 6/10/2007; 700+ words ; ...attractively willowy Parisienne says. Because it's not just Edith Piaf. She's an amazing woman, passionate, full of emotions...Born in abject poverty on the streets of Paris in 1915, little Edith was raised in her grandmother's brothel while her...
Icon Film Distribution Announce June 22 Release Date for La Vie en Rose; On stage she was a singing legend. But for Edith Piaf, life was the greatest performance of all.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 3/15/2007; 700+ words ; ...chanteuse Edith Piaf. Starring Marion...of the world's greatest performers...Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling...limelight of New York's most glamorous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a...live and love. Raised in abject poverty...
Piaf portrayal an Oscar contender
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/16/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...distinctive voice. Certainly, Piaf - born Edith Giovanna Gassion in 1915...into alcoholism. Young Edith was raised for a while in a brothel...Cotillard lip-synching to Piaf's own recorded singing...childhood days in 1918 Paris, then forward to later...
Cotillard channels Piaf's ghost in 'La Vie en Rose'
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 6/8/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...telling of Piaf's early years, beautifully...wrong. But let's face it, when...good mother, raised in a brothel and...puberty, there's inevitably some...title song. We see Edith, having conquered...re also hearing Piaf's real voice...is the soul of Paris." As the ...
'Piaf' provides the right pitch; Bright, dark life of singer.(ARTS)(THEATER)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/26/2003; 700+ words ; ...success of VH-1's "Behind the Music...amateurs compared to Edith Piaf, however. The...in a gutter and raised in a brothel...low life. Miss Piaf might have sung...guttersnipes. Miss Piaf's loyalty to her...street singer in Paris's Pigalle district...
France Avec Frontieres: The Complete Guide To French regional stereotypes We have our views about the French, from onion-sellers to champagne- swilling Casanovas. But what do they think of themselves? Who are the Essex boys? Bluff Yorkshiremen? Who's lazy or dull? GERARD GILBERT celebrates tomorrow's Bastille Day with a perusal of provincial prejudices
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/13/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...cannot succeed in Paris, and it has to be...say, France's leading movie actors...handful of stars raised in the capital...Windsor, they had Edith Piaf. DOES PARIS HAVE SLOANE RANGERS...places such as Paris's 16th arrondissement...
'The Little Sparrow' returns.(SCENE)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/15/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...songstress Edith Piaf. Her tumultuous...Olivier Dahan's sumptuously romantic...scarcely contain it. Raised in her flinty grandma's brothel after her...even delve into Piaf's heroic work...setup: The life of Edith Piaf, who rose from the gutters of Paris to ...