Who played Edith Piaf in the 2007 film 'La Vie En Rose'?
"received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. Two films about Piaf named after the song's title have been produced. The first one, a 1998 documentary, used archive footage and interviews with Raquel Bitton, and was narrated by Bebe Neuwirth. The 2007 biographical feature film ""La Vie en Rose"" won Marion Cotillard an Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Piaf in the film from childhood until her death at 47. American singer Donna Summer covered ""La Vie en rose"" in 1993 for the tribute album called ""Tribute to Edith Piaf"" or ""Edith Piaf Tribute"", on which several contemporary"
"have studied her life, including 2007's Academy Award-winning ""La Vie en rose"" — and Piaf has become one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is unknown. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville, Paris. Legend has it that she was born on the pavement of Rue de Belleville 72, but her birth certificate cites that she was born on 19 December 1915 at the , a hospital located at the 20th arrondissement. She was named Édith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed 2"
"Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French vocalist, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars. Piaf's music was often autobiographical and she specialized in chanson and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include “La Vie en rose"" (1946), ""Non, je ne regrette rien"" (1960), ""Hymne à l'amour"" (1949), ""Milord"" (1959), ""La Foule"" (1957), ""L'Accordéoniste"" (1940), and ""Padam, padam..."" (1951). Since her death in 1963, several biographies and films"
"and a Lumières Award for Best Actress in 2004. She plays a woman struggling with the difference in culture between the Japanese business world and the western, Belgian world, from which she comes. In 2005 or 2006 she returned to her native Lyon (to the Théâtre de la Croix Rousse), where she played the rôle of Edith in Philippe Faure's adaptation of Stefan Zweig's ""La Pitié dangereuse"". She starred in 2007's two-time Academy Award-winning film ""La Vie en Rose"", as Momone, Edith Piaf's best friend. In the 2008 film ""Sagan"", she portrayed the writer Françoise Sagan, earning unanimous praise for"
"reissues of the titles released while Piaf was active. Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French vocalist, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars. Piaf's music was often autobiographical and she specialized in chanson and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include “La Vie en rose"" (1946), ""Non, je ne regrette rien"" (1960), ""Hymne à l'amour"" (1949), ""Milord"" (1959), ""La Foule"" (1957), ""L'Accordéoniste"" (1940), and ""Padam, padam..."" (1951)."
"is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has one child. Catherine Allégret Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret. In 2004, she published a book titled ""World Upside Down"" (""Un monde à l'envers"") in which she contended that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand since the age of 5. In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic ""La Vie En Rose"" (""La Môme"" in French). Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom"
"Catherine Allégret Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret. In 2004, she published a book titled ""World Upside Down"" (""Un monde à l'envers"") in which she contended that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand since the age of 5. In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic ""La Vie En Rose"" (""La Môme"" in French). Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband"
"Elena Roger Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is an Argentine actress who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in ""Piaf"". She has also appeared in the West End in ""Evita"", ""Boeing-Boeing"", and ""Passion"". Prior to being cast as Eva Perón in the West End revival of ""Evita,"" Roger was already an accomplished performer in her native Buenos Aires. In 1997, she was nominated for the Trinidad Guevara Award as Best Breakthrough Female for her work in ""Yo Que Tu Me Enamoraba."" She"
"in the 2007 film ""La Môme"" also known as ""La Vie en Rose"". Louis Leplée Louis Leplée (April 7, 1883 in Bayonne, France – April 6, 1936 in Paris, France) was a French nightclub owner who discovered the French singer Édith Piaf singing on a Paris street corner in 1935. Leplée starred Piaf at the popular Parisian nightspot Le Gerny's as ""La Môme Piaf"" (The Little Sparrow). Leplée was murdered in his apartment in Paris, on April 6, 1936 a day before his 53rd birthday. Piaf was questioned extensively by the police before being cleared of wrongdoing. There has been"
"Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer. She is known for her roles in ""The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"" (2007), ""The Ninth Gate"" (1999) and ""Frantic"" (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for ""Venus in Fur"" (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ""Place Vendôme"" (1998) and ""La Vie En Rose"" (2007). She is married to French-Polish director Roman Polanski. Seigner was born in Paris to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the"
"2014. She and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the Polish brand ""Dr Irena Eris"". Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer. She is known for her roles in ""The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"" (2007), ""The Ninth Gate"" (1999) and ""Frantic"" (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for ""Venus in Fur"" (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ""Place Vendôme"" (1998) and ""La Vie En Rose"" (2007). She is married to French-Polish"
"Eva Peron"", while others said ""Roger is an outstanding actress"" and had ""plenty of the star quality Evita sings about."" Elena Roger Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is an Argentine actress who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in ""Piaf"". She has also appeared in the West End in ""Evita"", ""Boeing-Boeing"", and ""Passion"". Prior to being cast as Eva Perón in the West End revival of ""Evita,"" Roger was already an accomplished performer in her native Buenos Aires. In 1997, she was"
"en Rose"", also called ""La Môme"". Additionally, Cotillard was subsequently cast in ""Inception"", a science-fiction thriller where Piaf's song, ""Non, je ne regrette rien"" plays a key role. A piano arrangement, Ouverture by Philippe Rombi, can also be heard throughout the film. The film received mixed reviews from North American critics. It holds a 44% ""Rotten"" rating and a 5.3/10 average rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes based on 79 reviews. The critical consensus states that ""The romantic leads are too obnoxious and self-centered to generate interest or sympathy."" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 45 out"
"Bonneau and Henri Dutilleux. He created almost three dozen film scores, beginning in 1946 with ""La Rose de la mer"" and including ""Mourir d'aimer"" (1970; in English ""To Die of Love""). Among the last was the score for Jean Gabin's final gangster flick, ""Verdict"" (1974). He died at Vence. Louiguy Louis Guglielmi (3 April 1916 – 4 April 1991), known by his ""nom de plume"" Louiguy (), was a Spanish-born French musician of Italian extraction. He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of ""La Vie en Rose"" and the Latin jazz composition ""Cerisier rose et pommier blanc"", a popular"
"been used in brief cameos played by other actresses, but never as a main character. Page was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer for the role. Page portrayed the title character in the 2007 film ""Juno"". Film critic A. O. Scott of ""The New York Times"" described her as ""frighteningly talented"" and Roger Ebert said, ""Has there been a better performance this year than Ellen Page's creation of Juno? I do not think so."" Page was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, but lost to Marion Cotillard in ""La Vie en Rose"". The"
"Pascal of Bollywood Pascal of Bollywood (born Pascal Heni in 1963) is a French actor and singer who gained fame in India as the first Westerner to reinterpret the songs of Indian cinema in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali. He is best known for his Hindi and French cover of Edith Piaf's ""La Vie en rose"". Pascal Heni was born in Paris in 1963 into a family of pied-noirs. His artistic career began at the age of 15 years with courses in drama and theater. While traveling in Malaysia in 1987 he heard the Hindi song ""Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana"""
"La Vie en rose ""La Vie en rose"" () was the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950 with no fewer than seven different versions reaching the ""Billboard"" charts. These were by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby (recorded June 22, 1950), Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, and Louis Armstrong. A version in 1977 by Jamaican singer Grace Jones was also a successful international hit. ""La Vie en rose"" has been covered by many other artists over"
"video for the song was made using the chroma key technique. It presents Grace dancing and singing the song with the famous 1978 montage picture of herself in the background, which was later used for the cover of her 1985 ""Island Life"" compilation. The video begins with Grace wearing a rose-patterned coat. Having removed it, the singer dances in a scant gold dress which reveals her right nipple as well as black underwear. La Vie en rose ""La Vie en rose"" () was the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released"
"a big screen biography by Claude Lelouch. The film, ""Édith et Marcel"", starred Marcel Cerdan, Jr. in the role of his father and Évelyne Bouix as Piaf. He is portrayed by actor Jean-Pierre Martins in the 2007 Piaf biopic ""La Môme"" (entitled ""La Vie en Rose"" in English-speaking countries). Cerdan's son, Marcel Cerdan Jr., fought professionally as a welterweight from 1964 to 1975. A capable boxer, he compiled a very good record of 56-5-3. Unlike his father, however, he never held a world title. Marcel Cerdan Marcellin ""Marcel"" Cerdan (; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French"
"in 1949. Piaf performed the song in the 1948 French movie ""Neuf garçons, un cœur"". The first of her albums to include ""La Vie en rose"" was the 10"" ""Chansons parisiennes"", released in 1950. The song appeared on most of Piaf's subsequent albums, and on numerous greatest hits compilations. It went on to become her signature song and her trademark hit, sitting with ""Milord"" and ""Non, je ne regrette rien"" among her best-known and most recognizable tunes. Encouraged by its success, Piaf wrote 80 more songs in her career. English lyrics were written by Mack David and numerous versions were"
"that epitomised the ""accent de Belleville"", which has been compared to the Cockney accent of London, England, although the Parisian dialect is nowadays rarely heard. Belleville is prominently featured in the 2007 biographical film of her life, ""La Vie En Rose"". Other famous ""Bellevillois"" include film director Maurice Tourneur, legendary French can-can dancer Jane Avril and popular singer and actor Eddy Mitchell. The filmmaker Maïwenn grew up in Belleville and lives there now. Belleville has featured in several films including director Jacques Becker's 1951 ""Casque d'or"", starring Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani. Albert Lamorisse set and filmed the 1956 Oscar-winning"
"a flower, in which one seeks to determine whether the object of their affection returns that affection and to what extent: ""un peu"" (""a little""), ""beaucoup"" (""a lot""); ""passionnément"" (""passionately""): à la folie (""to madness""); pas du tout (""not at all""). Angélique (Audrey Tautou), a successful art student, purchases a single pink rose at a flower shop to be delivered to her lover, Dr. Loïc Le Garrec (Samuel Le Bihan). In between creating her art projects, Angélique works part-time at a cafe and house-sits for a wealthy vacationing family. Her friend David (Clément Sibony) disapproves of her affair with Loïc,"
"Ma vie en rose Ma vie en rose (English translation: ""My Life in Pink"") is a 1997 Belgian drama film directed by Alain Berliner. It tells the story of Ludovic, a child who is seen by family and community as a boy, but consistently communicates being a girl. The film depicts Ludovic's family struggling to accept this transgressive gender expression. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. When the Fabre family move into their dream house with wonderful neighbors, everything seems"
"Sexiest Woman"" by the Hungarian magazine Periodika. In 2013, she was ranked No. 13 on Empire Online's list of the ""100 Sexiest Movie Stars"", was No. 12 on French magazine Slate's list of the ""100 Most Influential Women of France"", No. 68 on Total Film's list of ""Top 200 Performances of All Time"" for her performance in ""La Vie en Rose"", and named ""Best Dressed Star of 2013"" by the British Grazia magazine. In 2014, she was described as ""the great silent film actress of our time"" by British film critic Robbie Collin from The Daily Telegraph, for her ability"
"Live for Life Live for Life () is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest grossing film of the year. Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV newscaster, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along"
"to make the film by having been raised in Egypt, Israel and Palestine; as actress Simone Signoret said: ""He's immersed in the two cultures, Arab and Jews. They're his two loves"". Signoret, who starred as Madame Rosa, was initially advised by her husband Yves Montand not to take the role, and refused it for a year. Signoret explained why she was eventually persuaded to play the part, saying, ""A role like that comes every 20 years. It is a cake. She is everything— liar, sincere, gourmand, poor, stupid, intelligent, warm, nasty. And she dies on top of that. If I"
"Merit Award from BASCA and in 1994 a nomination for the Olivier Award - Best Actress in a Musical. In 1995 Laura Canoura won the Iris de Plata Award. In 2009 Elena Roger won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Piaf (play) Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Edith Piaf. The biographical drama with music portrays the singer as a self-destructive, promiscuous alcoholic and junkie who, in one controversial scene, urinates in public. The original production starred Jane Lapotaire in the title role, and included"
"in the St. Jean-Baptiste Church in Belleville, Paris, the parish into which she was born. A concert at The Town Hall in New York City commemorated the 100th anniversary of Piaf's birth on 19 December 2015. Hosted by Robert Osborne and produced by Daniel Nardicio and Andy Brattain, it featured Little Annie, Gay Marshall, Amber Martin, Marilyn Maye, Meow Meow, Elaine Paige, Molly Pope, Vivian Reed, Kim David Smith, and Aaron Weinstein. Piaf's life has been the subject of several films and plays. (1998) “Tu Es Partout” Saving Private Ryan The following titles are compilations of Piaf's songs, and not"
"Jane Lapotaire Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (born Burgess; 26 December 1944) is an English actress. Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the daughter of Louise Elise (Burgess). Her stepfather, Yves Lapotaire, worked in the oil industry and was originally from Quebec, Canada. She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1960s. Her performance in the title role of ""Marie Curie"" (1977) first brought her to wide attention. In 1978 she performed the title role Édith Piaf for Pam Gems's play ""Piaf"", directed by Howard Davies for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon and in"
"won a Green Room Award and the Mo Award for Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year. She followed with roles in ""Man of La Mancha"", ""Oklahoma!"" and concert productions of ""Funny Girl"" and ""Mack & Mabel"". Her portrayal of Édith Piaf in Pam Gems's play ""Piaf"" in 2000 gained her three Australian theatre awards. O'Connor's musical film work includes the role of Nini Legs in the Air in Baz Luhrmann's ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001), and Ethel Merman in the Cole Porter biopic ""De-Lovely"" (2004). She featured on the ""De-Lovely"" soundtrack, singing ""Anything Goes"". In 2003 she made her Broadway debut"
"Léa Seydoux Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne, known professionally as Léa Seydoux ( born 1 July 1985) is a French actress. She began her acting career in French cinema, appearing in films such as ""The Last Mistress"" (2007) and ""On War"" (2008). She first came to attention after she received her first César Award nomination for her performance in ""The Beautiful Person"" (2008) and won the Trophée Chopard, an award given to promising actors at the Cannes Film Festival. Since then, she has appeared in major Hollywood films including ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009), ""Robin Hood"" (2010), ""Midnight in Paris"" (2011) and"
"in France in January 2009. An Italian drama from Roberto Faenza filmed in English immediately followed: ""The Case of Unfaithfull Klara"". Pavlína Němcová Pavlína Němcová (born 18 February 1973 in Děčín, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) is a Czech model, actress and producer. Němcová enrolled into the Actors Studio in New York, taking Jack Waltzer’s classes for one year. After acting in a few American independent film projects, such as ""Salome’s Kiss"" and ""Damaged"", and playing small parts in European films like ""Colditz"" and ""Modern Love"", Němcová obtained the role of the American journalist who interviews Edith Piaf/Marion Cotillard in ""La Vie"
"the United States and recording some of his songs. At first she met with little success with U.S. audiences, who expected a gaudy spectacle and were disappointed by Piaf's simple presentation. After a glowing 1947 review in the ""New York Herald Tribune"" by the influential New York critic Virgil Thomson, himself a contributor to international avant garde culture, however, her popularity grew, to the point where she eventually appeared on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" eight times and at Carnegie Hall twice (1956 and 1957). Piaf's signature song, ""La Vie en rose"", was written in 1945 and was voted a Grammy"