Juliette Gréco

See also: Greco

Juliette Gréco , born the February 7th 1927 with Montpellier, is a Chanteuse and French Actrice of Cinéma .

Biography

In 1939, it is small rat with the Opéra of Paris. His/her mother involves it in the resistance. Captured, it is not not off-set E because of its young age but it is imprisoned with Fresnes. Once released, it is found without resource in Paris. It goes then to the only person of its knowledge residing in the capital, Helene Duc, which was its French professor with Bergerac and a friend of its mother. She knows that Helene lives Rue Servandoni, close to the church Saint-Sulpice. Helene Duke the cabin in the pension where itself remains and deals with it.

The district of Saint-Germain-of-Meadows is with two steps from there and, in 1945, Juliette discover the intellectual boiling of the Left bank and the political life through the Communist youths. It takes down some roles with the Théâtre ( Victor or the Children with the capacity in November 1946) and works on a radio program devoted to the Poésie.

In 1949, it takes part in the reopening of the cabaret “Ox on the roof” having a rich person repertory (of Jean-Paul Sartre with Boris Vian…). In 1951, it receives the price of SACEM for I hate Sundays . In 1952 it leaves in round to the Brésil and the the United States in the Review “April in Paris”.

In 1954, it sings with Olympia and meets her engaged couple, the actor Philippe Lemaire, on the turning of the Film When you read this letter Jean-Pierre Melville. They divorce in 1956 after the birth their Laurence-Marie daughter.

She sets out again for New York and its interpretations of the more French great authors fill with enthusiasm American. Hollywood courts it. It meets the powerful producer Darryl Zanuck on the turning of the film the sun rises also of Henry King (1957). He becomes his companion, in spite of the differences in age and temperament. It turns in some of its productions until in 1961 in particular under the direction of John Huston and Richard Fleischer with Orson Welles like partner respectively in the Roots of the sky (1958) and in Drame in a mirror (1960).

Of 1959 with 1963 it is devoted to the song, discovers and made discover new talents: Serge Gainsbourg, Guy Béart and Léo Shoed.

In 1965, it holds a leading role in the Feuilleton televised Belphégor or the Phantom of Louvre and will make an suicide attempt some time later.

In 1967, it becomes acquainted with Michel Piccoli which will become her husband. They will separate in 1977.

In 1968, it inaugurates the formula in the 18 hours concerts 30 with the Théâtre of the City to Paris. She interprets there one of her more famous songs, Déshabillez me .

Starting from 1975 Gerard Jouannest, his pianist and guide since 1968, composes the music of its songs. She marries it in 1989. She makes many rounds abroad and more frequently in Germany and with the Japan.

She is made to Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the Prime Minister Laurent Fabius, on October 23rd 1984.

In May 2001, it makes a mild heart attack at the time of a concert with Montpellier.

It once more finds its public of Olympia in 2004 before continuing its recitals in round.

It is member of the committee of sponsorship of the French Coordination for the Decade of the culture of peace and non-violence.

The March 10th 2007, the Victoires of the music crown it of a “Victoire of honor” for all its career.

Receipts of Juliette

Gréco endeavors to interpret and reveal new authors and type-setters, step artistic which seems to fill with enthusiasm it more than to write itself its songs. She tests herself nevertheless with the writing in her two albums recorded under the label RCA Victor. Thus, she interprets very sensuellement, on a music of Gerard Jouannest, the Evil of time (1975) and Pays of insanity (1977) while she appears to prefer the title which she devotes to maternity, the Child .

But its success of author-interprets is surely its receipt of the “ Suprême of poultry to the shrimps ” which it outputs with greediness and jubilation in 1969 on a music of Marius Constant adapted for the circumstance by Michel Legrand: a treat…

The interpreter and his authors

. . . - Tele Emission of 1966

During this emission which is entirely devoted to him, Gréco is surrounded by some of its authors and type-setters, an incredible plate filled with legends of the French song, inter alia: Charles Trenet, Joseph Kosma, Francoise Sagan, Serge Gainsbourg and Pierre Louki. Two of them testify as follows:
  • Joseph Kosma: You changed the face of the song because your choice is always poetry. The song is not always poetic and then you really did something of very important. Simply, you exist, that is enough.
  • Serge Gainsbourg (after having interpreted the Javanese ): This Javanese , which was so misunderstood because I speak there Javanese, I wrote it for Juliette Gréco and I gave at once him his return of the Americas (sic) in May 1963. I think of being a privileged author since she sang me and I think that there is not an author worthy of this name or at least having so much is little literary behavior which did not wish to write for her.
  • Near Pierre Louki, Gréco is afflicted that the talent of this one is not recognized with its right value:
    • Gréco : Me, which makes me very, very pleasure, it is that you have very a large range. I.e. you can as well write songs like that Vrais buddies '', that it has just interpreted or as twenty years ago , or like the Sardines , or the Kid with the buttons …
    • Pierre Louki: That made five, six years (or perhaps even seven or eight years) which I listened to the songs of Juliette Gréco and I said myself, finally, never she will not sing me… And then one Friday or a Thursday evening, finally in all the cases the day before, I received a telephone call saying to me, come to such studio at such hour, one records you the dead Tree . I was not at all with the current and then I said, who records me the dead Tree ? One said to me: Juliette Gréco. And that, I must say that I did not return from there at all and then now, I am bougrement content… (Gréco sings On the dead Tree , words of Pierre Louki and music of Colette Mansard, 1963).

Quotations

  • Jean-Paul Sartre: Juliette Gréco has million in the throat; million poems which are not written yet, which one will write some. One parts for certain actors, why wouldn't one make makes poems for a voice?
  • Pierre Mac Orlan: If you hear a voice which is the call of the shade, it is Gréco. If the closed eyes, you hear the song of your adolescence… it is Gréco. It is Juliette Gréco who carries out the song at which claims to him.
  • Alice Sapritch: I knew it with Saint-Germain-of-Meadows when it was 16 years old. She chantonnait there already. It was called Toutoute. It was one hard times and the shoes missed as the remainder. I offered of it to him a pair in crepe soles, it was rare at the time. She speaks about it still today with much emotion. I could be upset with him a little because it did not do anything to help me to return to the cinema when it lived with Zanuck. It is a oublieuse person, but I am not upset with him his lacks. I like it and I appreciate the way in which it made its way.
  • Jean-Pierre Melville (in connection with its film When you read this letter ): Gréco, it was the side not wise of film. Juliette forever be of the cinema. Even at the time where she lived with Darryl Zanuck, she belonged to this world forever. I loved much Juliette, an intelligent, really very beautiful girl. When one remembers small the boulotte 47-48… During turning it was so thin that I called it the limanda…
  • Benjamin Biolay, in connection with their collaboration: Gréco, would be necessary to be idiot to refuse. It was nevertheless the girl who typed Miles Davis, which was in the camps. It incarnates France which I like, a strong ideology.

Anecdotes

  • Gag with the wall cupboard : In 1966, Claude Dejacques, producer at Philips, have an amusing idea. It conceives to leave, for on April 1st, a album-gag in which the largest artists house exchange their respective tubes. Thus, Gréco takes again the American Folklore of Sheila and the extraordinary Toy of Claude François while France Gall takes again to fine bit of goods , a great success of Gréco in 1961. As much of original ideas, the album fish of April 1966 will remain in the wall cupboards of Philips, one is unaware of for which reasons. Nevertheless, the two historical recordings of Gréco will be included in volume 8 of its integral the Eternal female published in 2003.

Discography

Its great songs

Integral

  • 2003 - the Eternal female - Integral in 21 CD Mercury

Compilations

  • 1990 - I am as I am - 2 CD Réédition Mercury in 2002
  • 1991 - Déshabillez me - 1 CD Réédition Mercury in 2003

Videotex

Catalog of films

Theater

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