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Irene Adler is an opera singer in the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle begun in 1891; later appeared as a Pinkerton detective in a series of books by Carole Nelson Douglas begun in 1990, played by Charlotte Rampling in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976 film); by Anne Baxter in The Masks of Death (1984 TV movie); by Gayle ...
Baker, c. 1908 Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [14] [15] Baker's ancestry is unknown—her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard and Elvira McDonald, both of whom were former slaves of African and Native American descent. [11]
In 1992 she portrayed French singer Edith Piaf in three productions of Piaf. [ 4 ] Other musicals she was involved with include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change , The World Goes 'Round , Blood Brothers , Tartuffe , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , The Roar of the Greasepaint - The ...
Piaf took a room at the Grand Hôtel de Clermont in Paris and worked with Berteaut as a street singer around Paris and its suburbs. [20] Piaf met a young man named Louis Dupont in 1932 and lived with him for a time; she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, Marcelle "Cécelle" Dupont, on 11 February 1933, when Piaf was seventeen.
Debi Mazar Corcos (/ ˈ m eɪ z ɑːr /; [1] born August 13, 1964 [2]) is an American actress and television personality.She began her career with supporting roles in Goodfellas (1990), Little Man Tate (1991), Singles (1992), and Batman Forever (1995), followed by lead roles on the legal drama series Civil Wars and L.A. Law.
La Vie en Rose (literally Life in pink, French pronunciation: [la vi ɑ̃ ʁoz]; [note 1] French: La Môme) [note 2] [7] is a 2007 biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf, co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starring Marion Cotillard as Piaf.
Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974) is an Argentine actress and singer who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in Piaf. [1] She has also appeared in the West End in Evita , Boeing-Boeing , and Passion .
Best Actress Marion Cotillard: Nominated Gold Derby Decade Awards 2010 Lead Actress of the Decade Marion Cotillard: Nominated Gold Derby Awards 2008 Lead Actress Marion Cotillard: Won Costume Design Marit Allen: Nominated Makeup/Hair Jan Archibald & Didier Lavergne: Won Foreign Language Film FRANCE: Nominated Golden Globe Awards: January 13, 2008