Line Renaud
Line Renaud (born Jacqueline Ente on 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist. In her 80 year career, she has appeared in 86 films and TV films, released 25 albums and 114 singles. She has also appeared in 12 plays and written or co-written approximately 20 books. In 2022, she played the titular character in the film Driving Madeleine. Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week but he played the trumpet, on weekends, in a local brass band. Line showed the first signs of her talent in primary school, when at the age of seven she won an amateur competition. During the Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a café in Armentières, where she used to sing for passing soldiers. She auditioned at Conservatoire de Lille, singing songs written by Louis "Loulou" Gasté "Sainte-Madeleine" and "Mon âme au diable", a well-known French composer. At the end of the audition, she was approached by the director of Radio Lille who was looking for a singer. She took the pseudonym of Jacqueline Ray and joined the station singing a repertoire based on the songs by Loulou Gasté. Line Renaud made her national debut on Radio Luxembourg, singing on a Sunday morning program. After signing a contract with Pathe Marconi, she recorded "Ma Cabane au Canada", written by Loulou Gasté, which won le Grand Prix du Disque. She also sang with Yves Montand in the Théâtre de l'Etoile. She toured Europe and Africa extensively, came back to Paris to star at the ABC, and recorded numerous adaptations of American songs such as "Ma petite folie", "Étoile des neiges" and "Le Chien dans la vitrine". In 1954, while performing at Moulin Rouge, she met Bob Hope and subsequently appeared in five episodes of The Bob Hope Show in the US. During this trip, she also sang in the Waldorf Astoria (New York) and the Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared on Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Ed Sullivan shows and recorded with Dean Martin the songs "Relax-Ay-Voo" and "Two Sleepy People". In 1959, she started a four-year run of Plaisir de Paris for Henri Varna and then went on to perform in a Las Vegas show at Dunes from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Casino de Paris starring in a new show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas for a number of performances. In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years. ... Source: Article "Line Renaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
A Cursed Monarchy
(Marie de Hongrie)
Welcome to the Sticks
(Mrs. Bailleul)
Santa's Apprentice
(Solange Folichon (voice))
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
(Self)
Driving Madeleine
(Madeleine)
Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later
(Julie)
A House of Your Dreams
(Tata Suzanne Bailleul)
Doggy Bag
(La mère)
Chaos
(Mamie)
Le Squat
(Colette)
Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens
(Self)
La Croisière
(Simone)
Fugueuses
(Claude)
La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)
(Marceline)
Belle Maman
(Nicou)
Le Prochain voyage
(Jacqueline)
Devil and the Angel
(Cabaret singer)
The Courage to Love
(Line)
Une Belle Garce
Paris Still Sings!
(Self)
Over the waves
(Self)
Double or Quits
(The singer)
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
(Louis)
Rendez-moi ma fille
(Lou)
Sixième classique
(Madame Cotelle)
Boom on Paris
(Self)
In case of Bad Luck
(Viviane Guérand)
Le Palmier
Fallen from the Sky
(Louise)
Blood Sisters
(Garance)
Une femme d'action
(Colette Valier)
La Voisine
(Simone Castres)
The Sands of Time
(Mme. Angelis)
La Douce Empoisonneuse
(Clémence)
La Madelon
(Madeleine Thuilier dite La Madelon)
Belinda and Me
(Jacqueline)
In France with Madonna
(Self (archive footage))
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
(Agnès Bourdieux)
The Indestructible
(Liliane Robustal)
Ma femme me quitte
(Margot Piquet)
Petits arrangements avec ma mère
(Marie-Louise)
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
(Self (archive footage))
I Can't Sleep
(Ninon)
My New Partner II
(Simone)
The Robin Sisters
(Marie Robin)
Simple question de temps
(Laurence Delcourt)
La voyante
(Vera)
Pleins feux
(Adeline Margaux)
Ils sont dans les vignes...
(Rose Filhol)
Remembering You
(Mado)
Family Is Family
(Suzanne Duquesne, Valentin's mother)
Pleins feux
(Alice Margaux)
Très chère Mathilde
(Mathilde Giffard)
Harold et Maude
(Maude)
Folle Amanda
(Amanda)
Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars
(Self)
Polly West est de retour
(Polly West)
Huguette
(Huguette)
The Great Restaurant II
(The lady with the canary)
Suzie Berton
(Suzie Berton)
Les secrets de la belle endormie
(Self)
Knock, Knock, It's Mom!
(Mamoune)
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
(Self)
I Love You Coiffure
(Mme Vinard (segment "Le Salon de coiffure"))
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
(Self)
À nous deux la vie
(Fanny)
Mon Chirac
(Self)
Let's Dance
(Nicole)
Aller retour dans la journée
(Élise Villedieu)
Hully Gully
(Self)
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
(Self)
Résistantes
(Mère Madeleine en 1970)
Our Dream Lives
(Pussycat)
Les 40 ans de Starmania
(Self)
La Grande Béké
(Fleur de Mase de la Joucquerie)
La Chance aux chansons
(Self)
Nulle part ailleurs
(Self)
Le monde est à vous
(Self)
Vivement dimanche prochain
(Self)
À bout portant
(Self)
Les Filles du Lido
(Henriette)
Infrarouge
(Self)
The Accursed Kings
(Marie de Hongrie)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Archives secrètes
(Self (archive footage))
Murders in...
(Gabrielle Sandraz)
Le Silence de l'épervier
(Margot Vivier-Lefort)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Cadet Rousselle
(Self)
Cadet Rousselle
(Self - Co-Host)
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
30 millions d'amis
(Self)
Système 2
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Midi Première
(Self)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(Self (archive footage))
Fan School
(Self)
Le Miroir de l'eau
(Suzanne Castella)
Discorama
(Self)
Matin Bonheur
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Stars 90
(Self)
Call My Agent!
(Self)
Midi trente
(Self)
Sacrée soirée
(Self)