PiaF biography Wikipedia

The latest news biography in December has been the years since the birth of a French star named Edith Piaf. But no matter how many years have passed, the name of this ingenious singer will be as well known, and her work is as revered as today. The biography of Piaf is full of tests, tragedies and disappointments. She was far from ideal, like the artist herself, who can be called the martyr and sinner equally.

Childhood and Youth Piaf was born in December. Her parents are the failed actress Anita Mayar and Acrobat Louis Gassion. According to legend, the baby, who was given the name of Edith Giovanna Gassion, was born on the street while her father was looking for doctors. But many biographers question this version, believing that it has been invented to support the reputation of a child of streets.

Early childhood Edith fell on the First World War. Father went to the front, and his mother sent a baby to her grandmother. The woman abused alcohol, and her granddaughter became a burden for her. Therefore, in a bottle of milk, her wine was mixed up so that she was constantly sleeping. The Gascion, who returned from the front, found his daughter in a terrible state - exhausted, dirty, with festering eyes.

He took the baby to Normandy to his elderly mother. She contained a brothel, whose workers immediately fell in love with a little Edith. She was washed, fed, spoiled and asked toys. But soon others noticed the oddities in the behavior of a girl who constantly stumbled upon objects. It became clear that she was blind. In a drunken oblivion, the past nanny did not even notice the developing keratitis at the ward.

Embed from getty images Edith Piaf in childhood there is a legend that Holy Teresa managed to heal the blind Edith, on the grave of which thousands of pilgrims from all over the country gathered in Lizya every year. According to one version, the grandmother and her wards took the future singer there, on the other - they tirelessly prayed to the saint for her insight.

A miracle happened: a week later, the girl first saw the keys of the piano. Since then, the artist constantly prayed to her savior and had her portrait with her. Soon after, the girl was sent to school. But there they quickly learned that she lives in a brothel, because of which problems began. Other students mocked her, and their parents demanded that the Gassion be excluded. As a result, the grandmother was forced to send her granddaughter to her father to Paris.

Louis at that time was a stray artist - he performed with acrobatic numbers on the streets and squares. Edith became his faithful assistant. From her mother, the baby inherited vocal talent, so she entertained the audience with songs. Street performances became the beginning of Edith's creative path. Soon she separated from her father and began to sing alone, and then took her friend to her assistants, and, according to other information, a rash sister Simon Berto.

The girl was younger and came from a large family, and her mother insisted that she brought money to the house. Young artists rented a room where they divided one bed. Gassoon sang on the streets: on weekends - in working quarters, and on weekdays she performed in front of the houses of the rich. The audience threw the money from the windows that her partner caught.

The musical career of Edith Piaf once the voice of the street singer was heard by the owner of the Zhuang-Le-Pen cabaret, who invited her to speak in this institution. Edith's task was to push visitors to order more drinking. In the afternoon, the artist continued to sing on the streets of Paris. Embed from getty images Edith Piaf in his youth in the year the summer singer came into the view of the owner of the Kabarez Kabarez, which was located on the Champs Elysees.

Louis Lepley compared this find with an unprocessed diamond. He came up with the artist the stage name Piaf, which means “sparrows” in street slang. The mentor taught the ward to work with the accompanist, behave on stage, monitor facial expressions, gesticulating. Soon, the new star sparkled on the scaffolds of Svengis. At the first posters, her name sounded like a baby piaf.

The stage style of Edith's clothing corresponded to the image - these were black outfits in which, with the growth of everything cm, she really looked like a little sparrow. Success followed unexpectedly loud. And the debut performance on the radio allowed the singer to become famous throughout the country. Radio listeners filled the editorial office with letters, demanding a baby Piaf.

The rapid rise was followed by a fall. The sculptures were found shot. Edith also got into the circle of suspects, since Louis also mentioned her in his will. Half in the newspapers began. The audience arranged a brawl during the performances of the singer. A new take -off happened after a meeting with the famous poet Raymon Asso. He taught the ascending star to everything that he did not have time to sculpt.

Assue the creation of the Piaf style. The Pesennik poet wrote specifically for it the compositions “She lived on Pigal Street” and “My Legioner”. Soon, Margerit Monno joined this tandem, in cooperation with which the songs “Devil next to me” and “Anthem of Love” were born. Associated by the ward’s performance on the stage of the most popular in Paris, the ABC musical Hall.After its first appearance before the audience in this room, all Parisian newspapers wrote about the birth of the great French singer Edith Piaf.

During the Second World War, the star left Asso.

She collaborated with Jean Cocteau, who revealed the singer’s acting talent, offering her a role in the play “indifferent handsome”. It is known that Edith contributed to the approach of victory. She performed in front of the French prisoners of war. The popularity of the singer in the post -war period was a grandiose. Her repertoire continued to be enriched with new musical masterpieces.

The text for the song “Life in Pink”, which took place in the year, wrote Piaf herself. By this time, the influence of the singer was so great that she supported young performers. Among her wards were Yves Montan and Charles Aznavour. They were companions of the performer on tour and close friends, although many considered them also lovers. The Great Piaf was also talking abroad.

In the homeland, in France, the concerts of the star with a full house went in Olympia, which she considered her favorite hall and once saved from bankruptcy. Her health, blown up by heavy ailments, alcohol and drugs with which she dazzled the pain from the aggravated arthritis, was finally undermined. Edith spent several months in the hospital. But she continued to sing, in September the French "Voroskushka" heard all of Paris.

From the height of the Eiffel Tower, Piaf sang her best songs to compatriots, including non, je ne regrette rien, "I do not regret anything." The last time she went to fans on March 31 of the year. It was a scene of the opera theater in Lille. Films Filmography Piaf was not as rich as her song repertoire, but she managed to leave a mark in the history of French cinema. For the first time, the audience saw the artist on the screens in the year when she starred in the Boil tape.

Then the appearance in such paintings as “Montmartre on the Seine” Georges Lakomba and the “Star without Light” followed. Particular attention of the public was awarded the films “Secrets of Versailles” and “French Cancan”. The songs of the Great Piaf sounded in many paintings, including in Sabrin and in the “Strengthened Grounds”. Personal life about the personal life of the star composed legends.

Piaf was not considered a beauty in a generally accepted sense, and her figure was far from the ideal, but the singer was bright and charming, so she knew how to charm representatives of the opposite sex. Edith herself said that she did not just change men, but was looking for love. The first attempt to find happiness happened in early youth. A newsletter named Louis fell in love with a cabaret from a cabaret.

They began to live together. At 17, Piaf became a mother. But she could not nurse the baby Marseille for days. The scene has long been for Edith a place outside which she had no life. To make the “negligent mother” sit at home, Louis took the deception and moved to his home. He hoped that so Piaf would return to him. But Marseille fell ill with a meningitis raging in Paris, which the doctors did not really know how to treat at that time.

Edith came to the girl in the hospital and also became infected. She managed to recover, but the heiress was gone. The singer never had children more.