Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

Acting 1922-05-02 Reggio Emilia, Italy

Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. For many years, he struggled with alcoholism, caused in part by the 1980 suicide of his son Stephan. After acting school (Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques) he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in a wartime production of Les Parents terribles ("The Terrible Parents"). During World War II, he left Paris to join the French resistance. His first feature film came in 1946 with his role in Les portes de la nuit ("The Doors of the Night"). He later went on to perform in 80 films including Casque d'or, Les Misérables (1958),Tutti a casa, Le Doulos, Il Gattopardo, La terrazza, The Pianist (1998). In spite of never quite reaching the peak with his acting career, he did triumph in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Séquestrés d'Altona. In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer (at the age of 43), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara. Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French "Chanson" ("song") and although he was in his 40s, his bad-boy rugged image made him popular with both young and older listeners. His best known songs include Les loups sont entrés dans Paris ("The Wolves Have Entered Paris") and Sarah (La femme qui est dans mon lit) ("The Woman Who Is In My Bed"), the latter written by Georges Moustaki. However, one of his regular songwriters throughout his career was Boris Vian (Le Déserteur, Arthur où t'as mis le corps, La Java des bombes atomiques). His new young fans identified with his left-wing ideals and antimilitarism, most notably during the 1968 student revolts in France. With age he became more and more acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of the French chanson also bringing the poetry of Rimbaud, Apollinaire and Prévert closer to his audience. In 1995, he made a comeback to the singing stage, giving a few concerts despite his deteriorated health and personal distress, the last one being held as late as in the year of his death, in spring of 2004. In later life he became a painter and gave a number of exhibitions of his artwork. Serge Reggiani died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 82, one day after the death of another well known French singer Sacha Distel. He is interred in Montparnasse Cemetery.

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1993 Sergio
1990 Le père de Sophie
1990 Emilio
1989 Mathieu
1988 Marius
1988 Le Stéphanois
1987 Self
1987 Self
1986 Charlie
1986 Sick Man
1985 Serge Reggiani
1984 Self
1982 Self
1980 Sergio Stifler
1980 Euclide Brown
1980 Fouldroule
1977 Le récitant chanteur (voice)
1977 M. Levene
1976 le chef de la résistance
1976 Self
1975 Lechat
1975 Self
1975 Self - Host
1974 Paul, écrivain, journaliste
1974 The Mad Indian
1972 Thia
1972 Self
1972 Self
1971 Self
1970 Narrator (voice)
1970 François Nolan
1969 Hairdresser
1968 Parrinieddu
1968 Ferrari, antifascista in carcere
1968 Self
1967 the pilot
1967 Trajan Koruga
1966 Narrator
1965 Ivanov
1965 Narrator (voice)
1963 Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo
1962 Maurice Faugel
1962 Libero
1961 Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne
1961 Narrator (voice)
1960 Geniere Assunto Ceccarelli
1960 Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1959 Antoine Rougier
1959 Self
1958 Enjolras
1958 Bastien Sassey
1958 Alfred Mougins
1957 Bernard Voisin
1957 Speaker
1957 Mario Grimaldi
1957 Sgt. Jean Renaud
1956 Self
1956 Le commissaire Prévôt
1955 Rudel
1955 Lucien Bonaparte
1953 Sergio Parnell
1953 Claude Lacaud
1953 Chimney Sweep (voice)
1953 André
1952 Georges
1952 Louis Balan
1952 Lantini
1951 Jean-Loup aka 'Loup'
1951 Self (Archive Footage)
1950 Franz, le soldat
1950 Abbot Paul Forestier
1949 Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
1949 Angelo (Romeo)
1949 Léon Lescaut
1949 Pierre
1949 Joseph Rouletabille
1949 Joseph "Rouletabille"
1948 Manu
1947 Jean Ménétrier
1946 Guy Sénéchal
1946 Gaston Lansac
1945 François Villon
1943 Bob Éloi
1941 (uncredited)
1938 Un élève