Serge Gainsbourg
Komponist, Darsteller, Regie, Autor
2. April 1928 — 2. März 1991 (62 Jahre)
Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. He has also gained a cult following across the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and "Bonnie and Clyde", respectively.
Serge Gainsbourg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928, in the maternity ward of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris on the Île de la Cité. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg.
Born Brucha Goda Besman (nicknamed Olia/Olga) in Feodosiya in 1894, Serge's mother was a mezzo-soprano singer. Serge's father Joseph was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire of Ukrainian Jewish heritage in 1896. Originally interested in painting, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory and then the Moscow Conservatory to study music, becoming a classically trained pianist. He came to Crimea, where he met and married Olga in 1918. The couple fled Odessa for Paris via Georgia and then Istanbul in the years following the Russian Revolution. The couple arrived in Marseille in 1921, settling in Paris near Olga's brother, who worked for the Louis Dreyfus Bank. Joseph became a piano performer at bars, casinos, and cabarets, while Olga sang at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff.
Serge and his twin sister Liliane had an elder brother Marcel, born in 1922, who died at sixteen months of pneumonia. They also had an older sister Jacqueline, born in 1926.
The family lived in the working-class districts of Paris, first at 35 Rue de la Chine in the 20th arrondissement, and then at 11 Rue Chaptal in the 9th arrondissement. They obtained French nationality in 1932. Joseph taught Serge and Liliane to play the piano. At age 12, Serge enrolled at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.
Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II. The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration. Early in the summer of 1941, the family temporarily sought refuge in the commune of Courgenard in the Sarthe department, at a place called "La Bassetière," with Baptiste and Irma Dumur. ...
Source: Article "Serge Gainsbourg" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. He has also gained a cult following across the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and "Bonnie and Clyde", respectively.
Serge Gainsbourg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928, in the maternity ward of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris on the Île de la Cité. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg.
Born Brucha Goda Besman (nicknamed Olia/Olga) in Feodosiya in 1894, Serge's mother was a mezzo-soprano singer. Serge's father Joseph was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire of Ukrainian Jewish heritage in 1896. Originally interested in painting, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory and then the Moscow Conservatory to study music, becoming a classically trained pianist. He came to Crimea, where he met and married Olga in 1918. The couple fled Odessa for Paris via Georgia and then Istanbul in the years following the Russian Revolution. The couple arrived in Marseille in 1921, settling in Paris near Olga's brother, who worked for the Louis Dreyfus Bank. Joseph became a piano performer at bars, casinos, and cabarets, while Olga sang at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff.
Serge and his twin sister Liliane had an elder brother Marcel, born in 1922, who died at sixteen months of pneumonia. They also had an older sister Jacqueline, born in 1926.
The family lived in the working-class districts of Paris, first at 35 Rue de la Chine in the 20th arrondissement, and then at 11 Rue Chaptal in the 9th arrondissement. They obtained French nationality in 1932. Joseph taught Serge and Liliane to play the piano. At age 12, Serge enrolled at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.
Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II. The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration. Early in the summer of 1941, the family temporarily sought refuge in the commune of Courgenard in the Sarthe department, at a place called "La Bassetière," with Baptiste and Irma Dumur. ...
Source: Article "Serge Gainsbourg" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmografie
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| 2020 | Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth · as Composer |
| 1995 | Élisa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Stan the Flasher · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Charlotte for Ever · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Ménage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Equator · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | I Love You All · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Nocturnal Uproar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Melancoly Baby · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | French Fried Vacation · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Emmanuelle 3 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Madame Claude · as Original Music Composerauf plex.tv |
| 1976 | Je t'aime moi non plus · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Private Screening · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Trop jolies pour être honnêtes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Le Sex Shop · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Melody · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Devetnaest djevojaka i jedan mornar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Mafia Wants Blood · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Horse · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Paris Does Not Exist · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | The Pleasure Pit · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Slogan · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Mr. Freedom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The Marriage Came Tumbling Down · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Pasha · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Manon 70 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The World of Fashion · as Composer |
| 1967 | Horizon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | If I Were a Spy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Anna · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Vidocq · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Naked Hearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Defector · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | An Ace and Four Queens · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers · as Main Title Theme Composer |
| 1963 | Sweet Skin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Wolves in the Sheepfold · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | L'eau à la bouche · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Le Poinçonneur des Lilas · as Composer |
| 2025 | La face cachée de l'homme en noir · as Self |
| 2024 | From Darkness to Light · as Self |
| 2024 | La génération des Enfants du Rock · as Self |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Jane Birkin et nous · as Self |
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| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Jane by Charlotte · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)auf plex.tv |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | La semaine des 4 julie · as Self - Guest (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Jane Birkin, simple icône · as Self - Singer (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Le brio · as Self |
| 2017 | Anna Karina, souviens-toi · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Un Français nommé Gabin · as Self |
| 2017 | Whitney: Can I Be Me · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Françoise Hardy, la discrète · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Songs to Have Sex To · as Self |
| 2012 | Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille · as Self |
| 2012 | Gainsbourg by Gainsbourg: An Intimate Self Portrailt · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Souvenirs of Serge · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Public Speaking · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Déchaînées · as Self |
| 2008 | The Beaches of Agnès · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Françoise Hardy - Tant de belles choses · as Self |
| 2003 | Collaro Show · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | In and Out of Fashion · as Self |
| 1994 | De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1988 | Fréquenstar · as Self |
| 1988 | Jane B. for Agnes V. · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1986 | Gainsbourg: Casino de Paris · as Self |
| 1985 | Requiem pour un fumeur · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique · as Self |
| 1985 | Le Jeu de la vérité · as Self - Main Guest |
| 1982 | The Big Pardon · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees · as Self |
| 1981 | Reporters · as Self |
| 1980 | Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment · as Self |
| 1979 | Collaroshow · as Self - Singer: 'docteur Jekyll & Mister Hyde' |
| 1976 | César Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1975 | Number One · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première · as Self |
| 1972 | Midi Trente · as Self |
| 1972 | Top to ... · as Self |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle · as Self |
| 1970 | Aujourd'hui Madame · as Self |
| 1970 | The Festival Game · as Self |
| 1965 | Dim Dam Dom · as Self |
| 1964 | Seul à seul · as Self |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe · as Self |
| 1963 | Teuf-teuf · as Self |
| 1958 | Le Poinçonneur des Lilas · as Self |
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| 2013 | |
| 1990 | Stan the Flasher · as Un Ami De David (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Charlotte for Ever · as Stan |
| 1984 | The Soldier's Tale · as Le Diable |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Narrator |
| 1980 | I Love You All · as Simon |
| 1975 | Serious as Pleasure · as L'inconnu Du Lac |
| 1973 | Seven Deaths in the Cats Eyes · as Police Inspectorauf plex.tv |
| 1972 | Trop jolies pour être honnêtes · as Albert |
| 1971 | Melody · as L'homme |
| 1971 | Romance of a Horsethief · as Sigmund |
| 1971 | Devetnaest djevojaka i jedan mornar · as Mornar |
| 1970 | The Mafia Wants Blood · as Serge Morgan |
| 1969 | Paris Does Not Exist · as Laurent |
| 1969 | The Pleasure Pit · as Ted |
| 1969 | Slogan · as Serge Fabergé |
| 1969 | Erotissimo · as L'individu Dragueur Au Cinéma |
| 1968 | Mr. Freedom · as Mr. Drugstore |
| 1968 | The Marriage Came Tumbling Down · as Rémy |
| 1968 | Pasha · as Serge Gainsbourg (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Les dossiers de l'agence O · as Dassonville |
| 1967 | The Looters · as Clyde |
| 1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor · as Le Chef Des Chauvesauf plex.tv |
| 1967 | Anna · as L'ami De Serge |
| 1967 | Vidocq · as Un Fou |
| 1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil · as Patrick Gérard |
| 1966 | An Ace and Four Queens · as Man Asking For A Lighter (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Stranger from Hong-Kong · as Jean Le Pianiste |
| 1963 | Sweet Skin · as Le Pianiste (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Fury of Hercules · as Menistus |
| 1961 | Sansone · as Warkalla |
| 1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves · as Corvino |
| 1959 | Come Dance with Me! · as Léon |
| 1958 | Les Cinq dernières minutes · as Antoine Sebastian |
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| 2021 | Pretend It’s a City · as Songs |
| 2016 | Françoise Hardy, la discrète · as Songs |
| 2010 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life · as Songs |
| 1977 | You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine · as Songs |
| 1976 | Je t'aime moi non plus · as Author |
| 1969 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown · as Songs |
| 1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor · as Music Editorauf plex.tv |
| 1958 | Le Poinçonneur des Lilas · as Lyrics |