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Line Renaud

ActorBorn July 2, 1928 (97 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Welcome to the Sticks
  • Murders in…

Known For

  • Welcome to the Sticks
  • Driving Madeleine
  • Family is Family
  • Chaos
  • My New Partner at the Races
  • Beautiful Mother
  • The House of Happiness
  • Let's Dance
  • La croisière
  • I Can't Sleep
  • 18 ans après
  • Huguette
  • The Accursed Kings (2005)
  • Murder in the Three Valleys
  • Le courage d'aimer
  • In Case of Bad Luck
  • Suzie Berton
  • The Quiet Woman
  • Belinda and Me
  • Memories of Midnight
  • Aller-retour dans la journée

Filmography

2025
Résistantes · as Mère Madeleine En 1970
2023
Le prochain voyage · as Jacqueline
2022
Driving Madeleine · as Madeleine
2022
2021
Le Squat · as Colette
2021
Un tour chez ma fille · as Mamoune
2021
Murder in the Three Valleys · as Gabrielle Sandraz
2020
I Love You Coiffure · as Mme Vinard (segment "le Salon De Coiffure")
2019
Huguette · as Huguette
2019
Let's Dance · as Nicole
2018
Meurtres à Brides-les-Bains · as Gabrielle Sandraz
2018
Family is Family · as Suzanne Duquesne, Valentin's Mother
2014
La douce empoisonneuse · as Clémence
2014
Belinda and Me · as Jacqueline
2013
Murders in… (TV Series) · as Gabrielle Sandraz
2011
La croisière · as Simone
2010
Santa's Apprentice · as Solange Folichon (voice)
2010
In Case of Bad Luck · as Viviane Guérand
2009
Magellan (TV Series) · as Mathilde Belcourt
2008
The Quiet Woman · as Louise
2008
Le Silence De L'épervier (TV Series) · as Margot Vivier-Lefort
2008
Welcome to the Sticks · as Mrs. Bailleul
2008
Fugueuses · as Claude
2006
Aller-retour dans la journée · as Élise Villedieu
2006
The House of Happiness · as Tata Suzanne Bailleul
2005
The Accursed Kings (2005) (TV Series) · as Marie De Hongrie
2005
2004
Le Miroir de l'eau (TV Series) · as Suzanne Castella
2004
Suzie Berton · as Suzie Berton
2003
18 ans après · as Julie
2001
Chaos · as Mamie
1999
Doggy Bag · as La Mère
1999
Beautiful Mother · as Nicou
1996
My Woman Is Leaving Me · as Margot Piquet
1994
I Can't Sleep · as Ninon
1992
The Sands of Time · as Mme. Angelis
1991
Memories of Midnight (TV Series) · as Evelyn Karl
1990
1989
1982
Silver Spoons (TV Series) · as Jacqueline
1959
1947
1946
Devil and the Angel · as Cabaret Singer

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