Nanette Workman

Nanette Workman

Born: November 20, 1945
in New York City, New York, USA
Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a singer-songwriter, actress and author, who has been based in Quebec, Canada, during much of her career. She holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada. She was raised by musician parents in Jackson, Mississippi, where she began her first performances. Although raised as an English speaker, she mainly performs in French. She has recorded with well-known musicians in the U.S., Canada, UK and France and has been recognized in Mississippi by being elected to that state's Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university.

Workman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 20 November 1945, to musician parents. Her mother, Beatryce Kreisman, was in the chorus of Naughty Marietta with the New York City Opera Company, and her father, Ernest Workman, played trumpet in Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. She grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. As a child she studied piano and began her career at 11, appearing in the local WLBT television series Mr. Magic (later Junior Time) until she was given her own weekly show, Teen Tempos.

She graduated from Provine High School and attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, leaving college at 18 for Broadway.

After understudying the lead of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, she played the role of Rosemary in 1964 and later played the lead in summer stock. In 1966, Workman met Tony Roman and recorded her first French single, "Et Maintenant", for him in Canada, where the song remained on the charts for fifteen weeks after becoming number one. Over the next two years she became a Canadian recording and TV star, finally hosting Fleurs d'amour, fleurs d'amitié. In 1969, Workman moved to England where she appeared weekly on Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's comedy series Not Only... But Also. Mistakenly credited as Nanette Newman, Workman sang backing vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Country Honk" (the acoustic precursor to Honky Tonk Women), tracks from The Rolling Stones' 1969 album Let It Bleed (she's credited as Nanette Newman, and some have confused her with the British actress married to director Bryan Forbes). She also worked with John Lennon and Elton John. In addition, she appeared in one of the black-and-white episodes of The Benny Hill Show (appearing as Nanette), performing "Everybody's Singing Like Now" on the 24 February 1971 edition. ...

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P-A Méthot : Party disco
Title: P-A Méthot : Party disco
Character: Herself
Released: January 26, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Tout le monde aime
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: Viens-tu faire un tour?
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2014
Type: TV
Michel Barrette hits the road with public figures. Every drive is the perfect opportunity to share a moment, a chat and a trip down memory lane. For each outing, Michel selects the car best suited to his guest from his personal collection.
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Title: Simplement vedette
Character: Herself
Released: November 28, 2011
Type: TV
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La Run
Title: La Run
Character: Estelle
Released: June 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Guillaume is a good young man. He has never taken hard drugs in his life, doesn't plan on trying, and has an honest job. Everything goes chaotic when he witnesses his father's attempted suicide over a heavy gambling debt. In order to pay out his father's debt in a record time, Guillaume follows his best friend, Manu, into the difficult world of drug dealing.
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Title: En direct de l'univers
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Le Banquier
Character: Self
Released: January 24, 2007
Type: TV
Le Banquier is the Quebec adaptation of the international game show Deal or No Deal. It debuted on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The program, produced in Montreal by JPL Production II Inc. and Endemol USA for TVA, is hosted by Julie Snyder. The show's main sponsors are Vidéotron and Hyundai. The show's first season ended on March 29, 2007. During the first season, episodes aired on Wednesdays at 9pm and Thursdays at 8pm. During the second season, episodes aired on Sundays at 7pm and Thursdays at 8pm.
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Bon Cop Bad Cop
Title: Bon Cop Bad Cop
Character: Enseignante de ballet
Released: July 6, 2006
Type: Movie
When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border of Quebec and Ontario, the jurisdiction of the crime is shared between the two police forces and detectives David Bouchard from Montreal and Martin Ward from Toronto are assigned to work together. With totally different styles, attitudes and languages.
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Title: La petite séduction
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: TV
Dany Turcotte invites celebrities to discover a small rural towns in unexpected and surprising ways. Events are carefully planned cater to the celebrity’s tastes, desires and passions.
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Title: Le match des étoiles
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2005
Type: TV
A dance-off where stars learn, prepare and present dance routines that they must show to a select panel of judges.
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Title: L'école des fans
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2004
Type: TV
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Nightwaves
Title: Nightwaves
Character: Sally Winters
Released: February 1, 2003
Type: Movie
After a devastating accident, sexy Shelby spends her nights at home, listening to a police scanner, feeling safe from the world outside... until danger finds her. Eavesdropping on phone conversations, she thinks she hears a woman's murder. Shelby calls the police unknowingly putting her own life in danger. Alone and frightened, Shelby must fight both the demons of her past and the threat she faces right now. Can she summon the courage she once had and use her mind and body to save herself?
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Ladies Room
Title: Ladies Room
Character: Ricki
Released: November 30, 1999
Type: Movie
In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover's wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies' room, one backstage at a play that's about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.
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Title: Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1998
Type: TV
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Heads or Tails
Title: Heads or Tails
Character: Sandy Klein
Released: March 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.
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Evil Judgment
Title: Evil Judgment
Character: April
Released: November 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.
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Scandale
Title: Scandale
Character: Nanette Workman
Released: July 20, 1982
Type: Movie
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Mustang
Title: Mustang
Released: October 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Invited to participate in a western festival, a singer tries to unravel the mysterious death of a friend.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV