Marie France

Marie France

Born: February 9, 1943
in Oran, French Algeria
Marie-France Garcia, known professionally as Marie France (born 9 February 1946 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer and actress. She is a transgender Parisian pop icon of the 1970s.

Marie-France was hired in 1969 by the Alcazar cabaret bar in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where she gained recognition by portraying Marilyn Monroe. She remained one of the celebrities of that music-hall until 1987. She became a member of Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (FHAR, 'Homosexual Front of Revolutionary Action'), alongside Guy Hocquenghem. As a member of FHAR, she was interviewed in the magazine Recherches (special issue "Trois milliards de pervers" (3 billion perverts), 1973). She was a member of a small group, the Gazolines, with Hélène Hazera. The two performed in Les Intrigues de Sylvia Couski by Adolfo Arrieta (1974).

Marie-France was often referred to as transsexual, a word that she disliked, and one which certain television hosts automatically questioned. "When one has passed onto the other side, why do they keep this title?" she regrets.

She appeared as a singer in Barocco by André Téchiné in 1976, where she produced "On se voit se voir", a song written by Philippe Sarde. She pursued her acting career in theater, notably in Le Navire Night by Marguerite Duras in 1979. She recorded the album 39 de Fièvre (39 °C Fever) in 1980, performing several renditions of 1960s pop (Gillian Hils, Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Rocky Volcano). She appeared in the film Les Innocents, directed by Téchiné in 1987. In 1993, she recorded a song by Édith Piaf with Marc Almond. Daniel Darc and Mirwais collaborated with her in 1997 on her eponymous album. Dave then invited her on his album Doux tam tam in 2003. Frédéric Botton wrote several songs for her in 2005. At the end of 2006, Léonard Lasry and Marie France sang a duet titled "Du désir au bout des doigts". This song is featured on the first Léonard Lasry album Des Illusions.

Marie France also published a duet with Hélèna Noguerra on her last album, released in October 2007. In 2008, Marie France recorded a rock'n'roll garage album entirely written by Jacques Duvall and composed by Miam Monster Miam. The album is titled Phantom feat. Marie France.

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4 Days in France
Title: 4 Days in France
Character: Marie Pilâtre de Rozier
Released: December 2, 2016
Type: Movie
A man leaves everything behind to travel aimlessly through France, letting himself be guided only by the people and landscapes he encounters: four days and four nights of wandering, during which his lover tries to locate him via Grindr, a smartphone dating app.
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I Hate You Little Girls
Title: I Hate You Little Girls
Character: Punk Idol
Released: May 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Kate screams, burns, kisses furiously. But the times are tepid, the music "cold," and Kate can no longer come. Until Julien, who died ten years ago, gives her pleasure again.
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Dance Challenge
Title: Dance Challenge
Character: La cliente bourgeoise
Released: May 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A musical comedy set to a hip-hop beat, the feature debut from actress-turned-director Blanca Li finds a dedicated young breakdancer abandoning his comfortable life in a bid for fame in the U.S.A. Dropping out of school and leaving home to escape his overbearing mother, 18-year-old David dedicates all of his time to perfecting his moves with his dance team, the Urban Cycle Breakers. As David and his team begin gearing-up to face-off against a rival group of intimidating dancers, his dreams of finding romance with Samia and making it to the world dance finals in New York finally seem to be coming into focus.
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The Innocents
Title: The Innocents
Character: La chanteuse
Released: December 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A woman becomes trapped in the middle of a feud between two men while attempting to free her younger brother from a life of petty crime.
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Love Circles
Title: Love Circles
Character: Suzy
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
French erotic auteur Gerard Kikoine makes the world his canvas in this sexy roundelay of intimate encounters across the globe. Following a pack of cigarettes that ends up with partner after partner, the film moves from Paris to Rome, Cannes, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York, exposing carnal couplings that take place everywhere from a furniture store to an airplane cockpit. Marie-France, Sophie Berger and Josephine Jacqueline Jones co-star.
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Title: La Chance aux chansons
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Spermula
Title: Spermula
Character: Rita
Released: July 7, 1976
Type: Movie
The story is based around "spermulites", the alien inhabitants of a dying planet. The only way they can save their planet is by sucking the men of planet earth dry of sperm, kind of like horny vampires.
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Paradis perdu
Title: Paradis perdu
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
A wealthy man falls in love with a transvestite stripper and gives her the wherewithal to fulfill her dreams; she invents stories with her transvestite friends; the story with the rich guy ends badly and she goes back to work on the streets (with no regrets).
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The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
Title: The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
Released: March 12, 1975
Type: Movie
The ex-wife of a famous sculptor convinces her lover to remove one of his sculptures from an exhibition and replace it with a live model.
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Fight to the Death
Title: Fight to the Death
Character: Chica rubia con Paco
Released: January 27, 1975
Type: Movie
The parallel stories of a police commissioner and a bank robber whose lives eventually come together.
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I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
Title: I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
Character: Bijou-Love
Released: November 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Running away from the police, Aden goes to the desert where he meets an uncivilized man who has a special link with Mother-Earth. He ends up by convincing the hermit to come along with him into another desert... the big town!
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The Last Tomahawk
Title: The Last Tomahawk
Character: Alice Munroe
Released: April 17, 1965
Type: Movie
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Unkas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Falkenauge.
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Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes
Title: Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes
Character: Maria Vandamme
Released: November 23, 1928
Type: Movie
This is the romanticized story of Louise de Bettignies, who was a spy and heroin of the First World War. In October 1914, in Roubaix, Geneviève de Vandeville delivers mail in secret. Brilliant and effective, she is soon contacted by the Intelligence Service who asks her to lead a team of spies. Geneviève, who is responsible for delivering intelligence from dangerous regions, enlists the help of Maria, a young girl who becomes her friend. Maria and her lover ask Geneviève to plan their escape into Holland. This mission will prove fatal for Geneviève. She is detected by the German counterespionage, arrested, and imprisoned in Brussels. She becomes sick and dies in prison before the war ends. Some time later, Maria and her lover pay their respects to the monument in effigy of Louise de Bettignies.