Pia Colombo

Pia Colombo

Born: July 6, 1934
Died: April 16, 1986
in Homblières, Aisne, France
Pia Colombo (6 July 1934, in Homblières, Aisne, France – 16 April 1986) was a French singer of Franco-Italian origin, been born Eliane Marie Amélie Pia Colombo who acted in radio, cinema and television between 1956 and 1981.

Her father was from Milan and her mother came from the Nord.

She was compared to Édith Piaf and was believed to be her successor when Piaf died in 1963 but Colombo was too intellectual for the taste of the general public.

Politically committed, Colombo was a big interpreter of the work of her husband, the composer Maurice Fanon, and of Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and others.

In the 1960s she acted in Roger Planchon's productions of Bertolt Brecht's works.

She acted in the Popular National Theatre, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet Olympia of Paris, Bobino, Festival d'Avignon and popularised the songs of Léo Ferré.

Colombo died of cancer when 51 years old and her body was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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Movies for Pia Colombo...

Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Parade
Title: Parade
Character: Elle-même
Released: December 18, 1974
Type: Movie
For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, Parade also focuses on the spectators, making this stripped-down work a testament to the communion between audience and entertainment.
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Un ange au paradis
Title: Un ange au paradis
Released: October 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A bored undertaker, married to an ex prostitute, falls in love with a transsexual.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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A Simple Story
Title: A Simple Story
Character: Maoura
Released: June 7, 1970
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker goes to work on a project about Tunisians who have worked abroad. Many have married French women, and the couples try to adjust to France after many years in Tunisia. The man decides to forego the film in order to address the personal and social concerns of the people trying to cope in their new surroundings. This feature appeared at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
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Why America
Title: Why America
Character: Narrator
Released: April 8, 1970
Type: Movie
A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United States to emerge by the end of World War II as a dominant world power.
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Title: Oh! What a Lovely War
Character: Estaminet Singer
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV