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Juliette Gréco

1927 - 2020

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Juliette Gréco (French: [ʒyljɛt ɡʁeko]; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career concluded with her final worldwide tour titled "Merci", which began in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juliette Gréco is the 501st most popular actor (down from 367th in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from France (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Actor.

Juliette Gréco is most famous for her singing and songwriting, as well as her role in the French Resistance during World War II.

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Among actors, Juliette Gréco ranks 501 out of 13,578. Before her are John Rhys-Davies, William Shatner, Albert Finney, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Charlie Sheen, and Thespis. After her are René Auberjonois, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joe Morton, Jonathan Banks, Stanley Tucci, and Ali MacGraw.

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Among people born in 1927, Juliette Gréco ranks 44. Before her are Hubert de Givenchy, Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, Emmanuelle Riva, Raúl Alfonsín, and Harry Mulisch. After her are Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, Sydney Brenner, William Perry, Hugo Pratt, and Geneviève Page. Among people deceased in 2020, Juliette Gréco ranks 39. Before her are Diana Rigg, John le Carré, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Arthur Ashkin, Lee Teng-hui, and Little Richard. After her are Kenny Rogers, Dmitry Yazov, Michael Lonsdale, Luis Sepúlveda, Jiří Menzel, and Bill Gates Sr..

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Among people born in France, Juliette Gréco ranks 917 out of 6,770. Before her are Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Georges Couthon (1755), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Martin Schongauer (1450), François Mansart (1598), and Jean Casimir-Perier (1847). After her are Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Martin Bucer (1491), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Léon Gambetta (1838), and Jacques Callot (1592).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Juliette Gréco ranks 38. Before her are Maria Schneider (1952), Marina Vlady (1938), Mylène Demongeot (1935), Vincent Cassel (1966), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), and Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932). After her are Bruno Cremer (1929), Marie Laforêt (1939), Françoise Dorléac (1942), Claudette Colbert (1903), Christian Clavier (1952), and Geneviève Page (1927).

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