Béatrice Arnac (23 April 1931 – 5 October 2020) was a French actress, singer, and composer.

Biography

The daughter of the cartoonist Marcel Arnac, Béatrice was also the niece of explorer Marie Gallaud. In 1962, she received the Grand Prize of the

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. She performed 22 songs that were written by songwriters such as

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, and

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. She also performed in the second act of the play ''Le Bel indifférent''. She performed at the

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and on the television show ''La Chance aux chansons''. She was part of the cast of '' La Traversée de Paris'', released in 1956. Béatrice Arnac died in

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on 5 October 2020.

Filmography

Cinema

*''La Fille de Mata Hari/

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/La figlia di Mata Hari'' (1955) *'' Frou-Frou'' (1955) *''

Lola Montès ''Lola Montès'' is a 1955 historical romance film and the last completed film of German-born director Max Ophüls. Based on the novel ''La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montès'' by Cécil Saint-Laurent, the film depicts the life of Irish dancer an ...

'' (1955) *''Milord l'Arsouille'' (1955) *''La vie est belle'' (1956) *'' La Traversée de Paris'' (1956) *''

Les Truands ''Les Truands'' is a French comedy film starring Eddie Constantine directed by Carlo Rim. For English-speaking audiences it was renamed as ''Lock Up Your Spoons'' respectively ''The Gangsters''. Synopsis This is the story of racketeer Amédée ...

'' (1956) *''OSS 117 n'est pas mort/

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'' (1957) *''Le Souffle du désir'' (1958) *''La Nuit des suspectes'' (1960) *''Le Soupirant/

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'' (1962) *''La Journée de Pernette'' (1963) (short) *''Dernier Domicile connu/

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'' (1970) *''Midi Minuit'' (1970) *''Les Petites Filles modèles/

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'' (1971) *''Hunter Nights'' (2018)

Television

*''Isabelle'' (1970)

Soundtracks

*''Le Soupirant/

'' (1962), performer "O toi l'amour"''

Discography

*''Chante Alain Saury'' (1963) *''La rue Saint-Jean'' (1964) *''L'amour'' (1964) *''Beatrice Arnac'' (1966) *''Les Temps Des Amazones'' (1968) *''Beatrice Arnac'' (1973) *''Animale'' (1979) *''En Liberté En Public Au Fanal'' (1979) *''Béatrice Arnac chante Zo d'Axa'' (2001)

Theatre

*''Scabreuse Aventure'' at the

Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris u ...

(1957) *''Nouvelle Orléans'' at the Théâtre de l'Étoile (1958) *''Rosa la Rose'' at the

Théâtre des Capucines The Théâtre des Capucines was a former theatre on the boulevard des Capucines in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built in 1889 by architect Édouard-Jean Niermans, it was taken over by two brothers, Émile Isola and Vincent Isola, in 1892 ...

(1960) *''Caviar ou lentilles'' at the Théâtre Michel (1965)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnac, Beatrice 1931 births 2020 deaths 20th-century French actresses 20th-century French women singers 21st-century French women singers Artists from Waterbury, Connecticut