Denise Benoît (10 September 1919 – 29 May 1973) was a French actress and singer, active across a wide range of genres on the stage, radio and television. Other members of her family were musicians.

Life and career

From a musical family, Benoît was the daughter, grand-daughter and great-grand-daughter of musicians.Germaine Ramos. Denise Benoît. ''La Semaine radiophonique'', n° 23, 10 June 1951, p. 2 Her mother (Léontine Benoît-Granier, 1890-1957) was a musician and composer who won prizes at the Paris Conservatoire, while her father Henri Benoît was a notable viola player in Paris, who was a member of the Capet Quartet in the 1920s, participating in several of their recordings during that period, and professor at the

École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (Engl ...

. Her brother,

Jean-Christophe Benoît Jean-Christophe Benoît (18 March 1925 – 21 February 2019) was a French baritone, who enjoyed a long career in France and francophone countries on the stage, the concert platform and radio and television. He was born in Paris into a professiona ...

(1925-2019) was a popular and much recorded baritone. Alain Pâris. ''Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l’interprétation musicale au XX siècle.''

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, Paris, 1995 (p222). Born Denise Marie Armande Frédérique Benoît in the

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, Denise spent the bulk of her career there, and died in the same city while still active.Biographical data for Denise Benoît (1919-1973) from the Bibliothèque nationale de France website
accessed 28 February 2018. Denise Benoît began learning the violin at the age of three from her father, later continuing with her mother. As a young woman, she began her professional life playing in Parisian theatre orchestras; while at the

Théâtre Marigny The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panora ...

a man looked into the pit and asked her whether she would not prefer to be playing on stage rather below it. Through several theatrical contacts she became the student of the actor and director Jean Meyer, spent a year at the

Conservatoire A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

and began her acting career in 1942.Aujourd'hui jeunes debutates, seront-elles les vedettes 1945? ''Regards.'' 1 January 1945, p15. Her break-through came with an "unforgettable" portrayal of Natalia Stepenovna in ''A Marriage Proposal'' by

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. Her first role, in ''Sixième étage'', was as a cleaning lady, and this debut tended to type-cast her for some time as servants, concierges and domestics. On screen she became restricted to being a secretary, a domestic and a waitress, and so began to refuse this type of role. In 1945 while a student of

André Brunot André Brunot (3 October 1879 - 6 August 1973) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than twenty films from 1910 to 1966. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunot, Andre 1879 births 1973 deaths French male ...

at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Paris she took part in a televised play by

Courteline Georges Courteline born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux (25 June 1858 – 25 June 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor. Biography His family moved from Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Pari ...

; at the time she was only recognized as an actress, with her singing career yet to begin. In the 1950s, living in the Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, already well-known on disc, she had facilities for recording at her apartment.Mme Barantin a joué en 1945 pour 1000 téléspectateurs. ''Télé Magazine'', n° 205, 27 September-3 October 1959, p. 46-47. Léontine, Jean-Christophe and Denise appeared together on record in some of the 'Chants de France' folksong series on Ducretet-Thomson in the 1950s. The extensive series of records of folk songs from around France was the brain-child of her mother Léontine, so it was natural that the family were at the centre of these recordings.Paul Guth. La famille Benoît. ''La Nouvelle Gazette de Bruxelles'', 20 August 1950. In the 1950s she began a long association with radio broadcasting, which at the time she expressed a preference for, including ten years on the regular programme of

Louis Ducreux Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911 – 19 December 1992) was a French actor, screenwriter and composer. He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France. He made his film debut in 1938 and worked until his death. He received a Best Actor nom ...

. While taking a respite for the birth of her first child in the early 1950s,

Joseph Kosma Joseph Kosma (22 October 19057 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer. Biography Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Ákos. A maternal relative was the photographe ...

guided her in broadening her song repertoire and wrote a few for her.Georges Quiquere. Une heure avec Denise Benoît. ''Antoinette'', n° 42, April 1959. After this, a career in cabaret began, with appearances at L'Écluse on the

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, and she sang at other venues until the birth of a daughter in 1957. She remained active on stage, television and radio until her death in Paris, aged 53.

Theatre

* 1941-1942: ''Les Pipeaux'', music-hall show,

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* 1942: ''Sixième étage'' by Alfred Ghéri,

Théâtre Hébertot Théâtre Hébertot () is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The theatre, completed in 1838 and opening as the Théâtre des Batignolles, was later renamed Théâtre des Arts in 190 ...

(Madame Escalier) * 1943: ''Le Théâtre de Monsieur Séraphin'' by Pierre-Jean Laspeyres, Théâtre Hébertot * 1944: ''Sainte Cécile'' by

Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor. Biography The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...

Théâtre de l'Œuvre The Théâtre de l'Œuvre is a Paris theatre on the Right Bank, located at 3, Cité Monthiers, entrance 55, rue de Clichy, in the 9° arrondissement. It is commonly conflated and confused with the late-nineteenth-century theater company named Th� ...

* 1944: '' Une demande en mariage'' by

Anton Tchekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

Théâtre Pigalle The Théâtre Pigalle was a theatre in Paris, located in the rue Pigalle in the ninth ''arrondissement''. History Opened on June 20, 1929, financed by Philippe de Rothschild on the estate of his father Henri de Rothschild, the Rothschilds' amb ...

* 1945: '' N'importe comment !'' by

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...

, Théâtre Pigalle (Elena Krassiloff) * 1945: ''La Vie est belle'' by

Marcel Achard Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...

, Théâtre de la Potinière * 1946: ''Auprès de ma blonde'' by Marcel Achard,

Théâtre de la Michodière The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre. History On the si ...

* 1952: ''

Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...

'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

, Comédie des Champs-Elysées * 1952: '' Labiche et les vaudevillistes français'', soirée written by

Palais des beaux-arts The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The b ...

, Brussels * 1956: ''Nouvelles têtes et bonnes manières'', Trois Baudets * 1958: '' La Vie parisienne'' by

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera '' ...

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

(Pauline) * 1960: ''

'' by

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1960: ''Le Songe du critique'' by

Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an ad ...

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées - premiere (the maid) * 1960: ''

Le Médecin malgré lui ''Le Médecin malgré lui'' (; "The doctor/physician in spite of himself") is a farce by Molière first presented in 1666 (published as a manuscript in early 1667) at le théâtre du Palais-Royal by la Troupe du Roi. The play is one of sever ...

'' opera by

Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

after

, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence * 1961: ''Les Pupitres'' by

Raymond Devos Raymond Devos (; 9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Early life Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the Frenc ...

, Théâtre Fontaine * 1962: ''

Le Malade imaginaire ''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' ( French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act ''comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H. ...

'' by

, Théâtre du Palais-Royal * 1964: ''Les Escargots meurent debout'' by

Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was ...

, Théâtre Fontaine (Mademoiselle Goutte) * 1966: ''

Les Cloches de Corneville ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (''The Bells of Corneville'', sometimes known in English as ''The Chimes of Normandy'') is an opéra-comique in three acts, composed by Robert Planquette to a libretto by Louis Clairville and Charles Gabet. The st ...

'',

opéra-comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...

Robert Planquette Jean Robert Planquette (31 July 1848 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of songs and operettas. Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, especially ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1878), the length of ...

, Théâtre de la Région Parisienne and tour in

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* 1967: ''La Courte Paille'' by Jean Meyer, Théâtre de la Potinière (Gilberte) also televised * 1968: ''C'est malin !'' by Fulbert Janin, Théâtre des Ambassadeurs * 1968: ''Brève Rencontre'' by Noël Coward, Théâtre Saint-Georges * 1968: ''La Courte Paille'' by Meyer, tour in France, Belgium and Tunisia * 1969: ''Tchao!'' by

Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (25 September 1909, Valence, Drôme – 15 April 1985, Montpellier) was a French film director, script-writer, playwright and author. After studying law, he was made chief editor of the daily newspaper ''Sud-Est''. He fo ...

, Théâtre Saint-Georges (Madame Martinay) * 1973: ''Tartuffe'' by Molière,

Théâtre des Célestins The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...

(Dorine)

Filmography

* 1943: '' I Am with You'' (''Je suis avec toi'')) directed by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

(Irma) * 1944: ''L'aventure est au coin de la rue'' by

Jacques Daniel-Norman Jacques Daniel-Norman (real name Joseph Jacques CompèreSeul dans la nuit'' by Christian Stengel * 1945: '' La Part de l'ombre'' by

Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a P ...

* 1946: ''La Foire aux chimères'' by

Pierre Chenal Pierre Chenal (; 5 December 1904 – 23 December 1990) was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s. He was married to Czech-born French film actress Florence Marly from 1937 to 1955. Work Chenal was best known for film no ...

* 1947: ''Les Petites annonces matrimoniales'' (short) by

Claude Barma Claude Barma (3 November 1918, in Nice – 30 August 1992, in Paris), was a French director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes. Biography After studying electrical engineering, he entered television in 1946 with ...

(the wife) * 1949: ''

The Secret of Mayerling ''The Secret of Mayerling'' (French: ''Le secret de Mayerling'') is a 1949 French Historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when th ...

'' by

(Anna Vetsera) * 1951: ''Journal masculin'' (short) by

* 1963: ''L'Honorable Stanislas, agent secret'' by Jean-Charles Dudrumet (voice only) * 1964: ''

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'' by

Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an author, artist and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, su ...

(Yvette Guilbert) * 1966: ''Le caïd de Champignol'' by

Jean Bastia Jean Bastia (21 February 1919 in Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-hi ...

(Juliette)

Television

* 1945: A play by Courteline, directed by

* 1960: ''

'' by Gounod directed by Claude Loursais (Jacqueline) * 1960: ''Les Joies de la vie'' by

(variety show) * 1962: ''

'' (Dorine) * 1962: ''Mardi gras - Soirée de têtes'' (variety show) * 1963: ''Les Femmes savantes'' (Martine) * 1964: ''Bayreuthiade'', musical gala at

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

* 1965: ''Médard et Barnabé'' (serial) by Raymond Bailly] * 1966: ''Kiri le clown'' (cartoon series) by

Jean Image Imre Hajdú (; 26 January 1911 – 21 October 1989) better known by his stage name Jean Image () was a Hungarian-French director, script writer and producer of French animation films. His stage name, "Image" is based upon the French pronunciatio ...

(voice only) * 1966: ''Les affaires sont les affaires'' by Gilbert Pineau (Madame Isidore Lechat) * 1966: ''Orion le tueur'' by Georges Folgoas * 1968: ''Le Tribunal de l'impossible'': ''Les rencontres du Trianon ou La dernière rose'' * 1969: ''Au théâtre ce soir'': ''La Courte Paille'' by Jean Meyer,

* 1969: ''Les empaillés'' by

Alberto Cavalcanti Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (February 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian-born film director and film producer, producer. He was often credited under the single name "Cavalcanti". Early life Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, ...

* 1969: ''Café du square'' (series) by

Louis Daquin Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Man from Nowher ...

(Berthe, newspaper seller) * 1970: ''L'Oisillon du paradis'' by Yves Jamiaque * 1970: ''Au théâtre ce soir'': ''Jupiter'' by Robert Boissy, Théâtre Marigny * 1970: ''Tête d'horloge'' by Jean-Paul Sassy * 1970: ''Le Fauteuil hanté'' by Pierre Bureau (Mme Lalouette) * 1971: ''Le Cabaret de l'histoire'': ''

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, carrefour de l'histoire'' * 1973: ''La Porteuse de pain'' (mini-series) by

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* 1973: ''Graine d'ortie'' (series after the novel by Paul Wagner) (Madame Chanule) * 1973: ''La vie rêvée'' by

Vincent Scotto Vincent Scotto (21 April 1874 – 15 November 1952) was a French composer. Biography Early life Vincent Scotto was born on 21 April 1874 in Marseille to Pasquale Scotto d'Aniello and Antonia Intartaglia, from the island of Procida, north of th ...

Radio

* 1950-1951: ''Le Journal officieux'', programme by

* 1951: ''Le Carnaval des chansons'', programme by Henri Kubnick * 1953: ''Contrepoisons'', programme by Louis Ducreux et Frédéric Grendel * 1953: ''Musée de la nouveauté'', programme by Pierre Lagarde * 1955: ''Ariane'', chamber opera by

Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for ''A Little Romance'' (1980), three C� ...

with libretto by Michel Polac (sings Chantal and Marie) * 1961: '' Le Piège de Méduse'', comédie lyrique by

Eric Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

for the programme ''Mémoires d'un amnésique'' * 1962: ''La Gazette des Français'' * 1967: ''

La Petite fonctionnaire LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

'', comédie musicale by

André Messager André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéra comique, opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage wo ...

(Madame Lebardin) * 1970: '' Gosse de Riche '', comédie musicale by

Maurice Yvain Maurice Yvain (12 February 1891 – 27 July 1965) was a French composer noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s, ...

, Henri Falk and Jacques Bousquet * 1972: ''J'aime'', comédie musicale by

Henri Christiné Henri Marius Christiné (27 December 1867 – 25 November 1941) was a French composer of Swiss birth. The son of a French Savoyard watchmaker, Christiné was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He began by teaching at the lycée in Geneva, while pur ...

Albert Willemetz Albert Willemetz (14 February 1887 – 7 October 1964) was a French librettist. Career Albert Willemetz was a prolific lyricist. He invented a new type of musical, with a humorous and "sexy" style. He was the author of more than 3000 songs, inc ...

and Saint-Granier

Awards

* 1959:

Grand Prix du Disque Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and co ...

de l'Académie Charles Cros, for "La Servante du château" * 1960-1961: Grand Prix National du Disque for "Le Petit poète de Roland Bacri" * 1967: Grand Prix du Disque for "Denise Benoît chante douze chansons à la (pour les) coq(s) avec sel et poivre"

Discography

Opera etc

* 1959: '' La Vie parisienne'' by

(as Pauline), with

Suzy Delair Suzy Delair (born Suzette Pierrette Delaire; December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020) was a French actress, dancer, singer, comedian and star of vaudeville. Early years Growing up in Montmartre, Delair was the daughter of a father who upholstered ...

Simone Valère Simone Valère (2 August 1923 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valere, Simone 1923 births 2010 deaths Actresses from Pa ...

, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Bertin,

Jean Desailly Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des ...

Jean Parédès Jean Parédès (1914–1998) was a French film actor.Hayward p.145 Selected filmography * ''Three from St Cyr'' (1939) - Bréval * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) - Albert - le garçon de café * ''La Charrette fantôme'' (1939) - Un salutiste (uncre ...

, Jean-Pierre Granval,

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundia ...

, Grand Orchestre Symphonique conducted by André Girard - LP 30 cm 33 t Bel Air 30 PA 7005 * 1967: '' La Veuve joyeuse'' by Franz Lehar (as Manon) with

Micheline Dax Micheline Dax (3 March 1924 – 27 April 2014) was a French film and stage actress and singer. She did the voice to Ursula in the French dub in Disney's "The Little Mermaid". The Paris-born actress was born Micheline Josette Renée Etevenon. Sh ...

Michel Dens Michel Dens (22 June 1911 in Roubaix – 19 December 2000 in Paris) was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory, both opera and operetta. Born Maurice Marcel, the son of a journalist, he studied at the Academy of ...

, Suzanne Lafaye, André Mallabrera, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Christos Grigoriou, Jacques Pruvost, Michel Roux,

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire The Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini. Administered by the philh ...

conducted by Yvon Leenart - 2 LP 30 cm 33 t EMI 7243 5 74094 2 1 * 1969: ''

Le Petit Duc ''Le petit duc'' (''The little duke'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq. The French language, French libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Performance history The opera was first presented at the Théâtre de la R ...

'' by

Charles Lecocq Alexandre Charles Lecocq (3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870 ...

(as Diane de Château-Lansac) with Eliane Thibault, André Jobin, Claude Calès,

Jean Giraudeau Jean Giraudeau (1 July 1916, in Toulon – 7 February 1995), was an artist and French tenor,Obituary: Jean Giraudeau. ''Opera (British magazine), Opera'', June 1995, Vol.46, No.6, p671. and later theatre director, particularly associated with th ...

, Orchestre and chorus conducted by André Grassi - 2 LP 30 cm 33t Accord collection "Opérette en fête" 472 874-2 * 1969: '' Véronique'' by

(as Estelle) with

Mady Mesplé Mady Mesplé (7 March 1931 – 30 May 2020) was a French opera singer, considered the leading coloratura soprano of her generation in France, and sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin, with ''Lakmé'' by Delibes becoming her signatur ...

, Michel Dens, Andréa Guiot, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Michel Dunand, Jacques Pruvost, Anne Tallard, Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux conducted by

Jean-Claude Hartemann Jean-Claude Hartemann (18 December 1929 – 27 November 1993) was a 20th-century French conductor. Biography Born in Vezet (Haute-Saône), a student of Jean Fournet at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Hartemann took part to the 1956 Besa ...

- 2 LP 30 cm 33 t EMI 7243 5 74073 2 8 * 1971: ''La Belle Auvergnate'' by Jean Vaissade with

Raymond Souplex Raymond Souplex (1 June 1901 – 22 November 1972) was a French actor and singer. He was in a long-term relationship with Jane Sourza, although they never married. Filmography 1901 births 1972 deaths Male actors from Paris Musicians f ...

Annette Poivre Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.241 She was married to the actor Raymond Bussières with whom she sometimes co-starred. Poivre was noted for her comic performances. Selected filmography ...

Raymond Bussières Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 April 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1933 and 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the ac ...

, Alain Nancey, Catherine Chazel, Mag-Avril, Jean Vaissade, musical direction Pierre Porte (Denise Benoît sings ''C'est moi Madame Mackintosh'', ''Vieilles et sabots'' with Alain Nancey, and the ensemble ''Un poutou deux poutous'' - LP 30 cm 33 t Nativa NA28.001 * 1973: ''

La Fille de Madame Angot ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (''Madame Angot's Daughter'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq with words by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning. It was premiered in Brussels in December 1872 and soon became a success in ...

'' by Charles Lecocq (as Amaranthe) with Mady Mesplé, Christiane Stutzmann,

Charles Burles Charles Burles (21 June 1936 – 22 August 2021Décès de Charles Burles
) was a French ly ...

, Bernard Sinclair, Michel Roux, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique conducted by

Jean Doussard Jean Doussard (born 1 July 1928 - 17 December 2015 Vannes - France) is a French conductor. He was born in Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance. Doussard began his studies at the Music Conservatory of Angers, and later at the Paris Conservatory, where he wa ...

- 2 LP 30 cm 33 t EMI 7243 5 74083 2 5

Song

Ducretet-Thomson

* 1954: ''

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...

'': ''Chanson de l'oiseleur, Fable, Page d'écriture'', with

Hélène Boschi Hélène Boschi ( ; 11 August 19179 July 1990) was a Franco-Swiss pianist, born in Lausanne. She studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris. Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as ...

(piano) - (78rpm) 790V000 * 1954: ''Montmartre en 1900'': ''Rue Saint-Vincent (Rose Blanche / A. Brunt), Le Doux caboulot (Larmanjat /

Francis Carco Francis Carco (born François Carcopino-Tusoli) (1886–1958) was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the ''Fantaisiste'' school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for ''L'Homme libre'' and ''Gil Blas ...

), Revenez, revenez (Anonyme), La Chanteuse et le conférencier (J. Ferny), Sous les ponts de Paris (

/ J. Rodor), Le Matin au Bois de Boulogne ( Paul Delmet / V. Mesy), Madame Arthur (

Yvette Guilbert Yvette Guilbert (; born Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, 20 January 1865 – 3 February 1944) was a French cabaret singer and actress of the ''Belle Époque''. Biography Born in Paris into a poor family as Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, Guilbert be ...

/ P. de Kock), De place en place (A. Stanislas / Lucien Boyer), Le Fiacre (Xanrof), La P’tite Lili (chanson vécue) (E. Gavel / F.L. Bénech), Ca fait peur aux oiseaux (P. Bornard / Galope d’Onquaire)'' - Pierre Petit (piano) - (LP) 260V012 * 1955: ''Joseph Kosma'': ''La Guitare solaire (J. Kosma / J.-M. Croufer), La Robe (J. Kosma /

Georges Neveux Georges Neveux (1900–1982) was a French dramatist and poet. Neveux's first notable work was the play ''Juliette ou la clé des songes (Juliet or the key to dreams)'', written in 1927 and produced in 1930. It became the basis of Theodor Schae ...

), La Petite Chèvre (J. Kosma / J.-M. Croufer), La Belle Jambe (J. Kosma /

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He wa ...

), Dialogue (J. Kosma / D. Jallais), L'Art poétique (J. Kosma /

Raymond Queneau Raymond Queneau (; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo ('' Ouvroir de littérature potentielle''), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau w ...

)'' – conducted by Robert Valentino – (EP) 460V050 * 1956: ''Quatre chansons de

Mireille Mireille () is a French given name, derived from the Provençal Occitan name ''Mirèio'' (or ''Mirèlha'' in the classical norm of Occitan, ). It could be related to the Occitan verb ''mirar'' "to look, to admire" or to the given names ''Miriam'' ...

Jean Nohain Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, and a radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the librettist Franc-Nohain and the brother of the actor Claude Dauphin.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.118 ...

'': ''Tant pis pour la rime (Mireille / J. Nohain), Les Trois gendarmes (Mireille / J. Nohain), Et pourtant, moi je l’ai vu (Mireille / J. Nohain), Les Petits lutins (Mireille / J. Nohain)'' -

François Rauber François Rauber (19 January 1933 – 14 December 2003) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel. He served as the music director for the 1975 film '' Jacques Brel Is Alive and ...

(piano) - (EP) 460V214 * 1957: ''Denise Benoît chante

Minou Drouet Marie-Noëlle Drouet, known as Minou Drouet (born 24 July 1947), of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France, is a former poet, musician, and actor. Biography Drouet gained fame in 1955 when some of her poems and letters circulated privately among Frenc ...

'': ''Ma maison de Pouliguen (M. Drouet / Pierre Duclos), La Naissance du poussin (M. Drouet / Jean Françaix), Bilou (M. Drouet / Marc Lanjean), La Mer haussait les épaules (M. Drouet /

Paul Misraki Paul Misraki (28 January 1908 – 29 October 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, ...

), Mon cœur est un bateau léger (M. Drouet / B. Boesch)'' – conducted by Michel Ramos – (EP) 460V245 * 1957: ''Humour de la Belle Epoque'': ''Le Verligondin (folklore), Le Fiacre (Xanrof), Je m'embrouille (Y. Guilbert / P. de Kock), L'Eloge des vieux (Y. Guilbert / Collé), Madame Arthur (Y. Guilbert / P. de Kock)'' - François Rauber (piano) – (EP) 460V327 * 1957: ''Bonjour Monsieur Trenet'': ''La Folle Complainte (

Charles Trenet Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include ...

), Une noix (A. Lasry / C. Trenet), Sur le fil (J. Solar / C. Trenet), Berceuse (A. Lasry / C. Trenet)'' - with François Rauber and his trio - (EP) 460V328 * 1958: ''Humour et poésie'': ''Mozart avec nous (

Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sulliva ...

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

/ Alain Goraguer), Le Chat dans la nuit (Ricet Barrier / Lina Pizzuto), La Folle Complainte (C. Trenet), Les Trois Gendarmes (J. Nohain / Mireille), L’Eloge des vieux (Collé / Y. Guilbert), La Demoiselle de Montauban (R. Barrier / Bernard Lelou), La Naissance du poussin (M. Drouet/ J. Françaix), Et pourtant, moi, je l’ai vu (J. Nohain / Mireille), Berceuse (C. Trenet / A Lasry), Le Verligondin (folklore)'' – with François Rauber and his orchestra - (LP) 260V092 * 1958: ''

Théodore Botrel Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel (14 September 1868 – 28 July 1925) was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is ''La Paimpolaise''. Durin ...

chanté par Denise Benoît'': ''La Paimpolaise (Th. Botrel / E. Feautrier), Le Mouchoir rouge de Cholet (Botrel), Par le petit doigt (Botrel), Le Grand Lustukru (Botrel)'' – with François Rauber and his orchestra – (EP) 460V381

Fontana

* 1958: ''Denise Benoît chante Ricet Barrier'': La Dame de Ris-Orangis (R. Barrier / B. Lelou), Au jardin du Luxembourg (Barrier / F. Mainville), La Servante du château (Barrier / B. Lelou), Les Clochards (Barrier / B. Lelou) – with François Rauber and his orchestra – (EP) 460.596 ME * 1959: ''Le Corps de garde'' (

Pierre Louki Pierre Louki, born Pierre Varenne on 25 July 1920 in Brienon-sur-Armançon in Yonne, died 21 December 2006, was a French actor and singer/songwriter. Louki was the son of Georges Varenne, a teacher in the Yonne who was killed in Auschwitz. He lea ...

/ P. Lamel), ''Regrets d’une fille de joie'' (Ducreux), ''Le Chat de la voisine'' (Lagary / Ph. Gérard), ''Le Carrosse'' (Mireille / H. Contet) – with François Rauber and his orchestra – (EP) 460.625 ME * 1959: ''La Servante du château'' (R. Barrier / B. Lelou), ''Le Carrosse'' (Mireille / H. Contet) – with François Rauber and his orchestra - (SP) 261.120 MF * 1959: ''Denise Benoît et Simone Langlois - deux grands prix du disque'': La Servante du château (R. Barrier / B. Lelou), Le Chat de la voisine (Lagary / Ph. Gérard) – with François Rauber and his orchestra - (EP) 460.633 ME * 1959: ''Denise Benoît chante Pierre Louki'': La Flanelle de grand-père (Louki / Jean Lemaire), Quand les gambettes... (Louki / Lemaire), Le Gros Pâtissier (Louki / Lemaire), Les Mots du vocabulaire (Louki / Lemaire) – with François Rauber and his orchestra – (EP) 460.637 ME * 1960: ''Chansons du petit poète'': Changement d'air, Problème blême, Le Petit somnanbule, Jonas, Idylle de cour, T’en souvient-il ?, Arabesque, J’ai descendu dans mon jardin (all: Roland Bacri / Jean Claudric) – conducted by Jean Claudric – (EP) 460.674 ME * 1960: ''Denise Benoît chante Brel'': La Dame patronnesse, Les Flamandes, L’Air de la bêtise, Tendresse' (all by

Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...

)' – with François Rauber and his orchestra - (EP) 460.682 ME * 1960: ''Timoléon le jardinier (Roger Riffard), Madame Desnoix (M. Carré / M. Méry), L’Ane de Saint-Cidoine (Louki / Maurice Vander), Les Imbéciles (L. Chauliac &

Jean-Claude Pascal Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer. Early life He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ...

/ Bernard Dimey), with François Rauber and his orchestra'' - EP 17 cm 45 t 460.727 ME * 1961: ''A Passy (A. Paté / Pierre Saka), Hurluberlu (S. Lenormand / M. Hamonou), Mozart avec nous (A. Goraguer / B. Vian /

W.A. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

), Le Petit Tour dans les bois (with Jean-Christophe Benoît) (Marie-Josée Neuville)'' – with François Rauber and his orchestra - (EP) 460.766 ME

Adès

* 1963: ''Denise Benoît dit et chante Brassens'': Saturne, Dans l'eau de la claire fontaine, La Marche nuptiale, Les Sabots d'Hélène, Le Nombril des femmes d'agents, Tonton Nestor, Oncle Archibald, Le Vent (all:

Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...

) - (EP) P37LA4.032 * 1967: ''Denise Benoît chante douze chansons à la (pour les) coq(s) avec sel et poivre'': Ouvr’ la fenêtre (Mathilde Moutier / Julien Prévost), Le Joli Fusil (Bossuyt de Lylle / Gumery), Les Différences (Lafargue et Robiquet / Raphaël Beretta), Ah ! voui (Marinier / Christiné), La Canne (Léognan), Mon p’tit Wattman (Briolet / Arnoult / Lestac), A cause du bilboquet (Louis Lemarchand / Géo Koger / Maurice Hermite), La P’tite Femme nerveuse (Pierre Forgettes / Ad. Gauwin), Un vieux farceur (Henri Nadot / L. Léon), La P’tite Dame des P.T.T. (Eugène Christien / Christiné), Froufrous d’amour (Christiné / Lelièvre / Paul Lincke), La Femme torpille (P. Lafargue / R. Beretta) – conducted by Jean Lemaire - (LP) 33VS620

Theatre

: ** 1962: ''

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...

'' with Jean Poiret,

Michel Serrault Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. Life and career His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ...

Jacques Fabbri Jacques Fabbri (4 July 1925 – 24 December 1997) was a French actor. He began his acting career in 1949, and acted in about 50 films. Selected filmography * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) - Bernard * ''The Girl from Maxim's (1950 film), The ...

Robert Vattier Robert Vattier (2 October 1906 – 9 December 1982) was a French actor. He was the father of the comedic actress Bérangère Vattier. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) - Albert Brun * '' Fanny'' (1932) - Albert Brun * ''Vers l'abîme ...

, Jean Raymond,

Sophie Desmarets Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145 Selected filmography * ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc * ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle * ...

Arletty Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including '' Hotel du N ...

Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois. Partial filmography * ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncredi ...

, Louis Velle,

Henri Salvador Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean comedian, singer and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native Ca ...

Françoise Dorléac Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac (21 March 194226 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the 1967 musical, ''The Young Girls of Rochefort''. Her other films include Philippe ...

Maria Mauban Maria Mauban (10 May 1924 – 26 August 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in around fifty films and television series during her career. in 1950 she starred in the British Egyptian-set crime film ''Cairo Road''. The same year she appeared ...

, Les Frères Jacques Orchestre du Collegium Musicum de Paris conducted by

Roland Douatte Roland Douatte (7 December 1921, in Paris – 16 December 1992, in Paris) was a French classical violinist and conductor. A self-taught violinist, he founded his own chamber orchestra, the "Collegium Musicum of Paris" in 1952. Roland Douatte is ...

, 2 CDs L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Auvidis H 7960 (1989) ** 1964: ''

'' with

Michel Galabru Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for '' Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...

, Marguerite Cassan,

Sophie Daumier Sophie Daumier (24 November 1934 – 31 December 2003) was a French film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1956 and 1979. She was born as Elisabeth Hugon in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, the daughter of composer Georges Hugon. She ...

, Maria Pacôme, Les Frères Jacques,

Lucien Baroux Lucien Baroux (born Marcel Lucien Barou; 21 September 1888 in Toulouse – 21 May 1968 in Hossegor) was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s. In the field of musical comed ...

, Orchestre du Collegium Musicum de Paris conducted by Roland Douatte, 2 CD L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Auvidis H 7963 (1989) ** 1964: ''

Les Fourberies de Scapin ''Scapin the Schemer'' (french: Les Fourberies de Scapin) is a three-act comedy of intrigue by the French playwright Molière. The title character Scapin is similar to the archetypical Scapino character. The play was first staged on 24 May 1671 i ...

'' with

André Roussin André Roussin, (22 January 1911 – 3 November 1987), was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française on 12 April 1973. Bibliography *1933 ''Patiences et impatiences'' *1944 ''Am Stram Gram'' *1945 ''U ...

Geneviève Page Geneviève Page (born Geneviève Bonjean, 13 December 1927) is a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She is the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899– ...

Jacques Dufilho Jacques Dufilho (19 February 1914 – 28 August 2005) was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers). Life and career Dufilho appeared in 65 French productions. Moreover, he was frequently seen in Italian ...

, Jean Mercure,

Bernard Noël Bernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the ''Grand Prix national de la poésie'' (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992 and the ''Prix Robert Ganzo'' (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010. Biography ...

, Aldo Vitale, CD L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Auvidis H 7965 (1989) ** 1966: ''

'' with Les Frères Jacques,

Rosy Varte Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appearances during her career. She starred in the 1972 film ''The Bar at the Crossing'', which was enter ...

, Frédérique Hébrard, Hubert Degex, Orchestre du Collegium Musicum de Paris conducted by Roland Douatte, CD L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Auvidis H 7969 (1989) ** 1969: ''

Les Précieuses ridicules ''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (, ''The Absurd Précieuses'' or ''The Affected Ladies'') is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the ''précieuses'', the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in ...

'' (as Magdelon) with Jean-Pierre Leroux, François Nocher, Harry-Max, Evelyne Istria, Danièle Evenou, Jean Parédès, Orchestre conducted by Jean Lapierre - CD L'Encyclopédie Sonore / Hachette / Auvidis H 7970 (1989) ** 1970: ''Le Malade imaginaire'' (as Toinette) with

Georges Chamarat Georges Chamarat (30 March 1901 – 21 November 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film '' The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered into the ...

, Claudine Coster, Madeleine Clervanne, Jacques Degor, Jean-Michel Audin, Claude Piéplu,

Jean-Paul Roussillon Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men, which was screened in the Un C ...

, Liliane Berton, Jocelyne Chamonin, Colette Salvetti, André Mallabrera, Rémy Corazza, Bernard Demigny (singers), Chorus of the Jeunesses musicales de France, Orchestre de chambre des Concerts de Paris conducted by Louis Martini - 4 LP Guilde Internationale du Disque SMS 2858 *

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

: ** 1966: ''

Ruy Blas ''Ruy Blas'' is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play was initially met with only average ...

'' (as Casilda) with Jean Deschamps,

Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for ''Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for ...

Marie Versini Marie Versini (10 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a French film and television actress. Career Versini appeared in several international cinema productions. After playing in Karl May film adaptations she received a number of German popula ...

, Jacques Dacqmine, Henri Virlojeux,

Mary Marquet Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Career Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Ope ...

, Georges Lycan, Louis Raymond, 3 LP L'Encyclopérie Sonore 320E859 *

Jules Renard Pierre-Jules Renard (; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works '' Poil de carotte'' (Carrot Top, 1894) and ''Les Histoires Naturelles'' (Nature Stories, 1896). Among ...

: ** 1967: ''

Poil de carotte ''Poil de carotte'' (En: ''Carrot Head'' or ''Carrot Top'') is a long short story or autobiographical novel by Jules Renard published in 1894 which recounts the childhood and the trials of a redheaded child. It is probably in this miserable child ...

'' (as Annette), with Madeleine Renaud,

Georges Wilson Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson. Biography Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate s ...

, Gérard Lartigau, LP 25 cm Adès ALB 305 * Classic theatre: ** 1969:

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states ...

: ''Les oiseaux, L'assemblée des femmes, Les guêpes'';

Plautus Titus Maccius Plautus (; c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the gen ...

: ''Le Carthaginois, La marmite, Amphitryon'';

Terence Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought ...

: ''Les Adelphes'', with

Jean-Paul Moulinot Jean-Paul Moulinot (30 June 1912 – 3 December 1989) was a French actor, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. Elisabeth (Yvette) Hardy (1917-2000), a comedian at the TNP, was his wife. Close to Jean Vilar, he took part to the first Festival ...

, Yves Furet, Jean Rochefort, Jean Parédès,

Henri Virlojeux Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on December 19, ...

, Nathalie Nerval, Denise Benoît, Elisabeth Hardy, Yves-Marie Maurin,

Alexandre Rignault Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rignault, Alexandre 1901 births 1985 deaths ...

, directed by Georges Hacquard - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore 320E909 *

Françoise Sagan Françoise Sagan (born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois chara ...

: ** 1969: '' Bonjour tristesse (fragments) /

Château en Suède ''Nutty, Naughty Chateau'' (french: Château en Suède, it, Il castello in Svezia) is a 1963 French-Italian comedy film directed by Roger Vadim starring Monica Vitti. Cast * Monica Vitti as Éléonore * Curd Jürgens as Hugo Falsen * Jean-Claude ...

(act 4, extracts)'', with Anna Gaylor, Elisabeth Hardy, Nathalie Nerval, Jean-Louis Jemma,

François Maistre François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French film, television and theatre actor. Born in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France, he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1960 and 2003. His father was singer and actor A.-M. Julien. Se ...

, Yves-Marie Maurin - EP 17 cm 33 t L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 190E979 *

: ** 1968: ''Poèmes'': ''En Sortant de L'école'' - EP 17 cm 33 t L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 190E959 *

and Frédéric Grendel: ** 1950: ''Le Journal Officieux'': Denise Benoît, Louis Ducreux - 2 LP Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française RTF SR3 (1962) *

: ** 1961: ''Les Pupitres'' with Guy Pierrault, Denise Benoît, Léon Noël, Toly Berr,

Pierre Doris Pierre Doris (1919–2009) was a French actor and humorist. Selected filmography * ''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (1957) - Le chasseur du 'Néant' * ''Love Is at Stake'' (1957) - Le publiciste * ''Le triporteur'' (1957) - Le voyageur à la de ...

, Raymond Devos, Willy Zavatta, Achille Zavatta Jr, Lydie Zavatta, Michel Roux, Bernard Dumaine, André Bagheras, Jean-Michel Tierez, Nono Zammit, Daniel Laloux, music by Georges Delerue - LP 33 cm Pathé Marconi FCLP 120 * Roland Bacri: ** 1960: ''Le Petit Poète'': ''Le Petit foetus, Les Oeufs de l'amour et du hasard'': poems recited by Denise Benoît, ''Terre d'élection, Concert des nations'': recited by Denise Benoît and Raymond Devos - LP 25 cm 33 t Fontana 660.239 MR * Pierre Amado, Léon-Louis Gratteloup et Fernand Marzelle: ** 1960: ''En France comme si vous y étiez: Le taxi (6th episode)'':

Dawn Addams Victoria Dawn Addams (21 September 1930 – 7 May 1985) was a British actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s and on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. She became a princess in 1954 (until 1971). Early years Ad ...

, Denise Benoît,

Gérard Darrieu Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor. Selected filmography *1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur *1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited) *1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le gr ...

, Amédée, Arièle Coigney, Alain Valade, Anne Wartel, Miwako Yoshioka, music by André Popp - SP 17 cm 45t (promotional record from Sonopresse)

Denise Benoît sings for children

* ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Elémentaire (1)'': L'Ane est tombé dans le fossé (folklore de l'Ouest), Que venez-vous chercher ? (bourrée d'Auvergne), Chanson de l'Aveine (l'Ile-de-France), Michaut veillait (Noël) - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E007 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Elémentaire (2)'': V'la l'bon vent, Ah ! dis-moi donc bergère... , Berceuse (

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

), Les Gorets (ronde), - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E008 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Préparatoire (1)'': Il était un avocat, Berceuse de la petite poule grise, Le Petit Roi de Sardaigne, C'était un p'tit bonhomme - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E009 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Préparatoire (2)'': Reguingo (chanson burlesque), Berceuse (Languedoc), Le Petit Bossu (chanson naïve), Jean de Nivelle (chanson ancienne) - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E012 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Moyen (1)'': Les Scieurs de long, Ma douce amie (complainte bretonne), Le Bouvier, Margoton va-t-à l'eau (lorrain) - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E010 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Moyen (2)'': Vireli-virela (air à danser), Nicolas (saynète normande), La Chanson du page, Tambourin (

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...

) - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E014 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Supérieur (1)'': La Dame de Paris, Fringue sur la rivière, Sancho Pança, Le Hans du Schnökeloch - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E011 * ''Quatre chants pour le Cours Supérieur (2)'': La Bergère aux champs, Les Charpentiers du roi, Combien j'ai douce souvenance ! ( Chateaubriand), Les Menteries (chanson populaire de l'Ouest) - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E015 * ''Chants pour le Certificat d'Etudes'' : ''D'où venez-vous Perrine?, Plantons la vigne'',with Odette Pigault (piano) - SP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 460E857 * ''Chansons pour la fête des mères'': ''Dans la chambre claire, Si j'étais...'' - SP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette / Ducretet-Thomson 230E820 * ''Des fables... Des chansons...'': ''Introduction, La Cigale et la fourmi, Le Corbeau et le renard, Le Renard et la cigogne, Le Meunier son fils et l'âne, Le Lion et le rat, Le Rat des villes et le rat des champs, Le Petit poisson et le pêcheur, L'Ane et le petit chien, Le Chat la belette et le petit Lapin, Sur le pont d'Avignon, Le Bon Roi Dagobert, Il pleut bergère, Malborough, Dame tartine, Compère Guilleri, La Mère Michel, Savez vous planter les choux?'';

Jean de la Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Euro ...

- Denise Benoît, Pierre Bertin,

Pierre Maillard-Verger Pierre Maillard-Verger (5 December 1910 – 30 April 1968) was a French classical pianist and composer. Born in Paris, Maillard-Verger was a student in Paul Dukas's composition class at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1939, he won the 1st Grand P ...

(piano) - LP Club National du Disque CND1009 * ''Des fables... Des chansons...'': ''La Laitière et le pot au lait, Le Lièvre et la tortue, Le Chêne et le roseau, Le Coche et la mouche, Le Renard et le bouc, Le Loup et l'agneau, Le Héron, La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le boeuf, Le Chevalier du guet, Il était un petit navire, Biquette, Gentil coquelicot, Nous n'irons plus au bois, Monsieur de Lapalisse, J'ai du bon tabac, La Tour prends garde'';

- Denise Benoît, Pierre Bertin, Pierre Maillard-Verger (piano) - LP Club National du Disque CND1010 * ''Rondes et chansons de France'': ''Il était une bergère, Cadet Rousselle, Meunier tu dors, Frère Jacques, Prom'nons-nous dans les bois, Trempe ton pain Marie, Ah ! mon beau château, Ne pleure pas Jeannette, Au clair de la lune, La Perdriole, Fais dodo Colin, A la volette, Maman les p'tits bateaux, Et moi de m'en courir, Giroflé girofla, Il court il court le furet, Quand j'étais chez mon père (Les Gorets)''; with Pierre Bertin, - LP Club National du Disque CND1017 * ''Rondes et chansons de France'': ''Quand Biron voulut danser, Trois jeunes tambours, La Légende de Saint-Nicolas, En passant par la Lorraine, Monsieur d'Charette, Les Filles de la Rochelle, Le trente-et-un du mois d'août, Le Cygne de Montfort, Dans les prisons de Nantes, Sainte-Catherine''; Denise and Jean-Christophe Benoît, Olivier Alain (piano) - LP Club National du Disque CND1018 * ''Oh ! les jolies rondes et chansons (2)'': ''Mon père m'a donné un étang, Il pleut bergère, Jean de la lune, Arlequin dans sa boutique, Au jardin de mon père, La Mère Michel, Le Petit Bossu, Polichinelle'': with instrumental ensemble under Jean Baïtzouroff - EP Adès ALB 102 * ''Oh ! les jolies rondes et chansons (5)'': ''La Légende de Saint-Nicolas, Il court il court le furet, La Tour prends garde, Meunier tu dors, A la claire fontaine, Fais dodo Colas mon p'tit frère, Ainsi font font font les petites marionnettes, Il y a des roses blanches'', with instrumental ensemble under Jean Baïtzouroff - EP Adès ALB 105 * ''Oh ! les jolies rondes et chansons (6)'': ''Mon beau sapin, Maman les p'tits bateaux, Mon père a six cents moutons, Les Rois mages, La Boulangère a des écus, Bon voyage m'sieur Dumollet, J'ai perdu le do de ma clarinette, Nuit étoilée'', with instrumental ensemble under Jean Baïtzouroff - EP Adès ALB 106 * ''Les Jeux du jeudi'': ''Prom'nons-nous dans les bois, Ah ! mon beau château, Le Chevalier du guet, La Tour prends garde''; with Pierre Bertin and Pierre Maillard-Verger (piano) - EP Club National du Disque CND4515 * ''Chansons bilingues (1)'': ''Bonjour, Voyez-vous ?, Chanson rythmée, C’est Noël, Il neige, Bonne année !, Je suis…, Deux petits oiseaux, Petites souris, Jeu des animaux, Au revoir, Fais dodo, Mon poisson doré, Le Ballon, Frappe des mains, Je sais compter, Comment allez-vous ?, Nous rentrons chez nous, Les Pigeons, Minet, Les Doigts et les pouces''; words and music by A. M. Mealand Naijon, conducted by Robert Lopez - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 160E013 * ''Chansons bilingues (2)'': ''C'est l'automne, J'aime la pluie, Pigeons gris, L'Ecureuil, Le Hibou, La Souris et le champignon, Le Vent d'hiver, La Poupée, Les Ballons, Le Clown, Le Kangourou, Dans la ronde, Nous allons nous promener, L'Oiseau dans les branches, Le Grillon, Les Lutins, Les Fées, Chanson de marins, Chanson de route'', words and music by A. M. Mealand Naijon, conducted by Robert Lopez - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 160E014 * ''Chansons bilingues (3)'': ''Le Vent d'automne, Novembre, La Pendule, Pop corn, Le Vent du nord, Rouquin l'écureuil, L'Averse, Le Petit lapin, Les Grenouilles, Au marché, Ma maison, Chez le coiffeur, Le Cirque, Le Géant de bois, Pays lointain'', words and music by A. M. Mealand Naijon, conducted by Robert Lopez - LP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 160E015 * ''Kiri le clown'': ''Trotte trotte, Le Tambour qui parle, Clip clop hop, Circus parade, Le Plus beau rêve'', lyrics by

, music by Fred Freed - EP Philips 437 256 BE

For children

* ''Bonne fête, maman !'': ''La Poupée, La Petite fille'', words by Lise Caldaguès, musical accompaniment Daniel White - EP Ducretet-Thomson 460V207 * ''Il était une fois...'': ''Le Loup qui ne mangeait personne'', written by Monique Bermond, music by Jean Boyer - EP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 190E882 * ''Chants et poésies pour les enfants de 5 à 10 ans'': ''Le Brouillard (

Maurice Carême Maurice Carême (12 May 1899 – 13 January 1978) was a Belgian francophone poet, best known for his simple writing style and children's poetry. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympic ...

)'' - EP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 190E934 * ''Chants et poésies pour les enfants de 10 à 14 ans'': ''En sortant de l'école (Jacques Prévert), L'Hiver (

Tristan Klingsor Tristan Klingsor, birth name (Arthur Justin) Léon Leclère (born Lachapelle-aux-Pots, Oise department, 8 August 1874; died Nogent-sur-Marne, 3 August 1966), was a French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic associat ...

), La Laitière et le pot au lait (Jean de la Fontaine)'' - 3 EP L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette 190E937, 190E938 et 190E939 * ''Chants et récitations (2) - Enfants de 10 à 14 ans'': ''Chaleur (L’ombre des jours) (Comtesse

Anna de Noailles Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan) (15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian and Greek descent, a poet and a socialist feminist. Biography Personal life Born Princess ...

née Anna-Elisabeth Bibesco Bassaraba de Brancovan)'' - SP Fernand Nathan 805 * '' Les Trois Petits Cochons'': read by Denise Benoît, Eric Métayer, Jean Bolo, Jean-Pierre Grandval - SP 17 cm 45 t Récréation Disques – SR 80001 * '' Le vilain petit canard'' de

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

: read by

Anne Vernon Anne Vernon (born Édith Antoinette Alexandrine Vignaud; born 7 January 1924) is a French actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1948 and 1970, including three films that were entered into the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. She ...

, Denise Benoît, Linette Lemercier, Gaëtan Jor, Jacqueline Pierre, Jacques Payet - SP Les Enfants Sages ENF 713 * ''Les aventures du petit roi Dagobert'': read by Denise Benoît, Eric Métayer, Jean Bolo, Jean-Pierre Grandval - SP Les Enfants Sages ENF 728 * '' Peau d'âne'' de

Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , also , ; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an iconic French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales ...

: read by

, Danielle Volle, Denise Benoît, Monique Martial - LP Le Petit Ménestrel – ALB 337 * '' Les petites filles modèles'' by Sophie Rostopchine

Comtesse de Ségur Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

read by

Micheline Presle Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in H ...

, Bernadette Lompret, Denise Benoît, Monique Martial, Sylvine Delannoy - LP Le Petit Ménestrel – ALB 381 * ''Le vilain petit canard'' de Hans Christian Andersen - SP Disneyland – LLP 340 F * ''Une Aventure de

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. ...

et Pan-Pan'' - SP Disneyland – LLP 343 F * ''Les musiciens de la ville de Brême'' de

Jacob Grimm Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics, the co-author of th ...

- SP Disneyland – LLP 345 F

Denise Benoît vocal lessons

* ''Leçon de chant (I)'': ''L'Ageasse (folklore du Poitou)'', Jean Ruault (piano) - 78rpm Ducretet-Thomson Y8667 * ''Leçon de chant (II)'': ''En revenant de noces'', Jean Ruault (piano) - 78rpm Ducretet-Thomson Y8668 * ''Leçon de chant (III)'': ''L'Alouette est sur la branche (danse mimée de la région du Nord)'', Jean Ruault (piano) - 78rpm Ducretet-Thomson Y8669 * ''Histoire de la France par les chansons, vol. 8, le règne de

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

'': ''L'Emigrante noblesse'' by Denise Benoît, ''Considérations politiques de MM. les notables de la Halle au Pain'' with Paul Barré and Bernard Demigny; Monique Rollin (guitar) - EP Le Chant du Monde LDY-4108 * ''Histoire de la France par les chansons, vol. 9, la révolution en marche'': ''La Guillotine'', with Monique Rollin (guitar) - EP 17 cm 33 t Le Chant du Monde LDY-4109 * ''

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

(deuxième partie)'': ''Nous n'irons plus au bois (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson

marquise de Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and re ...

), J'ai du bon tabac (Abbé de Lattaignant), La Belle Bourbonnaise (anonyme)'' by Denise Benoît; Françoise Petit (harpsichord) - LP L'Histoire Vivante H11 * ''Les Derniers Valois ou les guerres de religion'': ''Chanson sur la mort de François II ( Marie Stuart)'' with Jean-Pierre Cotte (lute) - LP L'Histoire Vivante H12 * ''Chansons de courtisanes'': ''Dix filles dans un pré, La Belle Bourdonnaise, L'opinion de ces demoiselles'' - EP La Guilde Internationale du Disque SMS 629 * ''La Révolution Française'': ''La Prise de la Bastille (anonyme), Il pleut bergère (

Fabre d'Eglantine Fabre or Fabré is a surname of Occitan French origin, and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * André Fabre (born 1945), French thoroughbred horse racing trainer * Cándido Fabré, Cuban musician, songwriter and singer * Cath ...

/ Simon Simon)'' - LP Guilde Internationale du Disque M-2262 * ''La Grande Guerre (1914-1918)'': ''La Mère du combattant (Jouret / Melage), Les Infirmières (A. Gremillet dit Gervy / Pietro Codini)'' with Jean Lemaire (piano) - LP Guilde Internationale du Disque M 2344 * ''La Deuxième Guerre Mondiale (1939-1945)'': ''Tout va très bien Madame la Marquise (

), La Chamberlaine (Maurice Vandair / Paul Misraki), Quand tu reverras ton village (

), Fleur de Paris (Maurice Vandair / Henri Bourtayre)''; with Jean Barré, Jean Lemaire (piano), conducted by Jean Claudric - LP Guilde Internationale du Disque M 2398 * ''Quatre siècles de chansons françaises'': ''Chanson sur la mort de François II (Marie Stuart), La Prise de la Bastille (anonyme), L'Opinion de ces demoiselles (Béranger / anonyme)'' - with Jean-Pierre Cotte (lute), Jean Lemaire (piano) - LP La Guilde Internationale du Disque SVS 2451 * ''Le Siècle de Louis XIV'' ; ''Les Animaux malades de la peste (extraits) (la Fontaine), Chanson sur le procès de Fouquet (anonyme sur l'air de ''A la venue de Noël''), Lettre à Coulanges en date du 15 décembre 1670 ( Marquise de Sévigné)'' - with Françoise Petit (harpsichord) - LP Guilde Internationale du Disque SMS 2523 * '' Michel-Rostislav Hofmann: Voyage Au Pays Du Chant'': ''De la chanson à l'opéra''; with soloists, directed by Pierre Bertin - LP Select SC-13.007

Denise Benoît traditional songs

* ''Chansons d'amour et de misère (chants des provinces françaises)'': La Jeune boulangère (Ile de France), Korantinik et Marivonik (Bretagne), Le Chien dans la crème (Bretagne), Rossignolet console-moi (Dauphiné), La Péronelle (Dauphiné), La Fille matelot (Nivernais), L'Enlèvement dans la forêt (Nivernais), Le Bateau chargé de blé (Gascogne), Mountabo la marmito (bourrée d'Auvergne); Denise and Jean-Christophe Benoît, Louise Benoît-Granier (piano) - EP 17 cm 33 t Ducretet-Thomson LPP 8719 * ''A travers chants'': La Belle Fille de Parthenay, La Mort de Jean Renaud, L'Occasion manquée, La Bergère et le déjeuner, La Femme du marin, Le Garçon du moulin; Denise and Jean-Christophe Benoît, orchestra conducted by Daniel White - EP 17 cm 45 t Ducretet-Thomson 460V145 * ''Chansons de nos provinces'': Savoie: Quand j'ai ma mie, Flandres: J'ai vu le loup, Provence: Le Pichoun, Bourgogne: Les Chèvres de Bouze, Alsace: Hans du Schnokeloch, Bretagne: La Femme du marin, Savoie: Le Garçon chanteur, Flandres: Le Géant de Douai, Provence: Une cigale, Bourgogne: La Perdriole, Alsace: Quitter Strasbourg, Bretagne: Dans les prisons de Nantes, Provence: Sur la montagne; Denise and Jean-Christophe Benoît, conducted by Jean Lemaire - LP 25 cm 33 t Adès ALB 333 * ''Chants des grands départs'': Les Houzards de la garde, Virginie les larmes aux yeux; Denise Benoît with Jean Lemaire (piano), Jean-Pierre Cotte (guitar) - LP 30 cm 33 t Guilde Internationale du Disque V-2392 * ''Un soir à Bethléem'': Un soir que les bergers, Venez bergers, Allez tout doux mes soupirs, O Dieu quel astre nouveau, Joseph est bien marié, Saint-Joseph a fait un nid, Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris, Quoique soyez petit, Les Trois bergerettes, Les Trois rois, Rentrez dans vos chaumines, Pour ne pas languir en chemin; Denise Benoît, Monique Linval-Benoît, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Louise Benoît-Granier (piano) - EP 17 cm 33 t Ducretet-Thomson LPP 8601 * ''La Veillée de Noël'': Un soir que les bergers, Joseph est bien marié, Saint-Joseph a fait un nid, Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris; Denise Benoît, Monique Linval-Benoît, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Louise Benoît-Granier (piano) - EP 17 cm 45 t Ducretet-Thomson 470C070 * ''Noël et la vie de Jésus dans la chanson populaire française'': Pour ne pas languir en chemin (Noël), J'ai un petit voyage à faire (Normandie), Qui frappe à l'hôtellerie (Noël de Normandie), Le Petit Jésus est né (Noël de Normandie), La-v'ou qu'tu cours donc si vite ? (Noël de Bourgogne), Sont trois rois en campagne (Noël de Provence), La Fuite en Egypte, Saint-Joseph avec Marie (Provence), Jésus-Christ va dans le temple, Sur le rivage de la mer, Jésus-Christ s'habille en pauvre (Lyonnais), La Passion de Jésus-Christ (chanson de Pâques), Réveillez-vous amis (Bas-Limousin, chanson de quête), Chrétiens, réveillez-vous (Bas-Limousin, chanson de quête), Tous bons chrétiens (Champagne), Sur le tombeau la Madeleine (Nivernais); Jean-Christophe and Denise Benoît - LP 30 cm 33 t Club National du Disque CND38

Other

* 1943-1944: ''

Pierre Schaeffer Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innov ...

- La Coquille à planètes: Suite fantastique pour une voix et douze monstres'': ''L'Idylle aux machines'', with

Louis Salou Louis Vincent Goulven Salou (23 April 1902 – 12 October 1948) was a French stage and film actor. Louis was born in Oissel and died in Fontenay-aux-Roses. Selected filmography * ''First Ball'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * ''Bolero' ...

Jacques Famery Jacques Famery (July 20, 1923 – January 18, 2014) was a French film actor.Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.102 Selected filmography * '' My First Love'' (1945) - René * '' Son of France'' (1946) - François * ''Bichon'' (1948) - Jacques Fontange * ' ...

, Jean Toscane, Jacqueline Cartier, Jean-Claude Dranoël,

Geneviève Touraine Geneviève Touraine, real name Geneviève Tisserand, (20 November 1903 – 10 July 1982) was a French classical singer ( soprano). She was baritone Gérard Souzay's older sister. Biography She was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois in a family of mus ...

, singers - Maria Branèze, Pierre Barthélémy - 4 LP 30 cm 33 t Adès 141922 * 1961: ''Satie en scène...'': '' Le Piège de Méduse'' (as Frisette, daughter of Méduse) with Pierre Bertin, Jean Parédès, Jean-Christophe Benoît, René Farabet, orchestra conducted by

Henri Sauguet Henri-Pierre Sauguet-Poupard (18 May 1901 – 22 June 1989) was a French composer. Born in Bordeaux, he adopted his mother's maiden name as part of his professional pseudonym. His output includes operas, ballets, four symphonies (1945, 1949, ...

; Benoît also sings ''La Chanson du chat'' from ''La Conférence sur l'intelligence et la musicalité chez les animaux'', by Satie - LP 30 cm 33 t Mandala MAN 5034 * 1965-1966: ''Omajakeno: poems, texts and songs by

'' with Caroline Cler, Jacques Degor; Eve Griliquez, Brigitte Sabouraud, Denise Benoît,

Bernard Lavalette Bernard Lavalette (20 January 1926 – 14 December 2019) was a French film and television actor.Ince p.164 Partial filmography * ''Sans famille'' (1958) - Le brigadier * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1959) - Van Der Hogen * ''La Belle Américaine'' (1 ...

; LP 30 cm 33 t Le Chant du Monde LDX A 6029 * 1968: ''

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 musical-fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel '' Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'' (1964). The film stars ...

'': ''Grâce à vous deux, Les Bonbons à musique, Le Bleu pays, Monsieur Bamboo, Chitty chitty bang bang, Truly scrumptious, Chitty chitty bang bang, J'ai rêvé que jamais, Bath, Le Bleu pays, Les Lauriers du succès, Chu-chi fee, La Petite boîte qui chante, Truly scrumptious, Chitty chitty bang bang''; French version of film soundtrack by Christian Jollet, conducted by

Irwin Kostal Irwin Kostal (October 1, 1911 – November 23, 1994) was an American musical arranger of films and an orchestrator of Broadway musicals. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kostal attended Harrison Technical High School, but opted not to at ...

with André Viel, Eliane Thibault, Pierre Marret, F. Lefebvre, J.C. Dallemagne, Claude Bertrand - LP United Artists 37708UAY

References

External links

Pierre Bertin (Baron de Gondremarck) and Denise Benoît (Métella) in ''La Vie parisienne'' in 1960
(INA: Institut national de l'audiovisuel) accessed 24 November 2019.

French television, 1964. Video on INA website, accessed 28 February 2018.
Denise Benoît sings Les infirmières
on Youtube, accessed 26 May 2023. {{DEFAULTSORT:Benoit, Denise 1919 births 1973 deaths Singers from Paris 20th-century French women opera singers French stage actresses French film actresses 20th-century French actresses