Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 7 January 1906,

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– 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was

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. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the

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with the song "

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". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point. During the 1930s he appeared frequently alongside

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Personal life

He married

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in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer

Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars. Pia ...

. However, in 1957, this marriage also ended in divorce.

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, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', Neva Editions, 2015, p.205. He was the father of

Jacqueline Boyer Jacqueline Boyer (, born Eliane Ducos, 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer. In 1960, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi", with m ...

, who won the 1960 Eurovision contest the year after her father's participation. Upon his death, he became the first Eurovision contestant to die.

Selected filmography

* 1953 – ''

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'' * 1949 – '' Une femme par jour'' * 1945 – '' Alone in the Night'' * 1945 – '' Marie la Misere'' * 1942 – '' Pension Jonas'' * 1936 – '' Toi, c'est moi'' * 1936 – '' Prends la route'' * 1934 – ''

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'' * 1933 – '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' * 1932 – '' A Gentleman of the Ring''

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* French male film actors Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Monaco Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1959 1906 births 1970 deaths People from Tulle 20th-century French male actors 20th-century French male singers {{France-actor-stub