Acting
Serge Reggiani
Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. For many years, he struggled with alcoholism, caused in part by the 1980 suicide of his son Stephan. After acting school (Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques) he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in a wartime production of Les Parents terribles ("The Terrible Parents"). During World War II, he left Paris to join the French resistance. His first feature film came in 1946 with his role in Les portes de la nuit ("The Doors of the Night"). He later went on to perform in 80 films including Casque d'or, Les Misérables (1958),Tutti a casa, Le Doulos, Il Gattopardo, La terrazza, The Pianist (1998). In spite of never quite reaching the peak with his acting career, he did triumph in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Séquestrés d'Altona. In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer (at the age of 43), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara. Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French "Chanson" ("song") and although he was in his 40s, his bad-boy rugged image made him popular with both young and older listeners. His best known songs include Les loups sont entrés dans Paris ("The Wolves Have Entered Paris") and Sarah (La femme qui est dans mon lit) ("The Woman Who Is In My Bed"), the latter written by Georges Moustaki. However, one of his regular songwriters throughout his career was Boris Vian (Le Déserteur, Arthur où t'as mis le corps, La Java des bombes atomiques). His new young fans identified with his left-wing ideals and antimilitarism, most notably during the 1968 student revolts in France. With age he became more and more acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of the French chanson also bringing the poetry of Rimbaud, Apollinaire and Prévert closer to his audience. In 1995, he made a comeback to the singing stage, giving a few concerts despite his deteriorated health and personal distress, the last one being held as late as in the year of his death, in spring of 2004. In later life he became a painter and gave a number of exhibitions of his artwork. Serge Reggiani died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 82, one day after the death of another well known French singer Sacha Distel. He is interred in Montparnasse Cemetery.
Filmography
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Film · 2014
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Film · 2011
They Saw Inferno
Film · 2010
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Film · 2009
The Pianist
Film · 1998
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Heroines
Film · 1997
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Film · 1995
The Little Boy
Film · 1995
De force avec d'autres
Film · 1993
Rosen-Emil
Film · 1993
Serge Reggiani - Palais des congrès
Film · 1993
There Were Days... and Moons
Film · 1990
Plein fer
Film · 1990
I Hired a Contract Killer
Film · 1990
Coupe franche
Film · 1989
L'écho
Film · 1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Film · 1988
Le monde est à vous
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Mauvais Sang
Film · 1986
The Beekeeper
Film · 1986
Victoires de la musique
Series · 1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Series · 1985
La Chance aux chansons
Series · 1984
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Terrace
Film · 1980
Fantastica
Film · 1980
The Imprint of Giants
Film · 1980
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Solemn Communion
Film · 1977
Violette & Francois
Film · 1977
Une fille cousue de fil blanc
Film · 1977
The Good and the Bad
Film · 1976
30 millions d'amis
Series · 1976
Cat and Mouse
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Film · 1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Film · 1974
The Big Shots
Film · 1972
3000 Million Without an Elevator
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
36, le grand tournant
Film · 1970
Countdown to Vengeance
Film · 1970
Army of Shadows
Film · 1969
France, Song
Film · 1969
The Day of the Owl
Film · 1968
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Film · 1968
À bout portant
Series · 1968
The Last Adventure
Film · 1967
The 25th Hour
Film · 1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Film · 1967
The Threatening Sky
Film · 1966
The Blue Panther
Film · 1965
Bestiary of Love
Film · 1965
The Leopard
Film · 1963
Le Doulos
Film · 1962
Warriors Five
Film · 1962
Paris Blues
Film · 1961
Pueblo en armas
Film · 1961
Cuba, a People Armed
Film · 1961
Everybody Go Home!
Film · 1960
Mad Years
Film · 1960
Marie-Octobre
Film · 1959
Discorama
Series · 1959
Les Misérables
Film · 1958
Not Delivered
Film · 1958
The Stowaway
Film · 1958
Élisa
Film · 1957
The Seine Meets Paris
Film · 1957
The Doll that Took the Town
Film · 1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Series · 1957
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt
Series · 1956
The Wicked Go to Hell
Film · 1955
Napoleon
Film · 1955
Storms
Film · 1953
Act of Love
Film · 1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Film · 1953
The World Condemns Them
Film · 1953
Casque d'Or
Film · 1952
Secret People
Film · 1952
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Film · 1952
Good Enough to Eat
Film · 1951
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
Film · 1951
La Ronde
Film · 1950
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Film · 1950
Return to Life
Film · 1949
The Lovers of Verona
Film · 1949
Manon
Film · 1949
The Sinners
Film · 1949
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Film · 1949
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Film · 1949
Le Dessous des cartes
Film · 1948
Coïncidences
Film · 1947
Gates of the Night
Film · 1946
Star Without Light
Film · 1946
François Villon
Film · 1945
Children of Chaos
Film · 1944
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Film · 1943
Saturnin de Marseille
Film · 1941
Night in December
Film · 1941
Boys' School
Film · 1938