Acting
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians. Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. He has also gained a cult following across the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and "Bonnie and Clyde", respectively. Serge Gainsbourg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928, in the maternity ward of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris on the Île de la Cité. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg. Born Brucha Goda Besman (nicknamed Olia/Olga) in Feodosiya in 1894, Serge's mother was a mezzo-soprano singer. Serge's father Joseph was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire of Ukrainian Jewish heritage in 1896. Originally interested in painting, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory and then the Moscow Conservatory to study music, becoming a classically trained pianist. He came to Crimea, where he met and married Olga in 1918. The couple fled Odessa for Paris via Georgia and then Istanbul in the years following the Russian Revolution. The couple arrived in Marseille in 1921, settling in Paris near Olga's brother, who worked for the Louis Dreyfus Bank. Joseph became a piano performer at bars, casinos, and cabarets, while Olga sang at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff. Serge and his twin sister Liliane had an elder brother Marcel, born in 1922, who died at sixteen months of pneumonia. They also had an older sister Jacqueline, born in 1926. The family lived in the working-class districts of Paris, first at 35 Rue de la Chine in the 20th arrondissement, and then at 11 Rue Chaptal in the 9th arrondissement. They obtained French nationality in 1932. Joseph taught Serge and Liliane to play the piano. At age 12, Serge enrolled at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II. The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration. Early in the summer of 1941, the family temporarily sought refuge in the commune of Courgenard in the Sarthe department, at a place called "La Bassetière," with Baptiste and Irma Dumur. ... Source: Article "Serge Gainsbourg" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Bardot
Film · 2025
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Film · 2023
Jane by Charlotte
Film · 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Film · 2022
Brigitte Bardot confidentiel
Film · 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Series · 2022
La Story de Serge Gainsbourg : Le Punchliner
Film · 2021
Serge Gainsbourg, les meilleures chansons
Film · 2021
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
Film · 2021
Samedi Sébastien
Series · 2021
Archives secrètes
Series · 2021
L'affaire Matzneff
Film · 2020
Anna Karina, Remember
Film · 2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
Series · 2020
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Film · 2019
Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon
Film · 2019
Oh Les Filles!
Film · 2019
Les années Bouvard : le rire et l’impertinence
Film · 2019
Serge Gainsbourg, entre les murs
Film · 2018
Gainsbourg, art(s) et essai(s)
Film · 2018
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Film · 2017
Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert
Film · 2017
Bardot Amoureuse
Film · 2017
Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer
Film · 2017
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Film · 2016
The truth about Brigitte Bardot
Film · 2014
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
Film · 2013
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
Film · 2012
Gainsbourg by Gainsbourg: An Intimate Self Portrait
Film · 2012
Public Speaking
Film · 2011
Souvenirs of Serge
Film · 2011
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Film · 2010
Gainsbourg and His Girls
Film · 2010
The World of Gaston Rébuffat
Film · 2009
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Film · 2009
The Beaches of Agnès
Film · 2008
Serge Gainsbourg – D'autres nouvelles des étoiles
Film · 2005
Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
Film · 2004
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes
Film · 2003
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991
Film · 2000
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Stan the Flasher
Film · 1990
Le Zenith de Gainsbourg
Film · 1989
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Film · 1988
Fréquenstar
Series · 1988
Nulle part ailleurs
Series · 1987
40° à l'ombre
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Charlotte for Ever
Film · 1986
Gainsbourg... Casino de Paris 1986
Film · 1986
Victoires de la musique
Series · 1985
The Big Pardon
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Droit de Réponse
Film · 1981
Reporters
Film · 1981
I Love You All
Film · 1980
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
Film · 1980
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Please Turn the Page
Series · 1977
30 millions d'amis
Series · 1976
Serious as Pleasure
Film · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Film · 1973
Seduction Squad
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
The Rage of War
Film · 1971
Romance of a Horsethief
Film · 1971
Melody
Film · 1971
Cadet Rousselle
Series · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Cannabis
Film · 1970
Mr. Freedom
Film · 1969
Paris Does Not Exist
Film · 1969
Katmandu
Film · 1969
Slogan
Film · 1969
Erotissimo
Film · 1969
Anna
Film · 1968
Pasha
Film · 1968
Love in the Night
Film · 1968
Spécial Bardot
Film · 1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
Film · 1968
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Series · 1968
À bout portant
Series · 1968
The Looters
Film · 1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Film · 1967
All Mad About Him
Film · 1967
Vidocq
Series · 1967
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Film · 1966
Four Queens for an Ace
Film · 1966
Christmas at Vaugirard
Film · 1966
Dim Dam Dom
Series · 1965
Dim Dam Dom
Series · 1965
Die Drehscheibe
Series · 1964
Seize millions de jeunes
Series · 1964
Strip-Tease
Film · 1963
L'inconnue de Hong Kong
Film · 1963
Teuf-teuf
Film · 1963
The Fury of Hercules
Film · 1962
Samson
Film · 1961
Le Trésor des treize maisons
Series · 1961
The Revolt of the Slaves
Film · 1960
Come Dance with Me!
Film · 1959
Discorama
Series · 1959