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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 2, 1922
Died
July 22, 2004
Place of Birth
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Serge Reggiani
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
8.0
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
0.0
Self
They Saw Inferno
2010
7.2
Marcel (archive footage)
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009
3.0
Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
7.8
Rossell mayor
The Pianist
1998
4.9
monsieur Montgolfier
Heroines
1997
6.0
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
6.8
Germain
The Little Boy
1995
Credits
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.2
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
2011
0.0
They Saw Inferno
as Self
2010
0.0
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
as Marcel (archive footage)
2009
7.2
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
The Pianist
as Rossell mayor
1998
7.8
Heroines
as monsieur Montgolfier
1997
4.9
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
6.0
The Little Boy
as Germain
1995
6.8
Serge Reggiani - Palais des congrès
as Self
1993
0.0
🎬
Rosen-Emil
as Dr. Levy
1993
6.0
🎬
De force avec d'autres
as Sergio
1993
5.0
I Hired a Contract Killer
as Vic
1990
6.8
Plein fer
as Emilio
1990
3.2
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le père de Sophie
1990
6.3
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Le Stéphanois
1988
5.5
🎬
L'écho
as Marius
1988
0.0
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Mauvais Sang
as Charlie
1986
7.1
The Beekeeper
as Sick Man
1986
7.0
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
1.5
Cinecittà Cinecittà
as Serge Reggiani
1985
0.0
La Chance aux chansons
as Self
1984
4.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Fantastica
as Euclide Brown
1980
5.9
The Imprint of Giants
as Fouldroule
1980
0.0
The Terrace
as Sergio Stifler
1980
7.2
Solemn Communion
as Le récitant chanteur (voice)
1977
4.1
Violette & Francois
as M. Levene
1977
6.1
Une fille cousue de fil blanc
as Jérôme
1977
6.3
The Good and the Bad
as le chef de la résistance
1976
5.5
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
5.8
Cat and Mouse
as Lechat
1975
5.6
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
Numéro un
as Self - Host
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
as Paul, écrivain, journaliste
1974
7.0
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as The Mad Indian
1974
5.5
The Big Shots
as Thia
1972
5.5
3000 Million Without an Elevator
as Pierrot
1972
5.1
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
36, le grand tournant
as Narrator (voice)
1970
0.0
Countdown to Vengeance
as François Nolan
1970
5.7
Army of Shadows
as Hairdresser
1969
7.9
À bout portant
as Self
1968
8.0
The Day of the Owl
as Parrinieddu
1968
7.1
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Ferrari, antifascista in carcere
1968
6.9
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
0.0
The 25th Hour
as Trajan Koruga
1967
7.7
The Last Adventure
as the pilot
1967
6.9
The Threatening Sky
as Narrator
1966
10.0
Bestiary of Love
as Narrator (voice)
1965
0.0
The Blue Panther
as Ivanov
1965
4.9
The Leopard
as Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo
1963
7.7
Le Doulos
as Maurice Faugel
1962
7.4
Warriors Five
as Libero
1962
0.0
🎬
Pueblo en armas
as Narrator (voice)
1961
0.0
Paris Blues
as Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne
1961
6.5
Mad Years
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1960
6.0
Everybody Go Home!
as Geniere Assunto Ceccarelli
1960
7.6
Marie-Octobre
as Antoine Rougier
1959
7.3
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
The Stowaway
as Alfred Mougins
1958
1.0
Les Misérables
as Enjolras
1958
7.2
Not Delivered
as Bastien Sassey
1958
6.0
The Seine Meets Paris
as Speaker
1957
6.8
🎬
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Sgt. Jean Renaud
1957
0.0
Élisa
as Bernard Voisin
1957
0.0
The Doll that Took the Town
as Mario Grimaldi
1957
4.0
Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt
as Le commissaire Prévôt
1956
9.0
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Rudel
1955
6.2
Napoleon
as Lucien Bonaparte
1955
6.3
Act of Love
as Claude Lacaud
1953
6.7
Storms
as Sergio Parnell
1953
5.2
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Chimney Sweep (voice)
1953
7.1
The World Condemns Them
as André
1953
1.0
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
as Lantini
1952
6.0
Casque d'Or
as Georges
1952
7.3
Secret People
as Louis Balan
1952
6.3
Good Enough to Eat
as Jean-Loup aka 'Loup'
1951
6.8
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
as Self (Archive Footage)
1951
0.0
La Ronde
as Franz, le soldat
1950
7.3
The Elders of Saint-Loup
as Abbot Paul Forestier
1950
5.9
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
as Joseph "Rouletabille"
1949
5.0
The Sinners
as Pierre
1949
5.6
Return to Life
as Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
1949
6.2
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
as Joseph Rouletabille
1949
0.0
Manon
as Léon Lescaut
1949
6.9
The Lovers of Verona
as Angelo (Romeo)
1949
4.8
Le Dessous des cartes
as Manu
1948
5.5
Coïncidences
as Jean Ménétrier
1947
0.0
Gates of the Night
as Guy Sénéchal
1946
7.1
Star Without Light
as Gaston Lansac
1946
5.5
François Villon
as François Villon
1945
0.0
Children of Chaos
as Joris
1944
5.0
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as Bob Éloi
1943
7.1
Night in December
as (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Saturnin de Marseille
1941
0.0
Boys' School
as Un élève
1938
7.4