Elli Medeiros (born 18 January 1956) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress.

Career

Stinky Toys

Originally from Uruguay, Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the

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band

Stinky Toys Stinky Toys were a French punk rock band from Paris which formed in 1976 and featured Elli Medeiros (vocals), Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, (a.k.a. Jan Colrth) (rhythm guitar), Bruno Carone (lead guitar), Albin Dériat (bass guitar), and Herv� ...

Elli et Jacno

After the group disbanded, Medeiros joined another Stinky Toy member

Jacno Jacno (3 July 1957 in Paris – 6 November 2009) was a French musician. Born as Denis Quilliard, he was a founding member of the first French punk band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former ...

to form the

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duo Elli et Jacno. Together they released several albums, one of them the soundtrack to an

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film ''Les nuits de la pleine lune''.

Solo

The singer went solo in 1986. The songs, "Toi mon toit" (1986) and "A bailar calypso" (1987), were big hits in France and had a more Latin sound than her previous records. She sang back-up vocals on several of pop star Etienne Daho's songs from his 1996 album ''Eden''. She also helped co-write his song "Me manquer" from the same album. Elli Medeiros appears in a number of French films and has worked with, among others,

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and

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Filmography

* 1978: ''

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'' : Anne * 1980: ''Rectangle – Deux chansons de Jacno'' (music video) : Elli * 1982: ''Tokyo no yami (Laissé inachevé à Tokyo)'' * 1982: '' L'Enfant secret'' : The whore * 1991: '' Petits travaux tranquilles'' : Paule * 1991: ''

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'' * 1997: '' Tempête dans un verre d'eau'' * 1998: '' Il suffirait d'un pont'' * 1998: '' Fin août, début septembre'' * 1999: '' Derrière la porte'' * 1999: '' Pourquoi pas moi?'' : Malou * 1999: ''

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(Vénus beauté (institut))'' : Mlle Evelyne * 2000: '' Mamirolle'' : Irène * 2000: '' Paris, mon petit corps est bien las de ce grand monde'' : The girl * 2000: ''

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'' : Danièle Joubert * 2002: ''

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'' : Lulu * 2002: '' House Hunting'' : The girl * 2003: '' Rosa la nuit'' * 2005: ''Panorama'' : The mother * 2007: '' Après lui'' : Pauline * 2008: '' Leonera'' : Sofia * 2018: ''

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'' : Eve

Discography

* 1977: grey album (Polydor)

* 1979:

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(Vogue)

* 1980:

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(Vogue) Elli et Jacno * 1981: Inedits 77-81 (Celluloid/EJC/Vogue) Elli et Jacno * 1982: Boomerang (Celluloid/EJC/ Vogue) Elli et Jacno * 1984:

Les Nuits de la pleine lune ''Full Moon in Paris'' (french: Les nuits de la pleine lune, lit=Full Moon Nights) is a 1984 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo and Fabrice Luchini. The score is ...

Bof 'Les nuits de la pleine lune d'

(EJC/CBS) Elli et Jacno * 1987: Bom Bom... (Barclay) * 1989: Elli (Barclay) * 1994" Les Symphonies de poche compilation de Elli et Jacno (Virgin) * 1998:

Best of Elli Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ...

(Barclay) * 2006: E M (V2)

References

External links

* 1956 births Living people 20th-century French women singers French film actresses French-language singers Uruguayan emigrants to France Women punk rock singers {{Uruguay-actor-stub