Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 7 January 1906,
Tulle, France – 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was
Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the
Monegasque entrant at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "
Mon ami Pierrot
Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to:
Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
* Mon, India, a town in Nagaland
* Mon district, Nagaland
* Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons
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". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point.
During the 1930s he appeared frequently alongside
Georges Tabet.
Personal life
He married
Lucienne Boyer
Lucienne Boyer (18 August 1901 – 6 December 1983) was a French diseuseMansfield News Journal 9 November 1934 pg. 20 and singer, best known for her song " Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix.
Early career
Born as Émilienne ...
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.
Pi ...
. However, in 1957, this marriage also ended in divorce.
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist.
Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...
, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', Neva Editions, 2015, p.205. He was the father of
Jacqueline Boyer, who won the
1960 Eurovision contest the year after her father's participation. Upon his death, he became the first
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pri ...
contestant to die.
Selected filmography
* 1953 – ''
Boum sur Paris
''Boum sur Paris'', is a French comedy film from 1953, directed by Maurice de Canonge.
Plot
In the early 1950s, the popular radio program "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of ...
''
* 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 – ''
Princesse Czardas Princesse (French 'princess') may refer to:
*"Princesse", single hit for Julie Zenatti
*Princesse (Nekfeu song)
*La Princesse
La Princesse is a 15-metre (50-foot) mechanical spider designed and operated by French performance art company La Mac ...
''
* 1933 – ''
Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman''
* 1932 – ''
A Gentleman of the Ring''
References
External links
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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
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