Dany Dauberson (16 January 192516 March 1979) was a French singer and actress.

Eurovision

Dauberson was born in

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgical ...

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is ...

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. On 24 May 1956, at the first Eurovision Song Contest, held at the

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, each participating country had two entrants due to the format of the competition's first year. Dany Dauberson, one of the French entrants, performed the song " Il est là" ("He's Here") while

Mathé Altéry Mathé Altéry (, born Marie-Thérèse Renée Micheline Altare, 12 September 1927) is a French soprano prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Mathé Altéry is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry. Career Altéry was born in Paris. She began h ...

, the other French entrant, sang "Le Temps Perdu" ("Lost Time"). Dany Dauberson's score and placing remain undisclosed to this day as only the winner was announced.

Car crash

In April 1967, while driving towards Duranville, Eure, on the N13, she skidded off the road and crashed into a tree. Dauberson was thrown out of her seat and through the windscreen while in the passenger's seat her companion, actress

Nicole Berger Nicole Berger (born Nicole Gouspeyre,''Le Vrai Nom des stars'' de Michel Bracquart - M.A. Editions - 1989 12 June 1934 – 13 April 1967) was a French actress. Biography Berger was born in Paris. She had a brief theatrical career, particularly ...

, suffered both a fractured skull and a crushed rib cage. Dauberson and Berger were rushed to hospital, where Berger died from her injuries. Dauberson never fully recovered emotionally or physically from the crash, which ended her career as a singer. She died in 1979, at the age of 54.Celine Colassin
Dany Dauberson
''D'autres étoiles filantes'': "Dany Dauberson restera inconsolable et ne retrouvera jamais un santé parfaite. Meurtrie dans sa chair et son âme, elle chantera bien encore un peu, fera quelques dernières tournées mais les yéyé avaient démodé son style de chanteuse existentialiste." She was buried in the town of Saint-Claude in the

Jura department Jura ( , ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199. ...

, where she had spent part of her youth.

Filmography

*1951 : ''L'Inconnue des cinq cités'' (A Tale of Five Cities) *1954 : ''Soirs de Paris'', by

Jean Laviron Jean Laviron (26 April 1915, in Paris – 15 February 1987, in Fresneaux-Montchevreuil) was a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography Director * 1951 : ''Un amour de parapluie'' * 1951 : ''Come Down, Someone Wants You'' * 1953 ...

*1957 : ''Et par ici la sortie'', by

Willy Rozier Willy Rozier (27 June 1901 – 29 May 1983) was a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter who also used the pseudonym Xavier Vallier. Filmography Director * ''Les Monts en flammes'' (1931) * '' Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''Le ...

: Florina *1957 : ''

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'', by

Henri Diamant-Berger Henri Diamant-Berger (9 June 1895 – 7 May 1972) was a French director, producer and screenwriter. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he directed 48 films between 1913 and 1959, produced 17 between 1925 and 1967 and wrote 21 screen ...

: herself *1966 : '' Du rififi à Paname'', by

Denys de La Patellière Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France–21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series. of 92. Filmography as director * 1955 : '' Les Aristocrates'', with Pierre Fresnay * ...

: Léa

References

External links

* 1925 births 1979 deaths People from Le Creusot Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1956 20th-century French women singers Road incident deaths in France {{Eurovision-stub