Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 6 March 1906 – 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was

Bruno Coquatrix Bruno Coquatrix (; 5 August 1910, Ronchin, Nord – 1 April 1979) was a French record producer, the owner and manager of Olympia in Paris from 1954 until his death in 1979. Career Coquatrix was first known as a song and music writer. He wrot ...

. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the

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with the song " Mon ami Pierrot". 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 singer

Lucienne Boyer Lucienne Boyer (18 August 1901 – 6 December 1983) was a French diseuse and singer, best known for her song " Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. According to the New York Times, she "reigned as queen of Paris nightlife du ...

in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer

Édith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (), was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popu ...

. However, in 1957, this marriage also ended in divorce.

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, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', Neva Editions, 2015, p.205. He was the father of

Jacqueline Boyer Eliane Ducos (born 23 April 1941), known professionally as Jacqueline Boyer (), is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer. In Eurovision Song Contest 1960, 1960, she won the Eurovis ...

, who won the 1960 Eurovision contest the year after her father's participation. Upon his death, he became the first

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contestant to die.

Selected filmography

* 1953 – '' Boum sur Paris'' * 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 – ''

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'' * 1933 – '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' * 1932 – '' A Gentleman of the Ring''

References

External links

* French male film actors 1906 births 1970 deaths People from Tulle 20th-century French male actors 20th-century French male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{France-singer-stub