Serge Reggiani
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 2, 1922
- Died
- July 22, 2004 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Reggio Emilia, Italy
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.
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Filmography
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
They Saw Inferno
Movie · as Self
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Movie · as Marcel (archive footage)
The Pianist
Movie · as Rossell mayor
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heroines
Movie · as monsieur Montgolfier
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Movie
The Little Boy
Movie · as Germain
De force avec d'autres
Movie · as Sergio
Rosen-Emil
Movie · as Dr. Levy
Serge Reggiani - Palais des congrès
Movie · as Self
There Were Days... and Moons
Movie · as Le père de Sophie
Plein fer
Movie · as Emilio
I Hired a Contract Killer
Movie · as Vic
Coupe franche
Movie · as Mathieu
L'écho
Movie · as Marius
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Movie · as Le Stéphanois
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mauvais Sang
Movie · as Charlie
The Beekeeper
Movie · as Sick Man
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cinecittà Cinecittà
TV · as Serge Reggiani · 1 ep
La Chance aux chansons
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Terrace
Movie · as Sergio Stifler
Fantastica
Movie · as Euclide Brown
The Imprint of Giants
Movie · as Fouldroule
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Solemn Communion
Movie · as Le récitant chanteur (voice)
Violette & Francois
Movie · as M. Levene
Une fille cousue de fil blanc
Movie · as Jérôme
The Good and the Bad
Movie · as le chef de la résistance
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cat and Mouse
Movie · as Lechat
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 4 eps
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Movie · as Paul, écrivain, journaliste
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Movie · as The Mad Indian
The Big Shots
Movie · as Thia
3000 Million Without an Elevator
Movie · as Pierrot
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
36, le grand tournant
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Countdown to Vengeance
Movie · as François Nolan
Army of Shadows
Movie · as Le barbier
France, Song
Movie · as Himself
The Day of the Owl
Movie · as Parrinieddu
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Movie · as Ferrari, antifascista in carcere
À bout portant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last Adventure
Movie · as the pilot
The 25th Hour
Movie · as Trajan Koruga
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Movie · as Un récitant
The Threatening Sky
Movie · as Narrator
The Blue Panther
Movie · as Ivanov
Bestiary of Love
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Leopard
Movie · as Ciccio Tumeo
Le Doulos
Movie · as Maurice Faugel
Warriors Five
Movie · as Libero
Paris Blues
Movie · as Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne
Pueblo en armas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cuba, a People Armed
Movie · as Narrator
Everybody Go Home!
Movie · as Geniere Assunto Ceccarelli
Mad Years
Movie · as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Marie-Octobre
Movie · as Antoine Rougier
Discorama
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Les Misérables
Movie · as Enjolras
Not Delivered
Movie · as Bastien Sassey
The Stowaway
Movie · as Alfred Mougins
Élisa
Movie · as Bernard Voisin
The Seine Meets Paris
Movie · as Speaker
The Doll that Took the Town
Movie · as Mario Grimaldi
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Sgt. Jean Renaud · 1 ep
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt
TV · as Le commissaire Prévôt · 13 eps
The Wicked Go to Hell
Movie · as Rudel
Napoleon
Movie · as Lucien Bonaparte
Storms
Movie · as Sergio Parnell
Act of Love
Movie · as Claude Lacaud
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Movie · as Chimney Sweep (voice)
The World Condemns Them
Movie · as André
Casque d'Or
Movie · as Georges
Secret People
Movie · as Louis Balan
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Movie · as Lantini
Good Enough to Eat
Movie · as Jean-Loup aka 'Loup'
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
La Ronde
Movie · as Franz, le soldat
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Movie · as Abbot Paul Forestier
Return to Life
Movie · as Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
The Lovers of Verona
Movie · as Angelo (Romeo)
Manon
Movie · as Léon Lescaut
The Sinners
Movie · as Pierre
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Movie · as Joseph Rouletabille
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Movie · as Joseph "Rouletabille"
Le Dessous des cartes
Movie · as Manu
Coïncidences
Movie · as Jean Ménétrier
Gates of the Night
Movie · as Guy Sénéchal
Star Without Light
Movie · as Gaston Lansac
François Villon
Movie · as François Villon
Children of Chaos
Movie · as Joris
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Movie · as Bob Éloi
Saturnin de Marseille
Movie
Night in December
Movie · as (uncredited)
Boys' School
Movie · as Un élève