Patricia Kaas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 5, 1966 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Forbach, Moselle, France
Biography
Patricia Noëlle Kaas (born 5 December 1966) is a French singer and actress. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album Mademoiselle chante..., Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album Je te dis vous. In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and finished in eighth place. Patricia Kaas, the youngest of her family, was born on 5 December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the German border. Her father, Joseph Kaas, a miner, was a French Germanophone (Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France in 1918) and her mother, Irmgard, was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the border. Until the age of six, she spoke only Lorraine Franconian. Her mother encouraged Kaas, then a young girl, to become a singer. At the age of only eight Kaas was already singing songs by Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu, as well as English-language songs such as "New York, New York", at various small events such as the marriage of her brother. Her first real success came when she received first place at a pop song contest. Kaas took her first step into the professional music business at the age of 13, when, with the help of her brother Egon, she signed a contract with the Saarbrücken club Rumpelkammer. Kaas took the name Pady Pax — after Pax Majorettes, a brass band from Stiring-Wendel, of which she and her sister Carine were members — and for seven years appeared with the band, Dob's Lady Killers. At 16, she took a placement with a model agency in Metz. Her first attempts to break into the music business failed; a producer rejected her on the ground that the world did not need a second Mireille Mathieu. Kaas's producer at this time was the architect Bernard Schwartz. In 1985, at 19 years old, Kaas was sponsored by French actor Gérard Depardieu. Schwartz had seen her singing at the Rumpelkammer in Saarbrücken and introduced her to the songwriter François Bernheim. Bernheim worked with her and convinced Depardieu to produce her music. Depardieu produced Kaas's first single Jalouse (Eng: Jealous), written by Bernheim and Depardieu's wife, Elisabeth. The single was published by EMI, but was a flop. Nonetheless, her encounter with Depardieu was one of the most important events at the beginning of Kaas's artistic career. Through Jalouse and Bernheim, the French songwriter Didier Barbelivien became aware of Kaas. His song Mademoiselle chante le blues (Eng: Lady sings the blues) was the singer's first big hit. The single was published in 1987 by Polydor, and reached 7th place in the French singles chart. The next year, Kaas's second single D'Allemagne (Eng: From Germany) was recorded, written by Barbelivien and Bernheim. ... Source: Article "Patricia Kaas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Class Reunion
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Star Academy
Murdered
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
Filmography
Class Reunion
Movie · as Elle-même
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français
Movie · as Self
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Movie · as Self
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Patricia Kaas: 3sat Festival 2017
Movie · as Self
Amanda
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie
Patricia Kaas - Live at Baloise Session 2013
Movie · as Self
Patricia Kaas: Kaas chante Piaf à l'Olympia
Movie · as Self
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme
Movie · as Self
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Murdered
Movie · as Kathy
La folie des années 90
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Movie
X-Factor
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Patricia Kaas - Kabaret Tour
Movie · as Self
Markus Lanz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Patricia Kaas - Toute la Musique
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Movie
Eine große Nachtmusik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La chanson de l'année
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie · as Jane Lester
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
Movie
L'Invité
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Factory
TV · 2 eps
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
Movie
Stars à domicile
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Aeschbacher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Patricia Kaas - Rendez-vous
Movie · as Self
Patricia Kaas - Ce Sera Nous
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
Movie
Menschen der Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3satfestival
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Movie
Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Christmas In Vienna VI
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Movie
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche prochain
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
Movie
Zimmer frei!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Patricia Kaas - Tour De Charme
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Movie
Pavarotti & Friends
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra
Movie
Patricia Kaas - Carnets de scène
Movie · as Self
DAS!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Stars 90
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Geld oder Liebe
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Flitterabend
TV · as Self - Singer · 2 eps
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 10 eps
Collaricocoshow
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Téléthon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Matin Bonheur
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 13 eps
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 6 eps
La Chance aux chansons
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fan School
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kölner Treff
TV · as Self · 2 eps
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eurovision Song Contest
TV · as Self - France Contestant · 2 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep