Juliette Gréco (French: ; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French actress and popular chanson singer.
Juliette Gréco | |
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Background information | |
Born | Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France | 7 February 1927
Died | 23 September 2020 Ramatuelle, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | (aged 93)
Genres | Chanson |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1949–2016 |
In 1949, she began working with composer Miles Davis. That same year, she began a new singing career with a number of well-known French writers writing lyrics; Raymond Queneau's "Si tu t’imagines" was one of her earliest songs to become popular.
In the late 1960s she featured in the TV serial Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre.
Gréco died on 23 September 2020 in Ramatuelle, France at the age of 93.
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