-
Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
-
Wes Anderson to Sarah Badel
Charles Aznavour Biography (1924-)
Born Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian (some sources spell surname Aznavurjian),May 22, 1924, in Paris, France; son of Misha (a singer) and Knar (an actress;maiden name, Bagdassar) Aznavour; married Ulla (a model), January 11, 1960 (some sources say 1967); children: Seda, Katia, Misha, Nicolas. Religion: Gregorian. Career: Singer, actor, composer, and writer. Prominent French singer and songwriter since the 1940s; has written more than 800 songs,and recorded more than 1,000 songs in French, English, German and Spanish and has sold over 100 million records; performer in concert tours, including one tour in France, Latin America, and North America, 1995. Sometimes billed asCharles Aznavurian. Member: Authors and Composers society in France and Switzerland. Awards, Honors: Best actor of the year, 1958, for La Tete Contre les Murs; Country Music Award, best composer, for "Yesterday When I Was Young," The Hustle, 1975; Cesar Honorary Award, 1997; also received thirty-seven gold albums. Addresses: Agent: c/o Fifi OscardAgency, 24 West 40th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10018; Guy Bonnet, Agents Associes, 201 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris, France.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Singer, actor, composer, writer
- Birth Details
- May 22, 1924
- Paris, France
Famous Works
-
CREDITS
-
Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Siky, Emil et les Detectives, Studio Des Champs Elysee, Paris, France, 1933
-
Charles Aznavour(solo show), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1963
- (With Liza Minnelli) Liza Minnelli/Charles Aznavour; Carnegie Hall, 1963
-
Charles Aznavour(solo show), Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 1967
-
Major Tours
- Toured in Charles Aznavour(solo show), Olympia Theatre and Alhambra Theatre, both in Paris, France; Palladium, London, England; Music Box Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, Ambassador Theatre, and Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, all in New York City; and in over eighty countries.
-
Film Appearances
- Singing croupier, Adieu Cherie,1947
-
Entrez dans la danse,1948
-
C'est Arrive a 36 Chandelles,1957
- Le Chanteur, Une gosse sensass',1957
- Charles, Paris Music Hall,1957
- Heurtevent/a sailor, La Tete Contre les Murs(also known as TheKeepers), 1958
- Joseph, Les Dragueurs(also known as The Chasers and TheDredgers), 1959
- Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan, Shoot the Piano Player(also knownas Shoot the Pianist and Tirez sur le Pianiste), 1959
- Un danseur, Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?,1959
-
The Testament of Orpheus(also known as Le Testament d'Orphee, ou Ne Me Demandez pas Pourquoi!), 1960
-
Le Passage du Rhin(also known as The Crossing of the Rhine), 1960
-
Un Taxi pour Tobrouk(also known as Taxi for Tobruck,
Taxi Nach Tobruk, and Un Taxi para Tobruk), 1960
-
Horace 62,1961
-
Tempo di Roma,1962
-
Les Quatres Verites(also known as Three Fables of Love,
Las Cuatro Verdades, and Le Quattro Verita), 1962
-
Le Rat d'Amerique,1962
- Denis Mayeux, Le Diable et les Dix Commandements(also known as The Devil and the Ten Commandments), 1962
-
Esame di guida-tempo di Roma(also known as Destination Romeand Tempo di Roma), 1962
-
Alta Infedelta,1963
-
Les Vierges,1963
-
Cherchez l'idole,1964
- Edmond, La Metamorphose des Cloportes(also known as Cloportes), 1965
- Henri Plantin, Paris in August(also known as Paris in the Monthof August and Paris au Mois d'aout), 1965
-
Un Facteur s'en va-t-en Guerre,1966
-
Caroline Cherie,1967
- The Hunchback, Candy, Cinerama, 1968
- George Kramer, Le Temps des Loups(also known as Carbon Copy,
Dillinger 70,
The Last Shot, and Time of the Wolves),1969
- Pavel Vendek, The Games,1970
- Marcel Campion, The Adventurers,1970
- Leroy, Un Beau Monstre,1970
- Eric Chambon, La Part des Lions,1971
- Charles, Les Intrus,1971
- Visconti, The Blockhouse,1973
- Michel Raven, Ten Little Indians(also known as And Then There Were None,
Diez Negritos, and Ein Unbekannter Rechnet Ab), 1974
- Dr. Lartigue, Folies Bourgeoises(also known as The Twist and Die Verrueckten Reichen), 1975
- Performer of song "Yesterday When I Was Young," The Hustle,1975
- Inspector Nikolidis, Sky Riders,1976
- Charles, Collections Privees,1979
- Charles, Ciao, Les Mecs,1979
-
The Heist,1979
- Performer of song "We Had It All," The Golden Lady,1979
- Sigismund Markus, The Tin Drum(also known as Die Biechtrommel and Le Tambour), 1979
- Bellun, Une Jeunesse,1981
- Leon, What Makes David Run?(also known as Qu'est-ce qui Fait Courir David?), 1981
-
The Magic Mountain(also known as Der Zauberberg), 1981
-
Edith et Marcel(also known as Edith and Marcel), 1982
- Performer of song "I'll Be There," Too Scared to Scream,1982
- Kachoudas, The Hatter's Ghost(also known as Les fantomes duchapelier), 1982
- Performer of song, "Les Plaisirs Demodes," Le Bal,1983
-
Viva la Vie of Claude Lelouche,1983
- Edouard Takvorian, Long Live Life!(also known as Viva la Vie!), 1984
- Aaron Rapoport, Yiddish Connection(also known as Safe Breaker), 1986
- Jeremie, Mangeclous,1988
-
Migrations,1988
- Romualdi, Il Maestro(also known as The Maestro and Musical May), 1992
- Grandfather (Grand-Pere), Les Annees Campagnes(also known as The Country Years), 1992
-
L'Alibi en Or,1994
-
Pondichery, Dernier Comptoir des Indes,1997
- Monsieur Maillard, Le Comedien,1997
- Cameo(uncredited), Le Messie,1999
- Also appeared in Double Game
Friend to Friend,
Love Me Strangely,
Pourquoi Paris?, and Tomorrow Is My Turn.
-
Television Appearances
-
Movies
- Himself/Charlie, Vivement Truffaut,1985
- Vannier, Le Jockey de l'Arc de Triomphe,1992
-
Laura,1995
- Charles Cotrel, L' Ange dechu,1995
- Monsieur Maillard, Le Comedien,1996
- Darius, Sans ceremonie,1997
- Gaspard, Les Momes,2000
-
Judicael,2000
-
Specials
-
Paris '89,1989
-
Sinatra Duets, CBS, 1994
-
Episodic
-
The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1976
- Baldipata, Baldi,1994
-
Miniseries
- Appeared in a six-hour miniseries for French, Italian, and German television.
-
RECORDINGS
-
Albums
- Albums include Aznavour,
Disk d'or,
40 Chansons d'or 2/2,
Grandes Sucessos de Charles Aznavour,
Greatest GoldenHits,
Greatest Hits and More,
Hier Encore,
La Boheme,
Les Grandes Chansons--Volume 1,
The Old Fashioned Way,
Recital (Disque 1),
Recital (Disque 2),
She,
20 Chansons d'or,
Vivre avec Toi,
Yesterday When I Was Young, and You and Me. Contributor to albums, including The Best of France--Volume 4,
The Romantic Collection/France, and Nikos Ignatiadis's Still in Love with You; provided introduction to Frank Sinatra and Sextet's Live in Paris.
-
WRITINGS
-
Screenplays
-
Les Intrus,1971
- (And author of story idea), Yiddish Connection(also known as Safe Breaker), 1986
-
Film Composer
-
Musical Scores
-
Ces dames preferent le mambo(also known as Dishonorable Discharge and Le Signore preferiscono il mambo), 1957
-
Une gosse sensass',1957
-
L' Ile du bout du monde(also known as Temptation), 1959
-
Delit de fuite(also known as Sangue sull'asfalto), 1959
-
Paurquoi viens-tu si tard?,1959
-
Soupe au lait,1959
-
Le Cercle vicieux,1960
-
Zarte Haut in schwarzer Seide(also known as Capricci borghesi and Daniela, Criminal Strip-Tease and Daniella by Night andDe quoi tu te meles, Daniela), 1961
-
Thou Shalt Not Kill,1961
-
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements(also known as The Devil andthe Ten Commandments), 1962
-
Les Quatres Verites(also known as Three Fables of Love,
Las Quatro Verdades, and Le Quattro Verita), 1962
-
Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux(also known as Parigi proibita), 1962
-
Douce violence(also known as Sweet Ecstasy and Sweet Violence and Violent Ecstacy), 1962
-
La Tete du client(also known as Las Noches de Monsieur Max), 1965
-
Songs, Unless Otherwise Noted
-
Les Petits Martins,1962
- Title song, L'Amour,1968
-
Golden Ophelia,1974
- "Yesterday When I Was Young," The Hustle,1975
-
Betty Blokk-Buster Follies,1976
- "We Had It All," The Golden Lady,1979
-
Tegeran-43(also known as The Eliminator and Teheran 43-Nid d'espions and Teheran 43), 1980
- Song lyrics, "La Trentaine," "Allez Viens," "Bien Sur," "Prends le Temps," "D'egal a Egal," "Feline," "Et que je t'aime," all for What Makes David Run?(also known as Qu'est-ce qui Fait Courir David?),1981
- Song lyrics, Edith et Marcel(also known as Edith and Marcel), 1982
- "Les Plaisirs Demodes," Le Bal,1983
-
Mauvais Sang(also known as Bad Blood and The Night is Young), 1986
- "She," Notting Hill, Universal, 1999
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
- Chaneles, Sol, and Albert Wolsky, The Movie Makers, August, 1992 Derbibooks, 1974.
- Aznavour-Garvarentz, Aida, Petit Frere, R. Lafont, 1986.
Periodicals:
-
New York Times,.
-
Variety, October 26, 1998, p. 134.
Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: