Annie Cordy
Léonie, Baroness Cooreman, known by the stage name Annie Cordy (born 16 June 1928), is a Belgian actress and singer. She has appeared in 50 films since 1954. She has staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in Laeken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learnt piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2023 · Les rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · La tournée triomphale des idoles as Self
- 2022 · Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Samedi Sébastien as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Annie Cordy, une vie d’artiste as Self
- 2020 · Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Illiterate as Adélaide Perez
- 2018 · A New Girl in Paris! as Rose
- 2018 · The Damsels as Laurenne
- 2016 · The Dunce as Christiane
- 2015 · Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015 as Self
- 2015 · Chefs as Léonie
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · Les Souvenirs as La grand-mère de Romain
- 2014 · The Last Diamond as Inès de Boissière
- 2010 · Annie Cordy : 50 ans de succès @ Olympia 1998 as Self
- 2009 · Scènes de ménages as Grand-mère de Marion
- 2009 · Wild Grass as la dame de l'immeuble de Marguerite
- 2008 · Age Tendre - La tournée des Idoles - Saison 3 as
- 2008 · Crime Is Our Business as Babette Boutiti
- 2008 · Disco as Madame Graindorge
- 2006 · A City Is Beautiful at Night as The HLM granny
- 2006 · Demented as Rose
- 2004 · Madame Edouard as Ginette
- 2002 · Le passage du bac as Émilie
- 2001 · Chanter la vie as Self
- 2000 · Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000 as
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1997 · Sans cérémonie as Solange Serpette
- 1997 · Une mère comme on n'en fait plus as Simone
- 1997 · Le diable en sabots as Marie Fer
- 1995 · Vroum-vroum as
- 1994 · Revenge of a Blonde as Jany
- 1990 · Un été après l'autre as 'Mère Fine'
- 1990 · Stars 90 as self
- 1990 · Orages d'été, avis de tempête as Céline
- 1987 · Téléthon as Self
- 1987 · Collaricocoshow as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1987 · Sacrée soirée as self
- 1987 · Matin Bonheur as Self
- 1984 · La Chance aux chansons as Self
- 1983 · Le Braconnier de Dieu as Jofrette
- 1982 · Madame S.O.S. as Mitsi
- 1982 · L'Académie des 9 as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1978 · L'Avare as Frosine
- 1978 · Le Bel Indifférent as La femme
- 1977 · Drôles de zèbres as Real Baroness de la Tronchembiais
- 1977 · Fan School as Self
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1976 · High Street as Mimi
- 1975 · Souvenir of Gibraltar as Tina, the mother
- 1975 · Isabelle and Lust as La mère d'Isabelle
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self - Host
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · Night Police Station as Pupa
- 1974 · The Down-in-the-Hole Gang as Ginette Lalatte
- 1973 · La Dernière Bourrée à Paris as La psychanalyste
- 1973 · Le Mataf as Nina
- 1973 · The Suburbs Are Everywhere as L'agent immobilier
- 1972 · Gates of Fire as Andrée
- 1972 · The Pebbles of Etratat as Brigitte
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1971 · The Cat as Nelly, boss of the Floride hotel
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · The Breach as Mme Pinelli
- 1970 · Ces messieurs de la gâchette as Maryse
- 1970 · Rider on the Rain as Juliette
- 1969 · Le bourgeois gentil mec as Mme Marthe
- 1968 · À bout portant as Self
- 1967 · The Men in the Family as Maryse
- 1965 · L'or du duc as La concierge
- 1965 · Ces dames s'en mêlent as Lily
- 1960 · Tête folle as
- 1959 · Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women as Martine, professeur de gymnastique
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1958 · Tabarin as Mimi
- 1957 · Viktor und Viktoria as Titine
- 1957 · The Singer from Mexico as Cri-Cri
- 1956 · Hello Smile! as elle-même
- 1954 · April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy
- 1954 · Boom on Paris as Self
- 1954 · Royal Affairs in Versailles as Mme Langlois
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · Moi, Belgique as Narratrice