
Line Renaud
Line Renaud (born Jacqueline Ente on 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist. In her 80 year career, she has appeared in 86 films and TV films, released 25 albums and 114 singles. She has also appeared in 12 plays and written or co-written approximately 20 books. In 2022, she played the titular character in the film Driving Madeleine. Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week but he played the trumpet, on weekends, in a local brass band. Line showed the first signs of her talent in primary school, when at the age of seven she won an amateur competition. During the Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a café in Armentières, where she used to sing for passing soldiers. She auditioned at Conservatoire de Lille, singing songs written by Louis "Loulou" Gasté "Sainte-Madeleine" and "Mon âme au diable", a well-known French composer. At the end of the audition, she was approached by the director of Radio Lille who was looking for a singer. She took the pseudonym of Jacqueline Ray and joined the station singing a repertoire based on the songs by Loulou Gasté. Line Renaud made her national debut on Radio Luxembourg, singing on a Sunday morning program. After signing a contract with Pathe Marconi, she recorded "Ma Cabane au Canada", written by Loulou Gasté, which won le Grand Prix du Disque. She also sang with Yves Montand in the Théâtre de l'Etoile. She toured Europe and Africa extensively, came back to Paris to star at the ABC, and recorded numerous adaptations of American songs such as "Ma petite folie", "Étoile des neiges" and "Le Chien dans la vitrine". In 1954, while performing at Moulin Rouge, she met Bob Hope and subsequently appeared in five episodes of The Bob Hope Show in the US. During this trip, she also sang in the Waldorf Astoria (New York) and the Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared on Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Ed Sullivan shows and recorded with Dean Martin the songs "Relax-Ay-Voo" and "Two Sleepy People". In 1959, she started a four-year run of Plaisir de Paris for Henri Varna and then went on to perform in a Las Vegas show at Dunes from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Casino de Paris starring in a new show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas for a number of performances. In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years. ... Source: Article "Line Renaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens as Self
- 2022 · Driving Madeleine as Madeleine
- 2021 · Archives secrètes as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Les secrets de la belle endormie as Self
- 2019 · Let's Dance as Nicole
- 2019 · Mon Chirac as Self
- 2018 · Family Is Family as Suzanne Duquesne, Valentin's mother
- 2015 · Call My Agent! as Self
- 2014 · La Douce Empoisonneuse as Clémence
- 2014 · Belinda and Me as Jacqueline
- 2013 · Murders in... as Gabrielle Sandraz
- 2012 · Harold et Maude as Maude
- 2011 · Très chère Mathilde as Mathilde Giffard
- 2010 · Santa's Apprentice as Solange Folichon (voice)
- 2008 · Fallen from the Sky as Louise
- 2008 · Welcome to the Sticks as Mrs. Bailleul
- 2006 · Infrarouge as Self
- 2005 · The Accursed Kings as Marie de Hongrie
- 2005 · A Cursed Monarchy as Marie de Hongrie
- 2003 · Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later as Julie
- 2002 · A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 1999 · Belle Maman as Nicou
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche prochain as Self
- 1997 · Blood Sisters as Garance
- 1994 · I Can't Sleep as Ninon
- 1992 · The Sands of Time as Mme. Angelis
- 1990 · Stars 90 as Self
- 1990 · My New Partner II as Simone
- 1989 · La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro) as Marceline
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1987 · Sacrée Soirée as Self
- 1987 · Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- 1987 · Matin Bonheur as Self
- 1984 · La Chance aux chansons as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1977 · Fan School as Self
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self - Co-Host
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1968 · À bout portant as Self
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1952 · Double or Quits as The singer
- 1952 · Ils sont dans les vignes... as Rose Filhol
- 1951 · Over the waves as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · Le Palmier as
- 2025 · Résistantes as Mère Madeleine en 1970
- 2023 · The Next trip as Jacqueline
- 2022 · Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · In France with Madonna as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! as Louis
- 2022 · Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock as Self
- 2021 · Le Squat as Colette
- 2021 · Knock, Knock, It's Mom! as Mamoune
- 2020 · I Love You Coiffure as Mme Vinard (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
- 2019 · Huguette as Huguette
- 2019 · Les 40 ans de Starmania as Self
- 2018 · Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
- 2018 · Muriel Robin, oser être soi... as Self
- 2018 · Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show as Self
- 2018 · Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars as Self
- 2017 · Remembering You as Mado
- 2017 · Pleins feux as Alice Margaux
- 2014 · La voyante as Vera
- 2012 · Simple question de temps as Laurence Delcourt
- 2012 · Petits arrangements avec ma mère as Marie-Louise
- 2011 · La Croisière as Simone
- 2011 · The Great Restaurant II as The lady with the canary
- 2009 · In Case of Bad Luck as Viviane Guérand
- 2008 · Le Silence de l'épervier as Margot Vivier-Lefort
- 2008 · Fugueuses as Claude
- 2006 · Aller-retour dans la journée as Élise Villedieu
- 2006 · A House of Your Dreams as Tata Suzanne Bailleul
- 2006 · The Robin Sisters as Marie Robin
- 2005 · The Courage to Love as Line
- 2004 · Le Miroir de l'eau as Suzanne Castella
- 2004 · Suzie Berton as Suzie Berton
- 2004 · Our Dream Lives as Pussycat
- 2002 · Live for Love United as Self
- 2001 · Chaos as Mamie
- 1999 · Doggy Bag as La mère
- 1998 · À nous deux la vie as Fanny
- 1998 · La Grande Béké as Fleur de Mase de la Joucquerie
- 1997 · Une femme d'action as Colette Valier
- 1997 · La Voisine as Simone Castres
- 1996 · Sixième classique as Madame Cotelle
- 1996 · Ma femme me quitte as Margot Piquet
- 1995 · Les Filles du Lido as Henriette
- 1994 · Rendez-moi ma fille as Lou
- 1993 · Polly West est de retour as Polly West
- 1992 · Pleins feux as Adeline Margaux
- 1983 · Folle Amanda as Amanda
- 1964 · Hully Gully as Self
- 1959 · The Indestructible as Liliane Robustal
- 1957 · Mademoiselle and Her Gang as Agnès Bourdieux
- 1955 · La Madelon as Madeleine Thuilier aka 'La Madelon'
- 1954 · Boom on Paris as Self
- 1951 · Paris Still Sings! as Self
- 1947 · Une Belle Garce as
- 1946 · Devil and the Angel as Cabaret singer