Marie Laforêt became famous as a talented film and theater actress. She starred in fifty films. For her role in a play about the life of Maria Callas, she received the prestigious Moliere's Night award. She is known as an excellent singer, whose discs enjoyed constant success, and concerts were always sold out.
Maitena Marie Brigitte Dumenac has an amazing voice. Her repertoire included rock, folk and pop songs. On the stage, the singer showed herself as a multi-talented artist of great talent.
The beginning of success
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1939. The girl was born on October 5 in the French town of Soulac de Mer in the family of an entrepreneur. The performer has a sister, Alexander. After the war, adults with children moved to another city. My father headed a factory that manufactures products for the railways.
The family later moved to Paris. The girl studied at the Lyceum and played in the performances of the theatrical circle. Marie dreamed of a career as a nurse. The girl decided to get professional education in special courses. However, during his studies, vocal abilities were revealed. People who once heard the girl could not forget her singing.
Success came unexpectedly. Sister Marie took part in the 1959 competition "A Star is Born". Due to illness, Alexandra could not speak and asked a relative to replace her. The girl who became the winner began to attend acting courses. The famous director Louis Malle drew attention to the young vocalist.
He invited her to play in the movie "Freedom". Laforêt agreed with pleasure. The debut film remained unfinished due to the termination of filming, but the next year the director presented the performer with great success in the lead role in the film "In the bright sun" with Alain Delon, which also made his debut in cinema.
Movies and Music
Many directors now offered participation in Marie's new films. One of her most famous works was her role in the film "Girl with Golden Eyes" based on the work of Honore de Balzac. The title of the film became the star's nickname for a long time. In the eighties, LaForet devoted herself entirely to her creative work in cinema. The fame of the comedy actress was fixed for her.
She starred with Jean-Paul Belmondo in the movie "Policeman or Bandit", played in "Happy Easter!" The star played in the famous television series "Octopus". Anna Antinari became her heroine in the third part of the film history. The last film work of the actress was the role of Martina in the film "Office of God" in 2008.
The talent of the actress and singer was fully revealed during the filming of the film "Saint Tropez Blues". Marie brilliantly sang the title song. The song was released as a separate single. The disc sold in a gigantic print run. However, the song "Les vendages de l'amour" is still called the singer's debut hit. What the vocalist sang was strikingly different from the hits of her time.
The texts were rich in content. Marie liked the melody of exotic music genres in South America and the tunes of Eastern Europe. Laforte devoted a lot of time to folk songs. The beginning of her work on the stage coincided with the release of an early album by Bob Dylan.
The singer interpreted his composition "Blowing in the wind" in her own way. The record was released in 1963. On the second side they recorded another Dylan song "House of the rising sun".
Stage
The vocalist's new mini-album features her version of the African American spiritual "Go tell it on the mountain". Marie also took the piece "Coule doux" from the American group. The girl was fond of the creativity of the duet "Simon and Karfangel". From the repertoire of the collective, in 1966 she performed their first hit "The sound of silence", as well as "The Condor has arrived."
Laforêt also presented her fans with her own version of the Rolling Stones 'Paint it black'. A huge number of songs performed by the soloist belonged to the genre of pop music. Most of them were arranged by the French composer André Popp.
The most famous hit was "Manchester and Liverpool". The song returned to the stage in the nineties. By the end of the sixties, Marie became one of the most famous vocalists in the country. She was interested in works that allowed her to reveal herself both vocally and dramatically.
Since the management of the record company "CBS Records" considered such singles too difficult, the singer lost interest in recording in the seventies.
In 1978 Laforêt moved to Switzerland, where she opened an art gallery and became interested in journalism. In 1998, the singer's new album, Voyages au long cours, was released. It was composed of 17 previously unperformed compositions. The vocalist recorded them during her world tour. The singles are performed in several languages.
Vocation and family
In 2000-2001, Laforêt made her debut on the stage of the theater. She took part in a production about the life of the great singer Maria Callas as the main character. Both viewers and critics enthusiastically accepted her performance. For her work, the actress received a prestigious theater award.
In 2001, the star presented her book "Mes petites magies, livre de recettes pour devenir jeune" with recipes for preserving youth.
The singer and actress has repeatedly tried to arrange her personal life. She first married in 1962. Director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco became her chosen one. The relationship ended in rupture.
In 1965, Judas Azuelos became the star's husband. In alliance with him, two children appeared, the son of Medzhi and the daughter of Lisa. However, this family also fell apart. In 1971, Marie remarried. The businessman Alain Kahn-Sriber became her husband. A common child was born in their family, daughter Deborah.
After breaking up with her husband, the singer in 1980 became the wife of Pierre Mayer. And this marriage fell apart. In 1990, the soloist became the wife of financier Eric De Lavandeira. Their family also brought up two children of the spouse from his previous marriage. Together they remained until 1994.
After a long hiatus, in 2005 Laforêt started giving concerts again. She performed with great success on the stage of the Théâtre Bouff-Parisienne. Then, for the first time since 1972, a large concert tour took place. In 2007, a concert tour was planned, but it was canceled.
