Marie Dubas
Marie Dubas (3 September 1894 – 21 February 1972) was a French music-hall singer,
diseuse[1]
and comedian.
Biography
Born in
Paris, France, Marie Dubas began her career as a stage actress but became famous as a singer. Using the great Yvette Guilbert as her model, Dubas started singing in the small cabarets of Montmartre mixing comedy into her routine. She earned a following that led to offers to perform in Parisian operettas and musicals and during the 1920s and 1930s, starred at such places as the Casino de Paris and Bobino, the great music hall in Montparnasse. Her most famous song, Mon légionnaire, was written by Raymond Asso
and recorded in 1936. Her popularity became such that in 1939 she toured the United States.
The occupation of France by the Germans during World War II proved a difficult time for the Jewish, Marie Dubas. Although married to a French
concentration camp
, never to be heard from again.
The inspiration for
Paris Olympia. A stage production about her life, Dubas de haut, en bas, was created by Opéra Éclaté
.
Death
Marie Dubas retired in 1958. She died in Paris in 1972 and is interred there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. She is largely forgotten today.[2]
Sources
- ^ A French Song Companion by Graham Johnson, Richard Stokes - 2000 p. 5
- ^ Piano ma non-solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Ed., 2012, p. 27.
External links
- Marie Dubas at IMDb
- « myspace »
- (in Russian) Extraits audio
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