Marie France
Marie France | |
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Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Frédéric Mitterrand, 2011) | |
Website | http://www.myspace.com/mariefrancedeparis/ |
Marie-France Garcia, known professionally as Marie France (born 9 February 1946 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer and actress. She is a transgender Parisian pop icon of the 1970s.
Biography
Marie-France was hired in 1969 by the
Marie-France was often referred to as transsexual,[2][3] a word that she disliked, and one which certain television hosts automatically questioned. "When one has passed onto the other side, why do they keep this title?" she regrets.[4]
She appeared as a singer in
Marie France also published a duet with Hélèna Noguerra on her last album, released in October 2007. In 2008, Marie France recorded a rock'n'roll garage album entirely written by Jacques Duvall and composed by Miam Monster Miam. The album is titled Phantom feat. Marie France.[6]
Filmography
- 1963 : Tomy's Secret
- 1969 : Les Chemins de Katmandou by André Cayatte
- 1972 : Les Intrigues de Silvia Couski by Adolfo Arrieta (as Carmen)
- 1973 : I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse by Fernando Arrabal[7]
- 1974 : Le Jardin des Hespérides by Jacques Robiolles
- 1974 : Le Sujet ou le Secrétaire aux mille et un tiroirs by Joaquin Noessi and Joaquin Lledo
- 1975 : Spermula by Charles Matton (as Rita)
- 1976 : Barocco by André Téchiné (as The Singer)[8]
- 1985 : Billy Ze Kick by Gérard Mordillat
- 1985 : Love Circles (French: La Ronde de l'Amour) (as Suzy)[9]
- 1987 : Cinématon n°949 by Gérard Courant
- 1987 : Les Innocents by André Téchiné (as The Singer)
- 1987 : Les keufs by Josiane Balasko(as The coach)
- 1991 : La Gamine by Hervé Palud
- 1994 : Une expérience d'hypnose télévisuelle (short film) by Gaspar Noé
- 1998 : Belle Maman by Gabriel Aghion (as Marie-Claude, known as la Pute, 'the whore')[10]
- 2003 : Alain Pacadis, un héros "in" (medium-length documentary) by Grégory Hervelin and Vladimir Tybin (as herself)
- 2003 : Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois (documentary) by Jacques Richard (as herself)[11]
- 2010 : L'Orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins de Jacques Richard
- 2011: Chéries-Chéris de Antony Hickling (short film) : as herself with Christine Mingo[12]
Discography
- "Daisy / Déréglée" (1977) – single (Romantik)
- "Los Angeles / Marie Françoise se suicide" (1978) – single (Phonogram)
- 39 de fièvre (1981) – album (RCA)
- "Je ne me quitterai jamais / Corps Diplomatique" (1982) – single (RCA)
- "Champs Elysées / Est-ce que vous avez du feu?" (1983) – single (RCA)
- Marie et Marc (1996) - limited edition mini-album (Freedom 001)
- Marie France (1997) – album (Last Call)
- Raretés (2006) – album (Edina)
- Phantom featuring Marie France (2008) - album (Freaksville records)
- Marie France visite Bardot (2009) (JPB Production)
- Marie France Chante Jacques Duvall (2016) - Album (Freaksville records)
Quotes
- About her, Marguerite Duras said: "It is impossible to not be aroused by her. Everyone. Women as well as men."[13]
References
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- ^ Jérôme Reybaud (April 2004). "Le " travesti égérie des années Palace ", ou comment, en évoquant la chanteuse Marie France, le quotidien Libération révèle les contours réels de sa propre pensée".
- Act Up-Paris. 3 March 2006. Archived from the originalon 3 September 2008.
- ^ "Interview with L'Ordonnance". Marie France. 2004. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008.
- ^ "Léonard Lasry - Des Illusions". Discogs (in German). 6 November 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Phantom (20)". Discogs (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ J'irai Comme un Cheval Fou (1973), 29 May 2007, retrieved 11 June 2021
- ^ Barocco (1976), 23 March 2004, retrieved 11 June 2021
- IMDbRetrieved 1 June 2021
- ^ Belle Maman (1999), 10 March 1999, retrieved 11 June 2021
- ^ Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque (2004), 21 May 2004, retrieved 11 June 2021
- ^ "Bande annonce officielle". YouTube.
- ^ Mirande, Jean-Noël (26 December 2012). "Les Sulfureuses (3) - Et Dieu créa Marie France". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- D'elle, Marguerite Duras a dit : « C'est impossible de ne pas être troublé par elle. Tout le monde. Les femmes comme les hommes »
Bibliography
- Garcia, Marie-France, Elle était une fois, ed. Denoël, 2003 (coll. X-Treme).
External links
- (in French) Official Site ;
- (in French) Another bio.
- (in French) Léonard Lasry Site.
- (in French) Review of her autobiography. (from Cercles)
- (in English) Review of her album "Marie France visite Bardot" Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine