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Jacques Pills
French actor and singer

Jacques Pills

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French actor and singer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Tulle
Place of death
Paris
Age
64 years
Family
Spouse:
Édith Piaf
Children:
Jacqueline Boyer
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Biography

Jacques Pills (7 January 1906, Tulle, France — 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor, born René Jacques Ducos. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point.

Personal life

He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf. However, in 1957, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision contest the year after her father's participation.

Selected filmography

  • 1953 – Boum sur Paris
  • 1949 – Une femme par jour
  • 1945 – Alone in the Night
  • 1945 – Marie la Misere
  • 1942 – Pension Jonas
  • 1936 – Toi, c'est moi
  • 1936 – Prends la route
  • 1934 – Princesse Czardas
  • 1933 – Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman
  • 1932 - A Gentleman of the Ring

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