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- Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1906 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for The Grand Illusion (1937), L'Atalante (1934) and Melody of the Heart (1929). She was married to Frank Guetal. She died on 12 December 1971 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Edmond Séchan was born on 20 September 1919 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974), The String Bean (1962) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). He died on 7 June 2002 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard Toublanc-Michel was born on 6 December 1927 in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for La difficulté d'être infidèle... (1964), Vivre sa vie (1962) and Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962). He died on 22 September 2023 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Philippe Clair was born on 14 September 1930 in Martimprey-du-Kiss, Morocco. He was an actor and writer, known for L'aventure extraordinaire d'un papa peu ordinaire (1990), Rodriguez au pays des merguez (1980) and Ces flics étranges venus d'ailleurs (1979). He died on 28 November 2020 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jeannette Batti was born on 6 September 1921 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was an actress, known for Moumou (1951), Holiday for Henrietta (1952) and Une nuit à Megève (1953). She was married to Henri Génès. She died on 10 February 2011 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Henri Betti was born at 1 rue Barillerie in the district of "Vieux-Nice" in a modest family : his father Pierre Betti (1892-1971) was a house painter and his mother Madeleine Suaut (1889-1975) was a fishmonger. His paternal family originates from the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy : his grandfather Ferruccio Betti (1862-1941) was born in Parma and he immigrated to Nice with his wife Clémence Fontana (1863-1917) and his children in 1893.
In 1935, he entered at the Conservatory of Paris which is then directed by Henri Rabaud. He is the student of Lazare Lévy (1882-1964) for piano class and Raymond Pech (1876-1952) for harmony class. He got the "Premier Accessit d'Harmonie" on July 9, 1937.
He then headed for a classical pianist, but in 1940, when he has been discharged from military service of Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné in Briançon, he crosses Roger Lucchesi on the "Promenade des Anglais" in Nice, who told him that he composed a song for Maurice Chevalier and asked him to accompany him to the piano when he the present him in his property "La Louque" in Cannes. Maurice Chevalier refuse the song but to ask Henri Betti be his regular accompanist. During the singing tours, he will make him play the "Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23" by Frédéric Chopin between songs. Anxious to renew his repertoire, he also asked him to compose songs. Henri Betti then wrote music forty songs with the lyricist Maurice Vandair until 1945 that "Notre Espoir" and "La Chanson du Maçon" in 1941, "La Fête à Neu-Neu" in 1943 or "Chanson Populaire" in 1945. Of the fifteen securities singing tour of Maurice Chevalier in 1945, Henri Betti sign fourteen.
He joined the "S.A.C.E.M" in 1941 as composer and was appointed "Sociétaire Définitif" in 1949.
After World War II, he knows great success with "Le Régiment des Mandolines" in 1946 for Lily Fayol, "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai !" in 1947 and "Rien dans les Mains, rien dans les Poches" and "Maître Pierre" in 1948 for Yves Montand and especially "C'est si bon" in 1947 for Jean Marco. It is then recorded by Les Soeurs Étienne that make it a success. It is then sung for the first time before an audience by Suzy Delair at the Nice Jazz Festival in 1948 before becoming a standard international jazz with Louis Armstrong, who recorded for the first time in New York in 1950 with the English lyrics of Jerry Seelen.
From 1949 to 1983, his music production is abundant : revues for "Le Lido", the "Moulin Rouge", the "Folies Bergère", the "Olympia" or the "Stardust" and the "Tropicana" of Las Vegas, and many operettas and plays.
He has also composed for the cinema in the 1950s and television in the 1960s. His most famous soundtrack is that of Honoré de Marseille (1956) which will nearly 4 million admissions in France in 1957. In 1953, he played the role of the composer and accompanist of the company of Jean Nohain in Soyez les bienvenus (1952) which he also composed the music for the film.
On his 15 film scores, Henri Betti wrote 20 songs sung by Georges Guétary (3 in Une fille sur la route (1952) and 2 in The Three from the Filling Station (1956)), Henri Génès (2 in L'oeil en coulisses (1953)), Roger Lanzac (3 in Soyez les bienvenus (1952)), Armand Mestral (1 in Soyez les bienvenus (1952)), Christiane Jaquier (1 in Soyez les bienvenus (1952)), Monique Maurène (1 in Soyez les bienvenus (1952)), Édith Georges (1 in Les deux font la paire (1954)), Fernandel (4 in Honoré de Marseille (1956)) and Rudy Hirigoyen (2 in L'auberge en folie (1956)).
In 1959, he composed with Bruno Coquatrix the music of "Paris mes Amours" and "Avec" (lyrics by André Hornez) for Josephine Baker singing at the Olympia.
In the early 1950s, he made her singing on stage first as "vedette américaine" featuring at the "ABC" in 1951 and the "Theatre des Deux Anes", in Parisian cabarets as "Le Bosphore" and "Chez Tonton", and in summer outdoors in Nice, Cannes, Juan-les-Pins shows. And then as a full-featured except to "Bobino" and "Gaumont-Palace".
During his career, Henri Betti worked with the composers Paul Bonneau, Gérard Calvi, Bruno Coquatrix, Don James, Jean-Pierre Landreau, Rolf Marbot and Georges Tabet and with the lyricists André Berthomieu, Bourvil, Jean Boyer, Charlys, Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cosmos, Pierre Cour, Yves Favier, Pierre Gilbert, André Hornez, Jean Le Seyeux, Francis Lopez, Jean Manse, Jacques Mareuil, Jean Nohain, Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Jacques Plante, René Rouzaud, André Salvet, Pascal Sevran, Maurice Vandair, Henri Varna, Raymond Vincy and Albert Willemetz.
In 1951, he participated with Albert Willemetz to the foundation of the "Comité du Coeur", relief fund for needy artists under the auspices of the "S.A.C.E.M", which will be Vice-President.
In 1958, he collaborated with Jean-Pierre Landreau to compose all the music revues of Lido for the company "Lido-Mélodies" whose two founding members were Pierre Delvincourt and Jean Gruyer.
In 1971, he participated with Maurice Lehmann to the foundation of the "ANAO" ("Association Nationale des Amis de l'Opérette") which will be Vice-President.
He was member of the "Conseil d'administration" of the "S.A.C.D" from 1961 to 1975 and of the "S.A.C.E.M" in 1982, 1983, from 1985 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1992.
Henri Betti is made "Chevalier" of the "Ordre des Palmes Académiques" in 1960. He received the "Prix Maurice-Yvain", awarded by the "S.A.C.D", in 1980 and the "Médaille d'or" of the "S.A.C.E.M" in 1994.
In 1987, he composed his last song, "C'est à Brasilia", with the lyrics of Pascal Sevran. The song was performed by Les Soeurs Étienne.
In 1993, he published his autobiography, "C'est si bon !", published by "Embrasure".
In 2003, he entered the nursing home "Ger'Home" in Courbevoie where he died two years later of natural causes at the age of 87 years.
Henri Betti married with the tap dancer Françoise Engels in 1949 in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). He had met her during performances of the operetta "Baratin" at "L'Européen" the same year. It is in this same operetta his usual lyricist André Hornez met his future wife Gisèle Fréry who was also a dancer.- Writer
- Actress
- Music Department
Françoise Dorin was born on 23 January 1928 in Paris, France. She was a writer and actress, known for S.O.S. Operation Bikini (1967), Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978) and The Souvenir (2019). She was married to Jean Poiret and Michel Caste. She died on 12 January 2018 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Yvette Horner was born on 22 September 1922 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. She was an actress, known for Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker (2000), Charité biz'ness (1998) and Tour De France 1953 (1953). She was married to René Droesch. She died on 11 June 2018 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Alain Chevallier was born on 12 September 1940 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Pont Dormant (1972), Les brigades du Tigre (1974) and The Middle of the World (1974). He died on 9 October 1999 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jacqueline François was born on 30 January 1922 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Las canciones unidas (1960), Ainsi finit la nuit (1949) and Chemins sans loi (1947). She was married to Henri Decker. She died on 7 March 2009 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Hélène Vercors was born on 16 December 1919 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She was an actress, known for La part de l'ombre (1945), Le bossu (1944) and La vena d'oro (1955). She died on 12 April 2009 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actress
- Cinematographer
Georgette Méliès was born on 22 March 1888 in Paris, France. She was an actress and cinematographer, known for Le vitrail diabolique (1910). She was married to Pierre Armand Fixe. She died on 29 August 1930 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Writer
- Director
- Soundtrack
Albert Guyot was born on 12 October 1903 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Mon Paris (1928), La visiteuse (1947) and L'enfant des neiges (1951). He died on 1 November 1985 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
Marie-José Darène was born on 1 November 1926 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956), The Knight of the Night (1953) and La route inconnue (1949). She was married to Robert Darène. She died on 22 August 2010 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Françoise Engels is a French dancer born in Mouscron (Belgium) in 1929.
She met the composer Henri Betti during the operetta "Baratin" in "L'Européen" in 1949. They married the same year in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).
It is in this same operetta that the lyricist André Hornez met the dancer Gisèle Fréry who became his wife in 1963.
She died in the same retirement home as Henri Betti in 2023. - Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Raoul Praxy was born on 25 February 1891 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for La dame de Monsoreau (1923), Le vert galant (1924) and Le chéri de sa concierge (1934). He was married to Rose Mazet and Adrienne Lavoisot. He died on 28 July 1967 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Maurice Serein was born on 13 October 1905 in Paris, France. He was an editor, known for Youth in Revolt (1938), Ils étaient neuf célibataires (1939) and Secrets of a French Nurse (1958). He died on 19 September 1974 in Courbevoie, France.
- Dominique Dieudonné was born on 13 July 1943 in Ermont, Val-d'Oise, France. She was an actress, known for Les loups dans la bergerie (1960), Terrain vague (1960) and Soleil éteint (1958). She died on 14 June 1978 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actor
Jacques Carrier was born on 5 January 1916 in Rognonas, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor. He was married to Sabine Govare-Rouhièr. He died on 30 October 2010 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Janine Viénot was born on 27 July 1919 in Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France. She was an actress, known for Angel and Sinner (1945), Émile l'Africain (1948) and L'idiot (1946). She was married to Jean Devalde. She died on 13 September 2016 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Jean-Daniel Mercier was born on 21 February 1938 in Paris, France. He was a composer, known for Gaston Phoebus (1978), Arsène Lupin (1971) and Les joyeux lurons (1972). He died on 31 March 2012 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Françoise Xenakis was born on 27 September 1930 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. She was a writer, known for Le droit d'aimer (1972), Le Louvre, le plus grand musée du monde (1985) and Attends-moi (1996). She was married to Iannis Xenakis. She died on 12 February 2018 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Paulette Andrieux was born on 17 May 1922 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Alerte au sud (1953), The Girl in the Bikini (1952) and Tabusse (1949). She died on 10 February 2013 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Jean Bara was born on 23 March 1923 in Troyes, Aube, France. He was an actor, known for Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935), Boule de gomme (1931) and Sapho (1934). He died on 2 March 2020 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.