Nancy Holloway

Nancy Holloway

Nancy Holloway (née Brown, December 11, 1932 – August 28, 2019) was an American jazz, pop and soul singer and actress who was popular during the 1960s in France, where she continued to perform and live. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of ten children of African American heritage, Nancy Brown attended East Technical High School and married when in her teens. The marriage was brief, but she retained her husband's surname of Holloway. She moved to New York City and took menial jobs before working as a dancer as part of the Beige Beauties troupe. In 1954, she traveled to Paris, France, and was persuaded to sing on stage at the Mars Club. Her performance was well received, and she became a regular performer, touring around Europe before returning to Paris. She began singing at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in 1959. Encouraged by actor André Pousse, she made her debut appearance on French television in 1961 and released her first single, "Le Boogie du bébé" (a French cover of Buzz Clifford's "Baby Sittin' Boogie"). That year she opened her own nightclub, Chez Nancy Holloway, and appeared in her first film, Ballade pour un voyou. She became successful as a yé-yé style pop singer, uniquely attractive in France as "an American singer singing American songs specifically for the French market... with a distinctly American accent [that] only added to her charm." Further successful singles followed through the early and mid-1960s, including "Quand un garçon me plaît" (based on "Big Noise from Winnetka"), "Dernier baiser" (a version of "Sealed with a Kiss"), "Dum dum", "T'en vas pas comme ça" (an adaptation of "Don't Make Me Over"), "Fich’ le camp Jack" (a version of "Hit the Road Jack"), "Bye Bye" ("My Guy"), "Elle t’aime" ("She Loves You"), "Est-ce que tu m’aimes" ("Do You Love Me"), and "Dis-lui que je ne suis pas là", a duet with Nino Ferrer. She appeared in several films in the early 1960s, including Le bluffeur, Cherchez l'idole, and Le gentleman de Cocody, and for a time her acting work overshadowed her singing career though she continued to record. She became a respected nightclub performer and appeared with such stars as Sammy Davis Jr., Quincy Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1969, her album Hello Dolly marked a shift towards show tunes. The death of her daughter led to a period of retirement, but she returned as a concert performer in the 1980s. In later life she became an active supporter of AIDS charities. She retired from performing in 2008, and died in Paris in 2019, aged 86. Source: Article "Nancy Holloway" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Nancy Holloway
  • Popularity : 0.531
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1932-12-11
  • Place of Birth : Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Also Known As : Nancy Brown
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Nancy Holloway Movies

  • 1965
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    For a Yellow Jersey

    For a Yellow Jersey

    6.3 1965 HD

    Tour de France 1965 in colour

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  • 1972
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    Flash Love

    Flash Love

    1 1972 HD

    Jeanne, a little secretary dreaming of love, meets Alain, a reporter-photographer with a major daily newspaper. He takes her along on his...

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  • 1978
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    la femme rompue

    la femme rompue

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1965
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    Ivory Coast Adventure

    Ivory Coast Adventure

    5.6 1965 HD

    An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs.

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  • 2002
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    The Bitterness of the Singer in Front of the Utility of Barbed Wire

    The Bitterness of the Singer in Front of the Utility of Barbed Wire

    2 2002 HD

    Chantal is employed one summer to look after Paul, 16. He is suffering from an incurable illness that contributes to his violent, aggressive...

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  • 1963
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    Nudi per vivere

    Nudi per vivere

    1 1963 HD

    A collection of varieties numbers from various night clubs.

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  • 1967
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    The Killing Game

    The Killing Game

    5.8 1967 HD

    Two cartoonists meet a playboy who lives out the fantasies created in their cartoons. He hires them to create a new comic strip. As they work on the...

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  • 1964
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    Le bluffeur

    Le bluffeur

    4.5 1964 HD

    Fredo, a former gangster nicknamed "The Bluffer", has just been released from prison and is now thinking of going into the legal world with a friend....

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  • 1963
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    Blague dans le coin

    Blague dans le coin

    5 1963 HD

    A Las Perlass, ville de jeu du Névada, bandes rivales de Lippy et de Steinberg tiennent les plus beaux établissements de l'endroit....

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  • 1971
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    Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

    Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

    5.893 1971 HD

    Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.

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  • 1964
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    Cherchez l'idole

    Cherchez l'idole

    6.2 1964 HD

    After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the...

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  • 2004
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    On dirait Nino Ferrer

    On dirait Nino Ferrer

    1 2004 HD

    Nino Ferrer has had several lives: hits that made him famous; a dark but artistically fruitful period; a hidden life -of his own making- breaking...

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  • 1963
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    Paris Ooh-La-La!

    Paris Ooh-La-La!

    3.5 1963 HD

    A "documentary" that purports to show the history of women through the ages, but is mainly an excuse for various female historical figures to take...

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  • 1985
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    Télématin

    Télématin

    4.5 1985 HD

    Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan...

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1984
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    La Chance aux chansons

    La Chance aux chansons

    4 1984 HD

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