Denise Benoit

Denise Benoit

Denise Benoît (10 September 1919 – 29 May 1973) was a French actress and singer, active across a wide range of genres on the stage, radio and television. Other members of her family were musicians. From a family of musicians, she was a daughter, grand-daughter and great-grand-daughter of musicians. Her mother (Léontine Benoît-Granier, died 1957) was a musician and composer who won prizes at the Paris Conservatoire, while her father Henri Benoît was a notable viola player in Paris, who was a member of the Capet Quartet in the 1920s, participating in several of their recordings during that period. Her brother, Jean-Christophe Benoît (born 1925) was a popular and much recorded baritone. Born Denise Marie Armande Frédérique Benoît in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, Denise spent the bulk of her career there, and died in the same city while still active. Denise Benoît began learning the violin at the age of three from her father, later continuing with her mother. As a young woman, she began her professional life playing in Parisian theatre orchestras; while at the Théâtre Marigny a man looked into the pit and asked her whether she would not prefer to be playing on stage rather below it. Through several theatrical contacts she became the student of Jean Meyer, spent a year the Conservatoire and began her acting career in 1942. Her break-through came with an "unforgettable" portrayal of Natalia Stepenovna in A Marriage Proposal by Tchekhov. Her first role, in Sixième étage, was as a cleaning lady, and this debut tended to type-cast her for some time as servants, concierges and domestics. On screen she became restricted to being a secretary, a domestic and a waitress, and so began to refuse this type of role. In 1945 while a student of André Brunot at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Paris she took part in a televised play by Courteline; at the time she was only recognized as an actress, with her singing career yet to begin. In the 1950s, living in the Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, already well-known on disc, she had facilities for recording at her apartment. Léontine, Jean-Christophe and Denise appeared together on record in some of the 'Chants de France' folksong series on Ducretet-Thomson. The extensive series of records of folk songs from around France was the brain-child of her mother Léontine, so it was natural that the family were at the centre of these recordings. In the 1950s she began a long association with radio broadcasting, which at the time she expressed a preference for, including for ten years on the regular programme of Louis Ducreux. While taking a respite for the birth of her first child in the early 1950s, Joseph Kosma guided her in broadening her song repertoire and wrote a few for her. After this, a career in cabaret began, with appearances at L'Écluse on the Left Bank, and she sang at other venues until the birth of a daughter in 1957. Source: Article "Denise Benoît" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Denise Benoit
  • Popularity : 1.558
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1919-09-10
  • Place of Birth : Paris, France
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  • Also Known As : Denise Benoît
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Denise Benoit Movies

  • 1944
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    L'aventure est au coin de la rue

    L'aventure est au coin de la rue

    4.2 1944 HD

    A rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he is staying with friends in the countryside,...

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  • 1945
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    Alone in the Night

    Alone in the Night

    7.5 1945 HD

    A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his...

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  • 1945
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    Blind Desire

    Blind Desire

    5 1945 HD

    A violinist passes on to his daughter three rings which represent three passions of his romantic past, and urges her to save each for men who truly...

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  • 1946
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    Devil and the Angel

    Devil and the Angel

    5.4 1946 HD

    The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman,...

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  • 1970
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    Clock Head

    Clock Head

    4 1970 HD

    One night in Paris all the clocks and watches of the whole world stopped except that of a small professor.

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  • 1949
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    The Secret of Mayerling

    The Secret of Mayerling

    7 1949 HD

    On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are...

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  • 1957
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    Le violon de l'orphéon

    Le violon de l'orphéon

    1 1957 HD

    Antoine is a violinist in love with sweet Sophie. Problem: his sweetheart is the daughter of the master of the municipal harmony, a stubborn man who...

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  • 1964
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    Circle of Love

    Circle of Love

    5.8 1964 HD

    In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

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  • 1966
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    The Boss of Champignol

    The Boss of Champignol

    1 1966 HD

    Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him...

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  • 1943
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    I Am with You

    I Am with You

    7 1943 HD

    A young woman has doubts about her husband's fidelity. She pretends a trip, but settles in a hotel where her husband must pass. He meets her and,...

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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