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Edith Piaf
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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Edith Giovanna Gassion

BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Sunday


BIRTHPLACE
Belleville, Paris, France

DIED AT AGE
47 Years 9 Months 22 Days
DEATHDATE
October 10, 1963
DEATHPLACE
Plascassier, Grasse, France

NATIONALITY
French
Edith Piaf Nationality French

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
SAGITTARIUS

ALSO NOTED FOR
Songwriter, Actress

Physical Stats

WAIST
N/A

Hip
N/A

DRESS SIZE
N/A

HEIGHT
4'9''(feet & inches)
 
1.4478 meters
 
144.78 cm

WEIGHT
N/A

Edith Piaf Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Annetta Giovanna Maillard
FATHER
Louis-Alphonse Gassion
BROTHER(S) NAME
Herbert Gassion
Denise Gassion
SISTER(S) NAME
Edith Piaf sister Simone Berteaut
Simone Berteaut

Fame & Address

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS
La Vie en rose (1946)
Edith PiafLa Vie en rose (1946)

Education, Net Worth & More

EDITH PIAF PICTURE

Edith Piaf
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Career of Edith Piaf
She started with singing on streets and was first discovered by a nightclub owner and her singing starts attracting many celebrities, including actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. There she produced her two records. She was in great demand at the time of World War II. She recorded her last song "L'Homme de Berlin" in April 1963.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Edith Piaf

  • Did Edith Piaf takes alcohol? Yes. She was an alcoholic and also experimented with drugs.
    Edith Piaf consuming alcohol
  • Was Edith Piaf in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
  • No one can believe what kind of life she has lived in childhood. She remained with her grandmother who ran a brothel in Normandy and their prostitutes look after her.
  • She was allegedly blind as a result of keratitis at the age of three. Her blindness was corrected with a miracle healing of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. The prostitutes of her grandmother's brothel gathered money and took her there for treatment.
  • At the age of fourteen, she started performing acrobatic on streets with her father and also she sang there to earn a living.
  • She faced such a big tragedy in her life when she was seventeen and her daughter aged two died of meningitis. It was also rumored that she does not have money for her funeral and she had to sleep with a man to pay for her funeral.
  • Louis Leplée was the person who discovers her and taught her the basics of stage presence and was the first person who told her to wear a black dress for performance which became her trademark for the lifetime.
    Louis Leplée was the person who discovers her and taught her the basics of stage presence and was the first person who told her to wear a black dress
  • In 1951, she met a serious car accident breaking her arm and two ribs. She suffered many difficulties from morphine and alcohol addictions. After that, she met two more accidents which exacerbated the situation.
  • Her funeral mass was denied by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris because her lifestyle was not accepted by the society. In spite of the fact, her funeral was attended by more than 100,000 fans.

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