
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Some of her best known songs include "Bambino", "Ciao amore, ciao", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salma ya salama", "Helwa ya baladi", "Mourir sur scène", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by film star Alain Delon. Initially an actress, she made her debut in the film A Glass and a Cigarette by Niazi Mustapha in 1955. A year later, having signed with the Barclay record company, Dalida achieved her first success as a singer with "Bambino". Following this, she became the top-selling recording artist in France between 1957 and 1961. Her music charted in many countries in Europe and Latin America. She collaborated with singers such as Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Johnny Mathis and Petula Clark. Although she made a few films during her career as a singer, she effectively reconnected with cinema with The Sixth Day, a film by Youssef Chahine released in 1986. In France, although the film was hailed by critics, it was a commercial failure. Dalida was deeply disturbed by the suicide of her partner Luigi Tenco in 1967. Despite this, she forged ahead with her career, forming the record label International Show with her brother Orlando, recording more music and performing at concerts and music competitions. After struggling with bouts of depression for many years, Dalida killed herself by drug overdose on 3 May 1987. Dalida was born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt, on 17 January 1933. Her father Pietro Gigliotti (1904–1945) and mother Filomena Giuseppina (née d'Alba; 1904–1971) were both born in Serrastretta, Calabria, Italy, and were then taken by their emigrant parents to Egypt. Pietro studied music at school and played the violin in taverns; Giuseppina was a seamstress and homemaker. By birth, Dalida automatically gained Italian nationality through jus sanguinis of both Italian parents. It has been suggested that Dalida had Jewish roots, with her family's hometown of Serrastretta having been founded by Spanish Jews and her grandfather Enrico reportedly being of Algerian Jewish ancestry. The year they were married, the Gigliottis settled in the Shubra district of Cairo, where, between the births of Iolanda's older brother Orlando (1930–1992) and younger brother Bruno (1936), the Gigliotti family became well established in the community. In addition to earnings from Giuseppina's work, their social status benefited when Pietro became primo violino at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House, and the family bought a two-storey house. ... Source: Article "Dalida" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
72 acting credits
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Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Midi Première
1975

Numéro un
1975
Die Drehscheibe
1964
Midi trente
1972

Discorama
1959

Fan School
1977
Samedi soir
1971

La Chance aux chansons
1984
Was bin ich?
1955
Système 2
1975

Musikladen
1972
Einer wird gewinnen
1964

30 millions d'amis
1976
Ein Kessel Buntes
1972

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022

Cadet Rousselle
1971

Auf los geht's los
1977
Musik aus Studio B
1961

À bout portant
1968
Melodien für Millionen
1985
Vergißmeinnicht
1964

A Little Something Extra
2024
Drei mal neun
1970

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022

Archives secrètes
2021
Lieben Sie Show ?
1962

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023

Mosaïque
1976

The Sixth Day
1986

Che femmina!! E... che dollari!
1960

Menage Italian Style
1965

The Flirtation of Girls
1949

Dalida & Orlando: Brother and Sister Forever
2023
Teuf-teuf
1963

El-Zolm Haraam
1954

I Love You
1968

Pity My Tears
1954

Dalida, 1980
1980

A Glass and a Cigarette
1955

50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
2025

L'inconnue de Hong Kong
1963

Charles Aznavour – Anthologie Volume 1 - 1955-1972
2014

Operation Abduction
1958

Dalida pour toujours
1977

Vice Squad
1959

Dalida Forever!: The Greatest Hits Over 40 Years
2023

Dalida - Une Vie - 4
2008

Dalida : Passionnément
2004

American Secret Service
1968

Dalida - Pour Toujours
1993

Dalida - Une Vie - 1
2008

Le masque de Toutankhamon
1956

Dalida - Olympia
1971

Dalida - Une vie
2008

Dalida - Prague
1977

Dalida - Numéro 1
1980

Basique, l'essentiel de la musique - Dalida Pour Orlando
2022

Dalida - Québec
1975

Dalida - Une Vie - 8
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Dalida, les meilleures chansons
2021

Dalida, le grand voyage
1997

Dalida - Une Vie - 2
2008

Dalida - Une Vie - 3
2008

Dalida, discographie
2017

Dalida - Une Vie - 5
2008

Dalida - Eternelle
2000

Dalida, la femme qui rêvait d'une autre scène
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Dalida - Une Vie - 6
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Dalida - Une Vie - 7
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