
Annie Cordy
Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
94 acting credits
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Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Vivement dimanche
1998

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Midi Première
1975

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Le monde est à vous
1987

Numéro un
1975

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Midi trente
1972

Discorama
1959

Fan School
1977
Samedi soir
1971

La Chance aux chansons
1984

L'Académie des 9
1982
Système 2
1975

Stars 90
1990

30 millions d'amis
1976

Téléthon
1987

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022

Cadet Rousselle
1971

À bout portant
1968
Matin Bonheur
1987

Chefs
2015

Samedi Sébastien
2021

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Collaricocoshow
1987

Rider on the Rain
1970

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953

Disco
2008
Chanter la vie
2001

Wild Grass
2009

Boom on Paris
1954

Crime Is Our Business
2008

The Last Diamond
2014

Orages d'été, avis de tempête
1990

A New Girl in Paris!
2018

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974

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

Moi, Belgique
2006

The Breach
1970

Les Souvenirs
2014

The Cat
1971

April Fools' Day
1954

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022

Isabelle and Lust
1975

The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973

Revenge of a Blonde
1994

L'Or du duc
1965

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973

Illiterate
2018

Hello Smile!
1956

Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983

A City Is Beautiful at Night
2006

Ces dames s'en mêlent
1965

Gates of Fire
1972

Madame Edouard
2004

Tête folle
1960

The Men in the Family
1968

The Dunce
2016

Tabarin
1958

The Singer from Mexico
1957

Madame S.O.S.
1982

Viktor und Viktoria
1957

Les Rois de la comédie
2023

Night Police Station
1974

Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970

50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
2025

Demented
2006

I'm Going Home To Mum
2012

Drôles de zèbres
1977

La tournée triomphale des idoles
2022

Le Bel Indifférent
1978

Le bourgeois gentil mec
1969

Le Mataf
1973

L'Avare
1978

Sans cérémonie
1997
Vroum-vroum
1995

Une mère comme on n'en fait plus
1997

Age Tendre - La tournée des Idoles - Saison 3
2008

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
2020

Souvenir of Gibraltar
1975

The Pebbles of Etratat
1972

Un été après l'autre
1990
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
2015

Le passage du bac
2002

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959

High Street
1976

Laissez-moi sortir
2020

Le Diable en sabots
1997

Annie Cordy, une vie d’artiste
2020

The Damsels
2018

Annie Cordy : 50 ans de succès @ Olympia 1998
2010