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Jacques Pills

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Birth Date:
07.01.1906
Death date:
12.09.1970
Person's maiden name:
René Jacques Ducos
Categories:
Actor, Singer
Nationality:
 french
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

Jacques Pills (7 January 1906, Tulle, France — 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor, born René Jacques Ducos.

His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point.

During the 1930s he appeared frequently alongside Georges Tabet.

Personal life

He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf. However, in 1957, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision contest the year after her father's participation.

Selected filmography

  • 1953 – Boum sur Paris
  • 1949 – Une femme par jour
  • 1945 – Alone in the Night
  • 1945 – Marie la Misere
  • 1942 – Pension Jonas
  • 1936 – Toi, c'est moi
  • 1936 – Prends la route
  • 1934 – Princesse Czardas
  • 1933 – Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman
  • 1932 - A Gentleman of the Ring

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Lucienne BoyerLucienne BoyerWife18.08.190106.12.1983
        2Edith PiafEdith PiafWife19.12.191511.10.1963
        3Félix MayolFélix MayolFamiliar18.11.187226.10.1941

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