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- Piaf reportedly became blind at age three as a complication of meningitis but recovered her sight four years later. A few years after that she joined her father, a circus acrobat, and accompanied him while he performed. She sang in the streets of Paris, earning a meagre living while often in the company of petty criminals.
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Oct 6, 2024 · She sang in the streets of Paris, earning a meagre living while often in the company of petty criminals. Piaf gave birth to a daughter in 1932, but the child died two years later from meningitis. In 1935 she was discovered by Louis Leplée, a cabaret owner, who gave her her first nightclub job.
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Jun 28, 2021 · Edith Piaf's life and music were filled with sadness, tragedy, glamour, and triumph, and were so quintessentially French.
May 22, 2024 · Edith Piaf was born as Giovanna Gassion. Her father was Louis-Alphonse Gassion, a street acrobat from Normandy and her mother was Annetta Giovanna Maillard, a cafe singer from Italy. She was abandoned by her mother and lived with her maternal grandmother.
Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is unknown. [3] Her birth certificate indicates she was born in Paris on 19 December 1915, at the Hôpital Tenon hospital. [4] Her birth name was Édith Giovanna Gassion. [5]
Dec 18, 2015 · After a childhood of violence and neglect, Édith Piaf found her way as a street singer. Discovered on the street. Leaving her father at age 15, she earned her livelihood by singing in Paris ...
Apr 2, 2014 · The personal life of Piaf was characteristically dramatic. She was involved in three serious car crashes after 1951, leading to morphine and alcohol addictions.
Feb 15, 2022 · Although she achieved wealth and international stardom, right from the start Edith Piaf’s life was undeniably tough. Edith Gassion (1915-1963) was born into a family of poverty-stricken street performers in Paris and abandoned by her free-wheeling mother at birth.
