Magali Christmas

Magali Christmas , of his true name Magali Noëlle Guiffray , actress and French singer born the June 27th 1932 with Izmir (Turkey) parents provençaux.

Temperament of fire and sensitivity

After having studied the song, the music and the dance, it begins at 16 years as singer from cabaret and occurs then in reviews. She follows the courses of dramatic art of Catherine Fontenay and crowd her first scenes of theater.

Beginning with the cinema in 1951, Magali Christmas is pointed out in 1955 in Of the trouble at the men , of Jules Dassin. She gradually imposes her talents of pulpy actress on the temperament of fire in Razzia on the chnouf of Henri Decoin, the Army maneuvers of Rene Clair, Elena and the men of Jean Renoir.

With the cinema, it takes a new dimension by incarnating one of the symbols of the sexual phantasms of Federico Fellini in the Dolce vita (1960), Satyricon (1969) and especially Amarcord (1973), where it camps an unforgettable pinup of province to the evocative nickname: “Gradisca” (“Taste there”).

In spite of a main role in Z of Costa-Gavras, Palm of Gold to Cannes in 1968, and of great successes to the theater, it holds less thereafter the attention of the producers. It turns over then successfully to the variety. And of young French realizers roles with the measurement of its sensitivity give him: Appointments of Anna (1978) (Chantal Akerman), the death of Mario Ricci (1982) (Claude Goretta), Pentimento (1989) (Tonie Marshall), Andrzej Zulawski ( Fidelity ), Jonathan Demme ( the Truth on Charlie )…

In 1986, it interprets the role of the landlady in the musical comedy Cabaret put in scene by Jerome Savary.

In 2000, it receives in Puget-Théniers the Price " Recognition of the cinéphiles" by Association " Recollection of cinéphiles" for the whole of its career.

Make me badly, Johnny

Its career of singer is marked by her famous - and daring - Fais me badly, Johnny , written by Boris Vian and composed by Alain Goraguer in 1956, included in the film the deer is released in 1959. This piece counted among the first rock' roll sung in French. This title was besides interdict with the radio at the time for its words considered too dared…

Catalog of films

  • 1951 : Demain we divorce
  • 1951: Only in Paris : Sleeve-board Billion
  • 1953: Two of the flotilla
  • 1954: Die, we will make the remainder : Francoise
  • 1955: the Son of Caroline cherished : Térésa
  • 1955 : Blackmail : Denise
  • 1955: Raid on the chnouf : Smoothing iron
  • 1955: Of the trouble at the men : Viviane
  • 1955: the Army maneuvers : Therese
  • 1956: OSE 117 did not die : Muriel Rousset
  • 1956 : Had the : Pia Manosque
  • 1956: Eléna and the men : Lolotte
  • 1957 : Assassins and robbers : Madeleine Ferrand
  • 1958: the Law of the man ( E arrivata the parigina ): Yvette
  • 1958: the desire carries out the men : Nathalie
  • 1958: If the king knew that : Arnaude
  • 1958 : the Trap : Cora Curdled
  • 1959: Of the women disappears : Coral-red Merlin
  • 1959: That arrives only at alive the : Gloria Selby
  • 1959 : Oh! That mambo : Viviane Montero
  • 1959: the Island of the end of the world : Jane
  • 1960 : Gastone : Sonia
  • 1960 : Boulevard : Jenny Dorr
  • 1960: has qualcuna piace calvo : Marcella Salustri
  • 1960 : Marie of Isles : Julie
  • 1960: the dolce vita : Fanny
  • 1960 : Noi siamo due evasi : Odette
  • 1961: the Sahara burns : Lénq
  • 1961 : the ragazza in vetrina : Chanel
  • 1961: the Law of the war ( Legge di will guerra ): Olga
  • 1961: Youth of night ( Gioventù di notte )
  • 1961: In the mouth of the wolf : Barbara Yabakos
  • 1961: In full brawl ( Mani in viola )
  • 1961: Play of the assassin ( Mörderspiel ): Eva Troger
  • 1962 : the Secrecy of Artagnan ( It Colpo segreto di of Artagnan ): Carlotta
  • 1963 : Totò E Cleopatra : Cleopatra
  • 1963 : Queste pazze pazze gives
  • 1963: Storm on Ceylon ( Das Todesauge von Ceylon ): Gaby
  • 1963 : the Accident : Andréa
  • 1964 : Draft of white the : Louisa
  • 1964 : Requiem for a caïd : Éva
  • 1964 : Oltraggio Al pudore : the sister of Giovenella
  • 1964: Last Tiercé : Lydia
  • 1964 : the Cord with the neck
  • 1965: Adventure in Beirut ( Rammed It of Beirut )
  • 1966: How not to marry a billionaire (series TV): Untied Delamarre
  • 1967: Golem (TV): Angelina
  • 1968 : the most beautiful Month : Claudia
  • 1969: Z : the sister of Nick
  • 1969: Astragale : Annie
  • 1969: I marziani hanno dodici mani : Matilde Bernabei
  • 1969: Satyricon : Fortunata
  • 1970 : Edipeon
  • 1970 : Tropic of Cancer ( Tropic off Cancer ): the princess
  • 1970: Ewes of the reverend ( Kyrkoherden ): the countess
  • 1970: The Man Who Had Power Over Women : Mrs. Franchetti
  • 1971: Belve
  • 1971: It lends sposato : Signora Bellini
  • 1972 : Racconti proibiti… di niente vestiti
  • 1972: Like front, better than before (TV): Fulvia Gelli
  • 1972 : the p' tit comes quickly : the nurse
  • 1973: Amarcord : Gradisca, the hairdresser
  • 1975: It tempo degli assassini : Rossana
  • 1975 : Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista
  • 1975: Banca di Monate
  • 1977: Stato interesting
  • 1978: Jean-Christophe (serial TV)
  • 1978: Appointments of Anna : Ida
  • 1980: the Way lost : Maria
  • 1980: the president is seriously sick (TV): Edith Wilson
  • 1982: Confessions of the crook Felix Krull ( " Bekenntnisse of Hochstaplers Felix Krull" ) (serial TV): Mrs. Houpflé
  • 1982: What makes run David? : Sarah, the mother of David
  • 1982: the Child and the magicians (TV): the aunt Marguerite
  • 1983: the Eighties
  • 1983: the Death of Mario Ricci : Solange
  • 1984: Left prohibited (TV): Mado
  • 1985 : Diesel : Mickey
  • 1985 : Giddinesses : Constancy
  • 1986: Exit-exile : Solange
  • 1986: the Love tango (TV): Angele
  • 1989: the Night of the lockkeeper : Helene Belloz
  • 1989: Pentimento : Maddeleine
  • 1991 : Crimes and gardens (TV): Suzanne
  • 1992 : the Hearts flarings (series TV): Julia
  • 1997 : the Heirs (TV): Zizi
  • 1998 : the Last Wire (TV): Elisabeth Haas
  • 1999: the Night of the brown owls (TV): Tree frog Leblanc
  • 2000: Fidelity : the mother of Clélia
  • 2001: Regina Coeli : Regina
  • 2002: the Source of Sarrazins (TV): Rose
  • 2002: the Truth on Charlie ( The Truth Butt Charlie ): the mysterious woman in black

Discography

  • 1955 : Magali Christmas number 1 : Trouble; Johnny Guitar; If you liked me; I like valser in your arms, EP Philips 432.044
  • 1956: Magali Christmas: Rock'n'roll : Make me Johnny badly; Strip-rock'n'roll; Alhambra rock'n'roll; Rock'n'roll of the small stones of Boris Vian , LP Philips NR 76.089 R, taken again in EP Philips 432.131 Magali Christmas number 2: Rock'n'roll (1957)
  • 1957: Success 45 T : Side, side, side, leeks pomm' of ground of Boris Vian , SP Philips 372.398
  • 1957: Magali Christmas number 3: Magali breaks out : My uncle Célestin; Oh! your father did not have so there; Eh! Mama of Boris Vian etc ), EP Philips 432.185
  • 1957: Magali Christmas number 4: Sexy songs : Oh! (it is divine); We were twenty years old; My has, my love Boris Vian etc ), EP Philips 432.193
  • 1964: Magali Christmas sings Boris Vian (12 new songs of this author), LP Jacques Canetti
  • 1980: Magali Christmas : Make me Johnny badly - new version and english language version entitled Hurt me bad Johnny; Relaxed of Boris Vian etc ), LP Lazer Discs/Distribution Carrere 67.486 (ever begun again out of CD)
  • 1988: Magali Christmas sings Boris Vian , CD Jacques Canetti/Musidisc
  • 1989: Glance on Vian , with Stéphanie Christmas, recorded as a public with Beausobre, November 9th and 10th 1989 (produced by Jean-Claude Vial/Disc-Office and Dominique Buscail/Buda Music, distributed by Ades, exists in K7, version 1 yielded and version 2 yielded with in premium on the latter of the recordings of rare documents with Boris Vian offered by the Radio French-speaking Switzerland the First)
  • 1996: white Sun - Prévert 96 , CD Sony/Dreyfus
  • 2002: Magali Christmas sings Boris Vian , CD Productions Jacques Canetti 589.703-2
  • 2002: Magali Christmas , includes/understands all the tracks of the five 45 turns of the Fifties as well as a choice of the tracks of the LP of 1964; Mercury (CD Story) 063.010-2
  • 2002: Magali Christmas: Rock'n'roll , Mercury/Philips 063.031-2

See too

  • Card IMDb
  • Magali Christmas, interprets songs of Boris Vian

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