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Jacques Higelin

Jacques Higelin

Known for ActingBorn 1940-10-18Died 2018-04-06Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian descent, introduced his two sons to various forms of music, while his mother, Renée, of Belgian descent, raised them both. Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of minor roles in motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, a French-Italian jazz guitarist and a composer of film scores. By the early 1960s, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award. For two years beginning in 1961, Higelin served in the French military in various countries. Upon returning to France, he resumed his film career but increasingly began to focus on music. By the end of the decade, he had become very active in the artistic underground in Paris and began to channel his music towards radical activism. Higelin began attracting popular attention through his live concerts, typically held in smaller venues, and released his first solo album in 1971. By the middle of the 1970s, Higelin had become one of France's most successful pop musicians, and he remains influential to this day. In the 70's Higelin was in a relationship with a French-Vietnamese woman called Kuelan Nguyen. She accompanied him during the recording of an album at Château d'Hérouville Studio, where Iggy Pop was also recording his debut solo album "The Idiot". Iggy Pop became infatuated with Nguyen, who rejected him, but the incident inspired the song China Girl, which later became a hit when re-recorded by David Bowie. Higelin had three children, all of whom became artists: Arthur H, singer, born to Nicole Courtois in 1966; Kên Higelin, actor, born to Kuelan Nguyen in 1972; Izïa, singer, born to dancer Aziza Zakine in 1990. Higelin married Zakine in 2011. Higelin died on 6 April 2018 in Paris. Source: Article "Jacques Higelin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

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La bande du Rex10.0
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La bande du Rex

1980 · Movie

Rockpalast10.0
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Rockpalast

1974 · Series

Guitare au poing10.0
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Guitare au poing

1973 · Movie

Colette, une femme libre9.0
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2004 · Series

Léa in Winter
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Léa in Winter

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The Surrounded9.0
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The Surrounded

1968 · Movie

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Le bonheur est pour demain

1961 · Movie

Les Nuls, l'émission8.6
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1990 · Series

Apostrophes8.5
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Apostrophes

1975 · Series

Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité8.0
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Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité

2013 · Movie

Le Grand Échiquier8.0
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Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Series

We Won't Go to the Woods Anymore8.0
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We Won't Go to the Woods Anymore

1969 · Movie

Discorama8.0
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Discorama

1959 · Series

Savannah7.5
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Savannah

1988 · Movie

Numéro un7.5
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1975 · Series

Jappeloup7.1
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Raining Cats and Frogs6.9
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Raining Cats and Frogs

2003 · Movie

Un homme à la mer7.0
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Un homme à la mer

1993 · Movie

Lest We Forget7.0
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Lest We Forget

1991 · Movie

Salut, voleurs!7.0
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Salut, voleurs!

1973 · Movie

Champs-Elysées6.8
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Champs-Elysées

1982 · Series

Crime on a Summer Morning6.6
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Crime on a Summer Morning

1965 · Movie

The Year 016.6
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1973 · Movie

Bebert and the Train6.4
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Bebert and the Train

1963 · Movie

Nulle part ailleurs6.1
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Nulle part ailleurs

1987 · Series

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche6.0
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Series

Green Harvest6.0
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Green Harvest

1959 · Movie

Sacrée soirée5.7
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Sacrée soirée

1987 · Series

Saint-Tropez Blues5.9
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Saint-Tropez Blues

1961 · Movie

Seven Days Somewhere Else5.8
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Seven Days Somewhere Else

1969 · Movie

Erotissimo5.7
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Erotissimo

1969 · Movie

The Suburbs Are Everywhere5.0
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere

1973 · Movie

Mechanical Concerto for Madness or Mad Mechanomorphosis5.0
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Mechanical Concerto for Madness or Mad Mechanomorphosis

1963 · Movie

Atomic Agent4.5
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Atomic Agent

1959 · Movie

Vivement dimanche3.6
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Vivement dimanche

1998 · Series

Victoires de la musique3.3
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Victoires de la musique

1985 · Series

Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme
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Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme

2014 · Movie

Le monde est à vous
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Le monde est à vous

1987 · Series

L'art de la turlute
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L'art de la turlute

1969 · Movie