Béatrice Arnac

French actress and singer (1931–2020)

Béatrice Arnac

Born	23 April 1931 Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, France
Died	5 October 2020 (age 89) Castels et Bézenac, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Actress Singer

Béatrice Arnac (23 April 1931 – 5 October 2020) was a French actress, singer, and composer.

Biography

The daughter of the cartoonist Marcel Arnac,^[1] Béatrice was also the niece of explorer Marie Gallaud.^[2]

In 1962, she received the Grand Prize of the Académie Charles Cros. She performed 22 songs that were written by songwriters such as Paul Éluard, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos, and Bertolt Brecht. She also performed in the second act of the play Le Bel indifférent.^[3] She performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and on the television show La Chance aux chansons. She was part of the cast of La Traversée de Paris, released in 1956.^[4]

Béatrice Arnac died in Castels et Bézenac on 5 October 2020.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

Cinema

La Fille de Mata Hari/Mata Hari's Daughter/La figlia di Mata Hari (1955)
Frou-Frou (1955)
Lola Montès (1955)
Lord Rogue (1955)
La vie est belle (1956)
La Traversée de Paris (1956)
Les Truands (1956)
OSS 117 n'est pas mort/OSS 117 Is Not Dead (1957)
Le Souffle du désir (1958)
The Night of Suspects (1960)
Le Soupirant/The Suitor (1962)
La Journée de Pernette (1963) (short)
Dernier Domicile connu/Last Known Address (1970)
Midi Minuit (1970)
Les Petites Filles modèles/Good Little Girls (1971)
Hunter Nights (2018)

Television

Isabelle (1970)

Soundtracks

Le Soupirant/The Suitor (1962), performer "O toi l'amour"

Discography

Chante Alain Saury (1963)
La rue Saint-Jean (1964)
L'amour (1964)
Beatrice Arnac (1966)
Chansons de France (1967)
Les Temps Des Amazones (1968)
Beatrice Arnac (1973)
Animale (1979)
En Liberté En Public Au Fanal (1979)
Béatrice Arnac chante Zo d'Axa (2001)

Theatre

Scabreuse Aventure at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (1957)
Nouvelle Orléans at the Théâtre de l'Étoile (1958)
Rosa la Rose at the Théâtre des Capucines (1960)
Caviar ou lentilles at the Théâtre Michel (1965)

References

^ "Marcel Arnac, mon père". Béatrice Arnac (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
^ "Alain Saury". Béatrice Arnac (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
^ Bourdier, René (1966). La grande Béatrice Arnac et l'ombre de l'indifférent (in French). Les Lettres françaises: Paris.
^ Bouynet, Clément (7 October 2020). "Dordogne : Béatrice Arnac, la chanteuse des années 1960, est décédée". Sud Ouest (in French).
^ Clément Bouynet (7 October 2020). "Dordogne: Béatrice Arnac, la chanteuse des années 1960, est décédée". Sud-Ouest (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970". deces.matchid.io (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2020.