Denise Fabre | |
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| Born | 5 September 1942 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
| Occupation(s) | Television host; political appointee |
Denise Fabre (born 5 September 1942) is a French former television personality, best known for her role as an in-vision continuity announcer. She is now municipal advisor to the presiding mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi. [1]
Fabre, born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, began her career with Télé Monte Carlo in 1961 before she progressed to announcing work with Antenne 2 (now France 2 ) and most famously, TF1, where Fabre was chief announcer until live continuity was axed in 1992. She co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 which was staged in Paris, as well as a variety of French television programmes during the 1970s and 1980s.[ citation needed ]
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