Marianne James

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Marianne James
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Marianne James at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Background information
Born (1962-02-18) 18 February 1962 (age 63)
Montélimar, Drôme, France
GenresChanson, pop
Occupation(s)singer, actress, writer, TV Host, fashion designer
Years active1981–present

Marianne James (born 18 February 1962[ citation needed ]) is a French singer, writer, actress, TV host and fashion designer. She has co-presented the French coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest . [1]

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Early life

Born in Montélimar, Marianne Gandolfi grew up in the family shop, Place du Marché, with her father Maurice, chocolatier pastry chef and nougatier, her mother Jacqueline, from whom she gets her Italian origins, and her sister Pascale, four years older than her. [2]

She took guitar lessons at the age of 11 with Antoine Petrucciani, known as "Tony", a renowned jazz guitarist and father of pianist Michel Petrucciani. From the age of 15 to 23, she took advantage of her holidays to sing in the streets with her sister and a friend. [3]

In 1980, after creating her first group "The Swingums", she graduated with a degree in musicology from Sorbonne University and won a first prize for singing at the Conservatoire de Paris.

In 1981, Marianne James joined the band "Les Démones Loulou" with whom she opened for William Sheller at the Olympia. She continued to sing in the streets of Paris. [4]

Personal life

Discreet about her private life, Marianne James officialised her couple with Bertrand Edl, marketing strategy advisor, during the French Open in June 2017. [5] In 2022, she announced their separation. [6]

Theater

YearTitleAuthorDirectorNotes
1991–2002L'Ultima Recital, les adieux irrévocablesMarianne James & Veronique Vola Jango Edwards Molière Award for Best Musical Show (1999)
Nominated - Molière Award for Best Musical Show (1997)
2003–2006Le Caprice de MarianneMarianne James & Laurence Boccolini Marianne James
2008 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Gérard Oury & Danièle Thompson Patrick Timsit
2009Les InsatiablesHanokh LevinGuila Braoudé
2011Une visite inopportune Copi Philippe Calvario
2013–2018Miss Carpenter Sébastien Marnier & Marianne James Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt & Steve Suissa
2018–2021Tatie JambonValérie Bour & Marianne JamesAude Léger
2022–2025Tout est dans la voixMarianne James & BenHMarianne James

Album

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004-2007 Nouvelle Star Judge M6
2009Vive les comédies musicales !Host TF1
2010Un monde tout nuHost Jimmy
Rendez-vous en terre inconnue Guest France 2
2011Queens of PopHost Arte
2014–2017ProdigesHost France 2
2015–2017 Eurovision Song Contest Commentator France 2 & France 4
2016Cinq à sept avec ArthurColumnist TF1
Gala de l'Union des artistesHost France 4
2016–2017A vos pinceauxHost France 2 & France 4
2018–2024 La France a un incroyable talent Judge M6
2022 Drag Race France Guest Judge France.tv Slash / France 2
Mask Singer Contestant TF1

Filmography

Actress

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2013La croisièreAmanda Saint-GilPascal LahmaniTV series (1 episode)
2017 Scènes de ménages: ça va être leur fête The SingerFrancis DuquetTV movie
2018 Nina ValérieHervé BramiTV series (1 episode)
MongevilleAgnès de BarnevilleBénédicte DelmasTV series (1 episode)
2024Face à faceAgnès TancelinJean-Christophe DelpiasTV series (10 episodes)

Dubbing

YearTitleRole
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Fat Lady
2006 Happy Feet Mrs. Astrakhan
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Captain Chantel DuBois
2016Salaire net et monde de brutesFuture Advisor Interim

References

  1. ↑ "Pendant l'Eurovision 2017, Marianne James et Stéphane Bern ont fait des commentaires trés personnels". Huffington Post (in French). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Home". marianne-james.com.
  3. ↑ "SAINT-BASILE (ARDECHE). Marianne James : "L'Ardèche, mon havre de paix"".
  4. ↑ Média, Prisma. "Marianne James - La biographie de Marianne James avec Voici.fr". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Marianne James in love avec son compagnon à Roland-Garros - Télé Star". 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Marianne James célibataire : Ce qui lui a coûté sa dernière relation". 25 March 2022.
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