Stephanie Biddle | |
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| Birth name | Stephanie Andrea Biddle |
| Born | August 23, 1963 LaSalle, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Vocal jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Labels | Elan |
| Website | stephaniebiddle |
Stephanie Andrea Biddle (born 23 August 1963) is a Canadian jazz singer and actress.
Biddle was born in Quebec to jazz bassist Charlie Biddle and a French-Canadian mother. During part of her childhood she lived in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. When she was 15, she moved to Montreal and began modeling. From 1987–1989, she sang traditional pop and jazz standards at clubs and weddings with the band Living Proof. [1] [2] Aided by a record producer in Paris, she recorded the hit single "Dis-moi" (1991) which peaked at No. 11 on the French pop chart. For the next few years she sang in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe. [1] [3]
Biddle appeared in the films Crunch (1979), The Moderns (1988), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), One Eyed King (2001), and in the television movie A Diva's Christmas Carol with Vanessa L. Williams. She performed in La Haut at Rouen Opera House. [1] [2] [4] She also had a role in the 2001 French-language film Karmen Geï , "a re-make of the movie Carmen. [5] [6]
In 1991, her debut album, Dis-moi, was released, [7]
Her brother Charles Jr. is also a performer. Her older sister Sonya Biddle was a former Montreal city councillor and her younger sister Tracy, a bartender and singer, [8] is a freelance writer and hosted radio shows on CBC radio network. [9]
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