There is no biography of Edith

Her father was a street acrobat, and her mother actress performed under the pseudonym of Lina Mars, according to some reports, had Italian and Algerian roots. In early childhood, Edith was given to her grandmother’s care, who paid little attention to her. Due to the viral disease, it was blinded, vision returned when she was seven years old. From summer age, she performed with her father in the squares of Paris - her father showed acrobatic tricks, and she sang.

At the age of 15, Edith Piaf began an independent life. Having worked for some time in a milk shop, she returned to performances on the street. He taught her to sing under the accompaniment in the city, picked up the repertoire and stage costumes, and taught himself to behave in public. It was he who invented for Edith, who was very small, the pseudonym - Piaf "Vorozheshki".

The success of the first performances was huge. In February, Edith Piaf took part in a concert in the Paris circus Medrano, along with such stars of the French stage as Maurice Shevalier and Marie Dube. In the same year, after the death of Lepla, Piaf began to cooperate with the poet Reimon Asso. Thanks to him, the singer had not only songs written specifically for her, but also his own manner of performance and style.

Piaf almost did not move on stage, complementing the performance only with facial expressions and honed gestures. She sang in elegant fitted "small black dresses" with minimal decorations a white collar, lace or strap. In her opinion, the attention of the audience should have been focused on the song, and not on its appearance. After her performance in the city, her unusual voice was called "powerful, touching and passionate", "acting on the public, rather a timbre than the power of sound." Thus, with her help, a man was saved.

After the war, the popularity of Edith Piaf increased even more, it became not only a symbol of France, but also gained fame around the world, starting to tour. In the city in the beginning of the city in the c. Piaf sang in Carnegie Hall in New York, and in the city of all the repertoire there was a order of songs. Physical and emotional loads affected her health, in Edith Piaf became famous as an actress.

Subsequently, she starred in nine films with different directors. Among the most famous drama "Star without Light", the melodrama "Nine guys, one heart", musical ribbons "Paris always sings", "French cancan", "lovers of tomorrow" at the age of two, the girl died of meningitis. After his death, Piaf plunged into depression, began to abuse alcohol. In the beginning of the x.

Due to the injections of morphine, she fell into drug addiction, she managed to recover from her only in the city of the singer twice married. Edith Piaf is the author of biographical books: “At the Bal of Good luck” and “My life” is the death, the memory of Edith Piaf died on October 10. She was accompanied by more than 40 thousand. She remains one of the most famous singers in the world.

In France, museums dedicated to her are open, theaters and concert halls, as well as a small planet, are named her with her name. Films were shot about the life of Piaf and books were written. One of the most famous was printed in France in the city of its author - half -sister and close friend of the singer Simon Berto.