Annie Cordy

Biography

Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Ginette Lalatte

Les Gaspards

Mme Pinelli

La Rupture

Self (archive footage)

Les Rois de la comédie

Titine

Viktor und Viktoria

Nelly, boss of the Floride hotel

Le Chat

Juliette

Le Passager de la pluie

Self

Age Tendre - La tournée des Idoles - Saison 3

la dame de l'immeuble de Marguerite

Les Herbes folles

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Cri-Cri

Le Chanteur de Mexico

Jany

La Vengeance d'une blonde

Charlotte Dupuy

Poisson d'avril

Annie Cordy

Bonjour sourire

Frosine

L'Avare

Nina

Le Mataf

La mère d'Isabelle

Isabelle devant le désir

Rose

Le dernier des fous

L'agent immobilier

Elle court, elle court la banlieue

Brigitte

Les Galets d'Étretat

Self

Boum sur Paris

Ginette

Madame Édouard

Inès de Boissière

Le Dernier diamant

La psychanalyste

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

La femme

Le Bel Indifférent

La grand-mère de Romain

Les Souvenirs

Tina, mother

Souvenir de Gibraltar

'Mère Fine'

Un été après l'autre

Annie

Tête folle

Self (archive footage)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Self (archive footage)

La tournée triomphale des idoles

Self (archive footage)

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Mrs. Langlois

Si Versailles m'était conté

Babette Boutiti

Le crime est notre affaire

Christiane

Le Cancre

Maryse

Ces messieurs de la famille

Lily

Ces dames s'en mêlent

Maryse

Ces messieurs de la gâchette

La concierge

L'or du duc

Mimi

Rue haute

Jofrette

Le Braconnier de Dieu

Mrs. Marthe

Le bourgeois gentil mec

Rose

Tamara Vol. 2

Pupa

Commissariato di notturna

Self

Annie Cordy : 50 ans de succès @ Olympia 1998

Adélaide Perez

Illettré

The HLM granny

C'est beau une ville la nuit

Vroum-vroum

Martine, gymnastics teacher

Cigarettes, whisky et p'tites pépées

Self

Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015

Émilie

Le passage du bac

Andrée

Les Portes de feu

Laurenne

Les Jouvencelles

Mimi

Tabarin

Real Baroness de la Tronchembiais

Drôles de zèbres

Self (archive footage)

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

Self (archive footage)

Annie Cordy, une vie d’artiste

Solange Serpette

Sans cérémonie

Marie Fer

Le diable en sabots

Simone

Une mère comme on n'en fait plus

Alice

Je retourne chez ma mère

Mme Graindorge

Disco