Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Zizi Jeanmaire (born 29 April 1924) is a French ballet dancer and widow of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films.
As you get older you become more understanding. When I was young it was all about me. I was very egocentric. Now it is a pleasure to work with young people who have talent. It is a continuity for me. It is a way to go on...and, I think, a way to grow old.
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Fact
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"You talk like Marlene Dietrich/ You dance like Zizi Jeanmaire" is a line in Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit song "Where Do You Go To (My lovely)?".
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Zizi Jeanmaire and her husband Roland Petit have a daughter, Valentine, born in 1955.
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In her 60s, she toured with a rock band in "Zizi au Zenith."
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Has had a long, enduring professional and private relationship with dancer/choreographer Roland Petit who created Les Ballet des Champs Elysees, and who choreographed all of her Hollywood musicals. They first met each other when both were 9 years old and students at the Paris Opera Ballet school.
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Energetic, passionate French ballerina from Les Ballet des Champs Elysees whose phenomenal success in Carmen led to a brief Hollywood career in the 50s.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
La belle au bois dormant
1991
TV Movie
La Fée Carabosse
Carmen
1980/I
TV Movie
Carmen
Adieux de Tabarin
1966
TV Movie
Black Tights
1961
The Gold Digger / Carmen
Guinguette
1959
Renée dit 'Guinguette'
Charmants garçons
1957
Lulu Natier
Folies-Bergère
1956
Claudie
Anything Goes
1956
Gaby Duval (as Jeanmaire)
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
Doro (as Jeanmaire The Famous French Ballerina)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
2010
writer: "Mon truc en plumes" - uncredited
Banda sonora
2007
TV Series performer - 1 episode
À bout portant
1973
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Anything Goes
1956
performer: "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're The Top", "Dream Ballet Based on "Let's Do It" and "All Through The Night"", "Blow Gabriel Blow"
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
performer: "Ice Skating Ballet", "Dream Ballet" 1952, "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" 1952, "No Two People" 1952, "Sonata in B Minor Piano Sonata" 1854, - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Thé ou café
2000-2008
TV Series
Herself
Great Performances
1998
TV Series
Herself
Roland Petit à Marseille
1997
TV Movie documentary
Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool
1994
TV Movie documentary
Champs-Elysées
1985-1989
TV Series
Herself
The Magic of Dance
1979
TV Series documentary
Herself
Die Vico-Torriani-Show
1979
TV Series
Herself
Numéro 1
1975-1978
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Host
La nuit des Césars
1978
TV Series documentary
Herself
Midi Trente
1974
TV Series
Herself
Top à...
1974
TV Series
Herself - Host
À bout portant
1973
TV Series
Herself
Show Zizi Jeanmaire
1970
TV Movie
Herself
Discorama
1967-1970
TV Series
Herself
La grande farandole
1970
TV Series
Herself
Europarty
1970
TV Series
Herself
Paris aktuell
1968-1970
TV Series documentary
Herself
Night-Club
1969
TV Series
Herself - Musician
Sacha show
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Hollywood Palace
1964
TV Series
Herself - Singer
Cinépanorama
1964
TV Series documentary
Herself
Au coeur de Paris
1963
TV Movie
Herself
The Bell Telephone Hour
1961
TV Series
Herself
The Revlon Revue
1960
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1953-1958
TV Series
Herself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
$18 Million
