Jean-Claude Pascal

Born: 1927-10-24

Birthplace: Paris, France

Biography

Jean-Claude Pascal (b. 24 October 1927 in Paris, France as Jean-Claude Villeminot. d. 5 May 1992) was a French singer.

After surviving the Second World War in Straßburg, Pascal first studied at the Sorbonne-university and then turned to fashion-designing for Christian Dior. On his work for costumes for the theatre-play Don Juan he came into contact with acting and made his first cinema-movie in 1949 with Quattro rose rosse. Many movies should follow, among them La Belle et l'empereur ("Die schöne Lügnerin", 1959) (aside to Romy Schneider) or Angelique and the Sultan (Angélique et le sultan, 1968) aside to Michèle Mercier.

Pascal won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Nous les amoureux" (We the lovers) with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by Maurice Vidalin. He later represented Luxembourg again in the 1981 contest and finished 11th of 20 singing "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" (It may not be America) with words and music he composed along with Sophie Makhno and Jean-Claude Petit.

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Known For

Angelique and the Sultan
Adieu Prudence
A Very Good Boy
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Die schöne Lügnerin
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Untamable Angelique
Sans merveille
Caroline and the Rebels
Bad Liaisons

Top Movie Credits

Adieu Prudence Fred Russel
A Very Good Boy Self (archive footage)
Die schöne Lügnerin Tsar Alexander the First
The Poppy Is Also a Flower Galam Khan (uncredited)
Caroline and the Rebels Juan d'Aranda / de Sallanches
Bad Liaisons Blaise Walter