Liane Foly

Liane Foly, real name Eliane Falliex, is a French singer and impressionist, born on the 16 December 1962 in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon.

Beginnings

* Her parents who were trades people in French Algeria, they left Algeria to return to France in 1962 with the pieds-noir community.

* As a child she learnt to dance from the age of 5.

* She started, at 12, to sing in her parents' orchestra the "Black And White". She continued to sing in local night clubs and bars. Her taste for blues and jazz developped.

* In 1984, Liane Foly was discovered by Philippe Viennet and André Manoukian, who offered to write for her and to record a demo. After much work she arrived in Paris in 1987 and obtained a meeting with Fabrice Nataf, artistic director and patron of Virgin France. He launched Liane Foly's career.

Private Life

* From 1984 to 1992, the boyfriend of Liane Foly was André Manoukian, her collaborator.
* From 1996 to 2002 it was the turn of her manager Laurent B. Souffir to be her boyfriend.
* In August 2003, she married Augustin Decré, a businessman.
* Liane lived in London.
* She left London to return to Paris.
* Her friends called her « la chatte bottée » (Puss in Boots).

Recordings

* In 1985, Liane Foly recorded and brought out her first 45 "Besoin de Toi".

* In 1988, Liane Foly brought out her first album, "The Man I Love", from which came "Ca va, ça vient", which has a great commercial success and was in the top 50. It was also in 1988 that she first got on the stage in Paris, La Cigale. The music and songs were composed by André Manoukian, and the lyrics were written by Philippe Viennet and Liane Foly herself.

* In 1990, she brought out her second album, "Rêve Orange", from which came "Au Fur et à Mesure"

* In 1993, she brought out her third album, "Les Petites Notes", from which came "Doucement". She also recorded her album in English, called "Sweet Mystery".

* In 1994, she brought out her first live album "Lumières".

* In 1997, she brought out her album "Caméléon", the first without André Manoukian but by Philippe Viennet. This album unlike the earlier ones was ignored by the French public.

* In 1999, her album "Acoustique" only had 4 new songs. The hit "La vie ne m'apprend rien" (a cover of Daniel Balavoine) was the first single from this.

* In 2000, she brought out her album "Entre Nous", of which most of the songs were composed by Liane Foly. The first title "On à tous le droit" was by Presgurvic.

* In 2002, she brougt out her Best of "Au fur et à mesure", which brought together her greatest successes as well as two previously unreleased tracks "Vivre" and "À l'intérieur".

* In 2004, she brought out her album "La Chanteuse de Bal", for which André Manoukian and Philippe Viennet composed some titles.

* In 2005, she brought out a live double album "Une étoile dort", in which she sang all her standards accompanied by Jean-Yves d'Angelo.

* In 2008, 7 April, "Le goût du désir" will come out, an album realised by Art Mengo

Films

* In 1995, Liane Foly was in "Zadoc et le Bonheur" a film by Pierre-Henry Salfati. She played the role of Rose, with Tchéky Karyo, Bernadette Lafont, Stéphane Boucher, Marc Dudicourt and Consuelo De Haviland.

* In 2004, Liane Foly was in "La Battante" a telefilm by Didier Albert. She played the role of "Cathy Rolland" with Alexandra Vandernoot (Anne Darcel), Xavier Deluc (Jérôme Arfan) and Stéphane Audran (Edwige Fournier)

* In 2006, Liane Foly participated in the series "Navarro".

* In 2007, Liane Foly was in "Je crois que je l'aime", by Pierre Jolivet. She played Jeanne Larozière, with Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Bonnaire, François Berléand et Kad Merad.

hows

*La Folle Parenthèse, mimic show with 30 different voices, put on stage by Marc Jolivet.

Engagements

* In 1993, she was in the first concert of Enfoirés. She would continue in later concerts regularly.

* She has worked for AIDS from 1995, she has brought out two albums giving profits to Sol En Si.

* Since 2006, she has worked for AFIPA, which fights the commercialisation of pet animal furs (dogs and cats).

* Without forgetting her work with the non-profit making organisation Make A Wish Belgium (http://www.makeawish.be/), of which she is a patron.

External links

* [http://www.pierre-jean.net/live/set.php?id=72157601901398888&title=Liane+Foly Photos of Liane Foly in Live par Pierre-jean G.]