Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely ...

A distinguished British stage veteran, she won an Olivier award in London and a Tony in New York for her dramatic portrayal of the French singer Édith Piaf. By Richard Sandomir Zaho de Sagazan has ...

“There has never been anyone like her; there never will be … ” wrote long-time platonic friend Jean Cocteau of Edith Piaf, “… her Bonaparte-like forehead, her eyes like those of a blind person trying ...