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Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion (28 February 1899 – 24 February 1989), known as Margo Lion, was a Turkish-born French singer and actress. She moved to Berlin after World War I with her father to join the school of Russian ballet. She was a successful chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer, and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G. Pabst's 1931 French-language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper).

Margo Lion

Margo Lion singt das Couplet Die Linie der Mode im Kabarett Die Wilde Bühne, Berlin. Veröffentlicht in der Berliner Illustrirten Zeitung 44/1923

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Name
Margo Lion
Birth Name
Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion
Born
28 February 1899
Birthplace
Constantinople
Died
24 February 1989
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
Chanteuse, actress
Spouse
Marcellus Schiffer
Full name
Marguerite Hélène Constantine Barbe Élisabeth Lion.
Nationality
France.
Languages
French.

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Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion (28 February 1899 – 24 February 1989), known as Margo Lion, was a Turkish-born French singer and actress. She moved to Berlin after World War I with her father to join the school of Russian ballet. She was a successful chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer, and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G. Pabst's 1931 French-language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper).

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Margo Lion (1899–1989) was an actor, actress and cabaret performer, among other activities, of French nationality. The actor was born Marguerite Hélène Constantine Barbe Élisabeth Lion in Constantinople and died in Annecy-le-Vieux. Languages used include French.

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