Michel Valette
Michel Valette (born 14 June 1928 in Colmar, France - 14 March 2016) was a cabaret performer, actor, composer, cartoonist and writer. In 1954, he created the cabaret La Colombe in Paris in the Île de la Cité, and over the next ten years, he was beginning to make more than 200 artists, including Guy Béart, Anne Sylvestre, Pierre Perret, Jean Ferrat, Maurice Fanon, Francesca Solleville, Helène Martin, Jean Vasca, Henri Gougaud, Georges Moustaki, Marc Ogeret, Avron and Claude Philippe Evrard, Bernard Haller, Henri Guybet and Romain Bouteille. In 1964, he was artistic director of the Cabaret Arsouille Milord.
Michel Valette
- Full name
- Michel Louis Valette.
- Born
- 1928 · Colmar.
- Died
- 2016 · Antony.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- actor · composer · singer-songwriter · cabaret performer
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
- Languages
- French
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Recorded at birth as Michel Louis Valette. Born at Colmar in 1928, died in Antony in 2016.
Michel Valette studied at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Théâtre Mouffetard.
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- 1.Michel Valette, 1928-2016.
- 2.Brunschwig, Chantal. Cent ans de chanson française, 1880-1980. Éditions du Seuil. 103. 1996. 978-2-02-028140-9.
- 3.Michel Valette raconte "son" Jean Ferrat. La Nouvelle République. 16 September 2010.
- 4.L'association qui fait chanter la campagne dans le rouge. Le Parisien. 18 March 2006.
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