Patricia Kaas

Patricia Kaas

Born

December 5, 1966 (58 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Forbach, Moselle, France

Patricia Noëlle Kaas (born 5 December 1966) is a French singer and actress. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.

Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album Mademoiselle chante..., Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album Je te dis vous. In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and finished in eighth place.

Patricia Kaas, the youngest of her family, was born on 5 December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the German border. Her father, Joseph Kaas, a miner, was a French Germanophone (Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France in 1918) and her mother, Irmgard, was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the border. Until the age of six, she spoke only Lorraine Franconian. Her mother encouraged Kaas, then a young girl, to become a singer. At the age of only eight Kaas was already singing songs by Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu, as well as English-language songs such as "New York, New York", at various small events such as the marriage of her brother. Her first real success came when she received first place at a pop song contest.

Kaas took her first step into the professional music business at the age of 13, when, with the help of her brother Egon, she signed a contract with the Saarbrücken club Rumpelkammer. Kaas took the name Pady Pax — after Pax Majorettes, a brass band from Stiring-Wendel, of which she and her sister Carine were members — and for seven years appeared with the band, Dob's Lady Killers. At 16, she took a placement with a model agency in Metz. Her first attempts to break into the music business failed; a producer rejected her on the ground that the world did not need a second Mireille Mathieu. Kaas's producer at this time was the architect Bernard Schwartz.

In 1985, at 19 years old, Kaas was sponsored by French actor Gérard Depardieu. Schwartz had seen her singing at the Rumpelkammer in Saarbrücken and introduced her to the songwriter François Bernheim. Bernheim worked with her and convinced Depardieu to produce her music.

Depardieu produced Kaas's first single Jalouse (Eng: Jealous), written by Bernheim and Depardieu's wife, Elisabeth. The single was published by EMI, but was a flop. Nonetheless, her encounter with Depardieu was one of the most important events at the beginning of Kaas's artistic career.

Through Jalouse and Bernheim, the French songwriter Didier Barbelivien became aware of Kaas. His song Mademoiselle chante le blues (Eng: Lady sings the blues) was the singer's first big hit. The single was published in 1987 by Polydor, and reached 7th place in the French singles chart. The next year, Kaas's second single D'Allemagne (Eng: From Germany) was recorded, written by Barbelivien and Bernheim. ...

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

6.6

2022

Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français

Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français

Self

0.0

2021

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos

Self

0.0

2019

Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia

Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2019

Patricia Kaas: 3sat Festival 2017

Patricia Kaas: 3sat Festival 2017

Self

0.0

2017

Quotidien

Quotidien

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

6.2

2016

Amanda

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2016

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

8.0

2014

Patricia Kaas: Kaas chante Piaf à l'Olympia

Patricia Kaas: Kaas chante Piaf à l'Olympia

Self

0.0

2014

Patricia Kaas - Live at Baloise Session 2013

Self

0.0

2014

Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York

Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York

Self

10.0

2013

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2012

Murdered

Murdered

Kathy

5.8

2012

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

7.0

2010

La folie des années 90

La folie des années 90

Self

0.0

2010

Patricia Kaas - Kabaret Tour

Patricia Kaas - Kabaret Tour

Self

8.0

2009

Markus Lanz

Markus Lanz

Self · (1 episode)

5.5

2008

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

8.0

2005

Patricia Kaas - Toute la Musique

Patricia Kaas - Toute la Musique

Self

8.0

2005

Eine große Nachtmusik

Eine große Nachtmusik

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2005

La chanson de l'année

La chanson de l'année

Self · (1 episode)

9.0

2004

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

2004

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

Jane Lester

5.8

2002

Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau

Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau

7.5

2002

L'Invité

L'Invité

Self · (1 episode)

4.5

2002

Star Academy

Star Academy

Self · (5 episodes)

6.4

2001

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

7.5

2001

Stars à domicile

Stars à domicile

Self · (1 episode)

6.8

2001

Aeschbacher

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2001

Menschen der Woche

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

2000

3satfestival

3satfestival

Self · (1 episode)

6.3

2000

Patricia Kaas: Ce Sera Nous

Patricia Kaas: Ce Sera Nous

Self

0.0

2000

Patricia Kaas: Rendez-vous

Patricia Kaas: Rendez-vous

Self

0.0

2000

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

6.0

2000

Volle Kanne

Self · (1 episode)

4.4

1999

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

6.0

1999

Christmas In Vienna VI

Christmas In Vienna VI

Self

0.0

1998

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

Self · (8 episodes)

3.0

1998

Vivement dimanche prochain

Vivement dimanche prochain

Self · (1 episode)

3.4

1998

Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1998

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

7.3

1998

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

1998

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

6.0

1997

Zimmer frei!

Zimmer frei!

Self · (1 episode)

6.3

1996

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self · (3 episodes)

7.0

1995

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

6.0

1995

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

1994

Patricia Kaas - Tour De Charme

Patricia Kaas - Tour De Charme

Self

0.0

1993

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

6.5

1993

Pavarotti & Friends

Pavarotti & Friends

Self

8.5

1992

Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra

Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra

6.0

1992

DAS!

DAS!

Self · (2 episodes)

4.2

1991

Patricia Kaas - Carnets de scène

Patricia Kaas - Carnets de scène

Self

0.0

1991

Stars 90

Stars 90

Self · (5 episodes)

6.2

1990

Geld oder Liebe

Geld oder Liebe

Self · (2 episodes)

0.0

1989

Flitterabend

Self - Singer · (2 episodes)

0.0

1988

Téléthon

Téléthon

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

1987

Collaricocoshow

Collaricocoshow

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1987

Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous

Self · (10 episodes)

0.0

1987

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

Self · (13 episodes)

6.5

1987

Matin Bonheur

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1987

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

Self · (2 episodes)

1.5

1986

Victoires de la musique

Victoires de la musique

Self · (6 episodes)

2.0

1985

La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

1984

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

Self · (7 episodes)

6.3

1982

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Self · (1 episode)

3.8

1980

Fan School

Fan School

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

1977

Kölner Treff

Kölner Treff

Self · (2 episodes)

6.0

1976

3 nach 9

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

1974

aspekte

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1965

Bambi-Verleihung

Bambi-Verleihung

Self · (1 episode)

9.0

1948