
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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Known For

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022

Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français
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2021

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Self
2019

Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
Self (archive footage)
2019

Patricia Kaas: 3sat Festival 2017
Self
2017

Quotidien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2016
Amanda
Self · (1 episode)
2016

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Patricia Kaas: Kaas chante Piaf à l'Olympia
Self
2014
Patricia Kaas - Live at Baloise Session 2013
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2014

Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York
Self
2013

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
Self (archive footage)
2012

Murdered
Kathy
2012

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

La folie des années 90
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2010

Patricia Kaas - Kabaret Tour
Self
2009

Markus Lanz
Self · (1 episode)
2008

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005

Patricia Kaas - Toute la Musique
Self
2005

Eine große Nachtmusik
Self · (1 episode)
2005

La chanson de l'année
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Self · (1 episode)
2004

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Jane Lester
2002

Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002

L'Invité
Self · (1 episode)
2002

Star Academy
Self · (5 episodes)
2001

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001

Stars à domicile
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Aeschbacher
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Menschen der Woche
Self · (1 episode)
2000

3satfestival
Self · (1 episode)
2000

Patricia Kaas: Ce Sera Nous
Self
2000

Patricia Kaas: Rendez-vous
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2000

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000
Volle Kanne
Self · (1 episode)
1999

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999

Christmas In Vienna VI
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1998

Vivement dimanche
Self · (8 episodes)
1998

Vivement dimanche prochain
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997

Zimmer frei!
Self · (1 episode)
1996

Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1995

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

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self · (1 episode)
1994

Patricia Kaas - Tour De Charme
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1993

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993

Pavarotti & Friends
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1992

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

DAS!
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1991

Patricia Kaas - Carnets de scène
Self
1991

Stars 90
Self · (5 episodes)
1990

Geld oder Liebe
Self · (2 episodes)
1989
Flitterabend
Self - Singer · (2 episodes)
1988

Téléthon
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Collaricocoshow
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Le monde est à vous
Self · (10 episodes)
1987

Sacrée soirée
Self · (13 episodes)
1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · (1 episode)
1987

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self · (2 episodes)
1986

Victoires de la musique
Self · (6 episodes)
1985

La Chance aux chansons
Self · (1 episode)
1984

Champs-Elysées
Self · (7 episodes)
1982

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · (1 episode)
1980

Fan School
Self · (1 episode)
1977

Kölner Treff
Self · (2 episodes)
1976
3 nach 9
Self · (1 episode)
1974
aspekte
Self · (1 episode)
1965

Bambi-Verleihung
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1948