Line Renaud
Born
July 2, 1928 (96 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Nieppe, Hauts-de-France, France
Line Renaud (born Jacqueline Ente on 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist.
In her 80 year career, she has appeared in 86 films and TV films, released 25 albums and 114 singles. She has also appeared in 12 plays and written or co-written approximately 20 books. In 2022, she played the titular character in the film Driving Madeleine.
Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week but he played the trumpet, on weekends, in a local brass band. Line showed the first signs of her talent in primary school, when at the age of seven she won an amateur competition.
During the Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a café in Armentières, where she used to sing for passing soldiers.
She auditioned at Conservatoire de Lille, singing songs written by Louis "Loulou" Gasté "Sainte-Madeleine" and "Mon âme au diable", a well-known French composer. At the end of the audition, she was approached by the director of Radio Lille who was looking for a singer. She took the pseudonym of Jacqueline Ray and joined the station singing a repertoire based on the songs by Loulou Gasté.
Line Renaud made her national debut on Radio Luxembourg, singing on a Sunday morning program. After signing a contract with Pathe Marconi, she recorded "Ma Cabane au Canada", written by Loulou Gasté, which won le Grand Prix du Disque. She also sang with Yves Montand in the Théâtre de l'Etoile. She toured Europe and Africa extensively, came back to Paris to star at the ABC, and recorded numerous adaptations of American songs such as "Ma petite folie", "Étoile des neiges" and "Le Chien dans la vitrine".
In 1954, while performing at Moulin Rouge, she met Bob Hope and subsequently appeared in five episodes of The Bob Hope Show in the US. During this trip, she also sang in the Waldorf Astoria (New York) and the Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared on Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Ed Sullivan shows and recorded with Dean Martin the songs "Relax-Ay-Voo" and "Two Sleepy People".
In 1959, she started a four-year run of Plaisir de Paris for Henri Varna and then went on to perform in a Las Vegas show at Dunes from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Casino de Paris starring in a new show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas for a number of performances. In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years. ...
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Known For
The Next trip
Jacqueline
2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Self (archive footage)
2022
Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens
Self
2022
In France with Madonna
Self (archive footage)
2022
Driving Madeleine
Madeleine
2022
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Louis
2022
Le Squat
Colette
2021
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Self
2018
Family Is Family
Suzanne Duquesne, Valentin's mother
2018
Remembering You
Mado
2017
Pleins feux
Alice Margaux
2017
La Douce Empoisonneuse
Clémence
2014
La voyante
Vera
2014
Belinda and Me
Jacqueline
2014
Simple question de temps
Laurence Delcourt
2012
Petits arrangements avec ma mère
Marie-Louise
2012
Harold et Maude
Maude
2012
La Croisière
Simone
2011
Très chère Mathilde
Mathilde Giffard
2011
Santa's Apprentice
Solange Folichon (voice)
2010
In case of Bad Luck
Viviane Guérand
2009
Fallen from the Sky
Louise
2008
Welcome to the Sticks
Mrs. Bailleul
2008
Fugueuses
Claude
2008
A House of Your Dreams
Tata Suzanne Bailleul
2006
The Robin Sisters
Marie Robin
2006
A Cursed Monarchy
Marie de Hongrie
2005
The Courage to Love
Line
2005
Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later
Julie
2003
Chaos
Mamie
2001
Doggy Bag
La mère
1999
Belle Maman
Nicou
1999
Une femme d'action
Colette Valier
1997
Blood Sisters
Garance
1997
La Voisine
Simone Castres
1997
Sixième classique
Madame Cotelle
1996
Ma femme me quitte
Margot Piquet
1996
Rendez-moi ma fille
Lou
1994
I Can't Sleep
Ninon
1994
The Sands of Time
Mme. Angelis
1992
Pleins feux
Adeline Margaux
1992
My New Partner II
Simone
1990
La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)
Marceline
1989
The Indestructible
Liliane Robustal
1959
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
Agnès Bourdieux
1957
La Madelon
Madeleine Thuilier aka 'La Madelon'
1955
Boom on Paris
Self
1954
Double or Quits
The singer
1952
Ils sont dans les vignes...
Rose Filhol
1952
Paris Still Sings!
Self
1951
Over the waves
Self
1951
Une Belle Garce
1947
Devil and the Angel
Cabaret singer
1946
Le Palmier
Résistantes
Mère Madeleine en 1970
2025
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
Self · (5 episodes)
2022
Archives secrètes
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
Knock, Knock, It's Mom!
Mamoune
2021
I Love You Coiffure
Mme Vinard (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
2020
Les secrets de la belle endormie
Self
2020
Huguette
Huguette
2019
Les 40 ans de Starmania
Self
2019
Let's Dance
Nicole
2019
Mon Chirac
Self
2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
2018
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Self
2018
Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars
Self
2018
Call My Agent!
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Murders in...
Gabrielle Sandraz · (2 episodes)
2013
The Great Restaurant II
The lady with the canary
2011
Le Silence de l'épervier
Margot Vivier-Lefort · (8 episodes)
2008
Aller-retour dans la journée
Élise Villedieu
2006
Infrarouge
Self · (1 episode)
2006
The Accursed Kings
Marie de Hongrie · (5 episodes)
2005
Le Miroir de l'eau
Suzanne Castella · (4 episodes)
2004
Suzie Berton
Suzie Berton
2004
Our Dream Lives
Pussycat
2004
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
2002
Vivement dimanche
Self · (4 episodes)
1998
Vivement dimanche prochain
Self · (1 episode)
1998
À nous deux la vie
Fanny
1998
La Grande Béké
Fleur de Mase de la Joucquerie · (2 episodes)
1998
Les Filles du Lido
Henriette · (3 episodes)
1995
Polly West est de retour
Polly West
1993
Stars 90
Self · (2 episodes)
1990
Le monde est à vous
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (14 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · (1 episode)
1987
La Chance aux chansons
Self · (4 episodes)
1984
Folle Amanda
Amanda
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self · (6 episodes)
1982
Fan School
Self · (1 episode)
1977
30 millions d'amis
Self · (1 episode)
1976
Système 2
Self · (5 episodes)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
Midi Première
Self · (9 episodes)
1975
Midi trente
Self · (3 episodes)
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Cadet Rousselle
Self · (2 episodes)
1971
Cadet Rousselle
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (1 episode)
1971
À bout portant
Self · (1 episode)
1968
Hully Gully
Self
1964
Discorama
Self · (2 episodes)
1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948