Luis Mariano
Born
August 13, 1914
Died
July 14, 1970 (55 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Irún, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by Francis Lopez. He appeared in the 1954 film Adventures of the Barber of Seville and Le Chanteur de Mexico (1957) and became popular in France as well as his native Spain.
Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on 13 August 1914, the son of a garagiste and taxi-driver and showed interest in singing as a child. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War and settled in Bordeaux where he studied at the Conservatoire, and also sang in cabarets.
Jeanne Lagiscarde, who was in charge of the classical department of a record store in Bordeaux, took Mariano under her wing, and gave up her job to nurture his talent in Paris. To earn a living, he sang in stage shows and appeared in films, starting with 'L'escalier sans fin' in 1943. That year he auditioned for the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and sang in the opera at the Palais de Chaillot and later at the Théâtre des Variétés, with Vina Bovy, recording excerpts from the opera. He also left many recordings of popular song and operetta.
He continued to appear in other films from 1946, including a singing role in Napoléon and a film adaptation of Lehar's Der Zarewitsch.
In his encyclopedia Gänzl describes Mariano as a "svelte singing idol of French operetta of the post-war stage and screen". Mariano died in Paris in 1970.
His music is featured prominently in the 1996 Belgian film Le huitième jour in which he is played by Laszlo Harmati during scenes employing magical realism.
In 2014, French baritone David Serero recorded an album with Mariano classics performed in a Jazz version for the 100th anniversary of his birth: David Serero chante Luis Mariano – jazz version.
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Known For

Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1982
Système 2
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1975

Les pieds dans le plâtre
The farmer
1965

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
1960

Discorama
Self · (2 episodes)
1959

Serenade of Texas
Jacques Gardel
1958

Love in Jamaica
Manoël Martinez
1957

Springtime in Paris
(uncredited)
1957

The Singer from Mexico
Miguel Morano / Vincent Etchebar
1957

Four Days in Paris
Mario
1955

Napoleon
Garat
1955
The Little Czar
Luis Mariano / Aljoscha
1954

The Adventurer of Seville
Fígaro
1954

La belle de Cadix
Carlos
1953

Imperial Violets
Juan de Ayala
1952

Paris Still Sings!
Self
1951

Rendezvous in Grenada
Marco Da Costa
1951

El sueño de Andalucía
Juanito Var
1951

Andalusia
Juanito Var
1951

Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Franck Reno
1950

I Love Only You
Don Renaldo
1949

Fandango
José
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Secret Cargo
José
1947

History of Singing
Gino Fabretti
1947

L'Escalier sans fin
Singer
1943

Le Chant de l'exilé
un jeune Basque
1943

Ramuntcho
(singing voice)
1938