A dreamlike, impressionistic biography of the singer affectionately known as “The Little Sparrow,” “La Vie en Rose” flutters around the various stages of French national icon Edith Piaf’s eventful ...

A new biography of Edith Piaf debunks several myths about the doyenne of post-war French music, including claims she was born on the streets, suffered from blindness and helped prisoners during World ...

Understandably there is both widespread curiosity about the lives of well-known people, including the admirable and the less than admirable, and the desire among artists to produce something that ...

Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely ...

“There has never been anyone like her; there never will be … ” wrote long-time platonic friend Jean Cocteau of Edith Piaf, “… her Bonaparte-like forehead, her eyes like those of a blind person trying ...

A new film — as well as several recently published books — have introduced a younger generation of French citizens to Edith Piaf, the singer nicknamed "the Sparrow." She was only 47 when she died of ...

Edith Piaf, dead now for nearly 50 years, has become one of France’s great national monuments, as lucratively exportable a product as Maurice Chevalier, Claude Monet and Crépes Suzettes. Everyone here ...

Most musical biopics offer the filmgoer two things, one good, one not. You’ll likely get a fervent, juicy Oscar-time portrayal from whoever is playing Ray Charles, or Buddy Holly, or Johnny Cash, or ...

Imitation isn’t always the sincerest form of flattery. This is why Marion Cotillard’s sensational performance as Edith Piaf in the awesome new film La Vie en Rose is so unforgettable. Like Stephen Fry ...

Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, more dance-oriented audience. By Thomas Rogers His dozens of songs included ...