Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. He has also gained a cult following across the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and "Bonnie and Clyde", respectively.
Serge Gainsbourg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928, in the maternity ward of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris on the Île de la Cité. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg.
Born Brucha Goda Besman (nicknamed Olia/Olga) in Feodosiya in 1894, Serge's mother was a mezzo-soprano singer. Serge's father Joseph was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire of Ukrainian Jewish heritage in 1896. Originally interested in painting, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory and then the Moscow Conservatory to study music, becoming a classically trained pianist. He came to Crimea, where he met and married Olga in 1918. The couple fled Odessa for Paris via Georgia and then Istanbul in the years following the Russian Revolution. The couple arrived in Marseille in 1921, settling in Paris near Olga's brother, who worked for the Louis Dreyfus Bank. Joseph became a piano performer at bars, casinos, and cabarets, while Olga sang at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff.
Serge and his twin sister Liliane had an elder brother Marcel, born in 1922, who died at sixteen months of pneumonia. They also had an older sister Jacqueline, born in 1926.
The family lived in the working-class districts of Paris, first at 35 Rue de la Chine in the 20th arrondissement, and then at 11 Rue Chaptal in the 9th arrondissement. They obtained French nationality in 1932. Joseph taught Serge and Liliane to play the piano. At age 12, Serge enrolled at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.
Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II. The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration. Early in the summer of 1941, the family temporarily sought refuge in the commune of Courgenard in the Sarthe department, at a place called "La Bassetière," with Baptiste and Irma Dumur. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Jane by Charlotte
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/01/2022
Serge Gainsbourg, les meilleures chansons
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2021
La Story de Serge Gainsbourg : Le Punchliner
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/02/2021
Anna Karina, Remember
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/2020
L'affaire Matzneff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/2020
Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon
Character:Self - Singer (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2019
Serge Gainsbourg, entre les murs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2018
Gainsbourg, art(s) et essai(s)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/04/2018
Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/04/2017
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2016
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2012
Gainsbourg by Gainsbourg: An Intimate Self Portrait
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/02/2012
Souvenirs of Serge
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/02/2011
Public Speaking
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/02/2011
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/04/2010
Gainsbourg and His Girls
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/01/2010
The World of Gaston Rébuffat
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2009
The Beaches of Agnès
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/2008
Serge Gainsbourg – D'autres nouvelles des étoiles
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/04/2005
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2003
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/11/2000
Anna
Character:L'ami de Serge
Release Date:29/08/1998
Stan the Flasher
Character:Un ami de David (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1990
Gainsbourg... Le Zénith - Live
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
Le Zenith de Gainsbourg
Character:Self
Release Date:07/11/1989
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/1988
Charlotte for Ever
Character:Stan
Release Date:10/12/1986
Gainsbourg... Casino de Paris 1986
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/1986
The Big Pardon
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:27/01/1982
Droit de Réponse
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/1981
Reporters
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1981
I Love You All
Character:Simon
Release Date:17/12/1980
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/1980
Serious as Pleasure
Character:L'inconnu du lac
Release Date:15/01/1975
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
Character:Police Inspector
Release Date:12/04/1973
Seduction Squad
Character:Albert
Release Date:29/11/1972
Melody
Character:L'homme
Release Date:22/12/1971
Romance of a Horsethief
Character:Sigmund
Release Date:11/08/1971
The Rage of War
Character:Mornar
Release Date:08/07/1971
Cannabis
Character:Serge Morgan
Release Date:02/09/1970
Paris Does Not Exist
Character:Laurent
Release Date:22/10/1969
Katmandu
Character:Ted
Release Date:26/09/1969
Slogan
Character:Serge Fabergé
Release Date:27/07/1969
Erotissimo
Character:l'individu dragueur au cinéma
Release Date:07/06/1969
Mr. Freedom
Character:Mr. Drugstore
Release Date:08/01/1969
Love in the Night
Character:Mathieu
Release Date:10/06/1968
Spécial Bardot
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
Character:Rémy
Release Date:07/06/1968
Pasha
Character:Serge Gainsbourg (uncredited)
Release Date:14/03/1968
The Looters
Character:Clyde
Release Date:08/08/1967
All Mad About Him
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Character:le chef des Chauves
Release Date:01/05/1967
Christmas at Vaugirard
Character:Joseph
Release Date:23/12/1966
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Character:Patrick Gérard
Release Date:07/10/1966
Four Queens for an Ace
Character:Man Asking for a Lighter (uncredited)
Release Date:05/10/1966
Teuf-teuf
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/1963
L'inconnue de Hong Kong
Character:Jean le pianiste
Release Date:02/08/1963
Sweet Skin
Character:Le pianiste (uncredited)
Release Date:16/05/1963
The Fury of Hercules
Character:Menistus
Release Date:21/05/1962
Samson
Character:Warkalla
Release Date:23/12/1961
The Revolt of the Slaves
Character:Corvino
Release Date:30/12/1960
Come Dance with Me!
Character:Léon
Release Date:18/12/1959
Television Appearances
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Archives secrètes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Samedi Sébastien
Character:Self - Guest
La semaine des 4 Julie
Character:Self - Guest (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self (archive footage)
Fréquenstar
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self (archive footage)
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
40° à l'ombre
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Please Turn the Page
Character:Self
30 millions d'amis
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Midi Première
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Film '72
Character:Self
Cadet Rousselle
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
À bout portant
Character:Self
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character:Dassonville
Vidocq
Character:Un fou
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Joseph
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Self
Die Drehscheibe
Character:Self
Le Trésor des treize maisons
Character:Le chanteur
Discorama
Character:Self
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