Catherine Ringer (October 18, 1957 – September 14, 2026) was a French singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, actress, former pornographic performer, and co-founder of the pop rock group Les Rita Mitsouko. She is the daughter of French artist Sam Ringer. She is also the lead vocalist for Plaza Francia Orchestra where she performs with Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller, formerly of Gotan Project. Ringer started her professional career on stage in the late 1970s in productions with Michael Lonsdale's Théâtre de Recherche Musicale as well as musical and dance productions. In 1976, she met the Argentine dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto with whom she studied and also performed in various venues in Paris. The hit song "Marcia Baïla" was written as a tribute to Moretto after her death in 1981. In 1979, she met Fred Chichin with whom she founded and co-led the music group Les Rita Mitsouko. Ringer continued leading the group after Chichin's death in November 2007. Post the release of the 2010 Gotan Project album Tango 3.0, Ringer teamed up with members Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller to create Plaza Francia, now known as Plaza Francia Orchestra for their 7 April 2014 release A New Tango Song Book. The album came with critical acclaim and a commercial success in France also charting in Belgium and she continues to perform with them to this day. Source: Article "Catherine Ringer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Фільмографія

• 2026Taratata - Hommage spécial à Catherine Ringer — Self (archive footage), Author, Compositor
• 2025Heads or Fails — Delphine
• 202440 — Songs
• La Fille au cœur de cochon — La rebouteuse
• 2020Catherine Ringer chante les Rita Mitsouko — Self (archive footage), Author, Compositor
• 2019Catherine Ringer sings Les Rita Mitsouko @ Philharmonie de Paris — Self (archive footage) : Vocals & Guitar, Author, Compositor, Scenic Artist, Editor, Executive Producer
• Capitaine Marleau — Madame Rosa
• 1998Un grand cri d'amour — Original Music Composer
• 1987Keep Your Right Up — Catherine Ringer - Les Rita Mitsouko
• 1987La Bocca
• 1986Nuit d'ivresse — Main Title Theme Composer
• 1983The Boulugres — Minoda (voice)
• 1982Bizarre Marilyn — Françoise, la maîtresse
• 1982L'inconnue
• 1982Natacha baronne vicieuse — (archive footage)
• 1981Countryside Girls in Heat — Julie
• 1981Gorges profondes et petites filles — Mother
• 1981Innocence impudique — (archive footage)
• 1981Intimate Lingerie — The widow
• 1981L'Éducation d'Orphélie — La Maitresse (as Claudia Mutti)
• 1981Lea — The Au Pair Girl
• 1981Rien ne vaut la première fois
• 1981Teenage Emanuelle — Emy (Angela in other versions)
• 1980Histoires de cul — Viviane
• 1980Les petits trous libertins
• 1980Love Theatre — Une partouzeuse
• 1979Flashes rouges — Catherine Ringer
• 1979Parties de campagne — Florence, la sauvageonne
• 1977Body Love — Martine
• 1977Love Inferno — Monique
• 1976The Spanking (or The Memoirs of Mr. Leon - Spanking Professor) — Marcelle
• 1969Les deux coquines — Kiki

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (27)

• 2025Taratata numéro 600 — Self : Guest
• A History of the European Rural Life — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2024Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024 — Self
• 2023Cannes chante le cinéma — Self
• 2023Sparks au château d'Hérouville — Self
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• Le Late avec Alain Chabat — Self
• 2022Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement — Self
• 2021Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime — Self
• 2020Catherine Ringer chante les Rita Mitsouko à We Love Green — Self
• Bonsoir bonsoir! — Self
• 2019Oh Les Filles! — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Soirée Pyjama — Self - Guest
• 2018Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show — Self
• 2017Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise — Self
• 2017Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith — Self
• 2008Catherine Ringer chante les Rita Mitsouko and more à la Cigale — Self
• La chanson de l'année — Self
• 2001Les Rita Mitsouko - Bestov — Self (archive footage)
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Taratata — Self
• 1990Railway Life — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self - Les Rita Mitsouko
• Nulle part ailleurs — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self - Les Rita Mitsouko
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self - Les Rita Mitsouko