Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2020Annie Cordy dans Laissez-moi sortir — Joce de Guérande
• 2018A New Girl in Paris! — Rose
• 2018Illiterate — Adélaide Perez
• 2018The Damsels — Laurenne
• 2016The Dunce — Christiane
• Chefs — Léonie
• 2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
• 2014Les Souvenirs — La grand-mère de Romain
• 2014The Last Diamond — Inès de Boissière
• 2012I'm Going Home To Mum — Alice
• 2009Wild Grass — la dame de l'immeuble de Marguerite
• 2008Crime Is Our Business — Babette Boutiti
• 2008Disco — Mme Graindorge
• 2006A City Is Beautiful at Night — La mamie HLM
• 2006Demented — Rose
• Moi, Belgique — Narratrice
• 2004Madame Edouard — Ginette
• 2002Le passage du bac — Émilie
• 2000Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
• 1997Le Diable en sabots — Marie Fer
• 1997Sans cérémonie — Solange Serpette
• 1997Une mère comme on n'en fait plus — Simone
• 1995Vroum-vroum
• 1994Revenge of a Blonde — Jany
• Orages d'été, avis de tempête — Céline
• 1990Un été après l'autre — 'Mère Fine'
• 1983Le Braconnier de Dieu — Jofrette
• Madame S.O.S. — Mitsi
• 1978L'Avare — Frosine
• 1978Le Bel Indifférent — La femme
• 1977Drôles de zèbres — Real Baroness de la Tronchembiais
• 1976High Street — Mimi
• 1975Isabelle and Lust — La mère d'Isabelle
• 1975Souvenir of Gibraltar — Tina, mother
• 1974Night Police Station — Pupa
• 1974The Down-in-the-Hole Gang — Ginette Lalatte
• 1973La Dernière Bourrée à Paris — Psychoanalyst
• 1973The Seaman — Nina
• 1973The Suburbs Are Everywhere — L'agent immobilier
• 1972Gates of Fire — Andrée
• 1972The Pebbles of Etratat — Brigitte
• 1971The Cat — Nelly, boss of the Floride hotel
• 1970Ces messieurs de la gâchette — Maryse
• 1970Rider on the Rain — Juliette
• 1970The Breach — Mme Pinelli
• 1969Le bourgeois gentil mec — Mrs. Marthe
• 1968The Men in the Family — Maryse
• 1965Ces dames s'en mêlent — Lily
• 1965L'Or du duc — Concierge
• 1960Tête folle — Annie
• 1959Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women — Martine, gymnastics teacher
• 1958Tabarin — Mimi
• 1957The Singer from Mexico — Cri-Cri
• 1957Viktor und Viktoria — Titine
• 1956Hello Smile! — Annie Cordy
• 1954April Fools' Day — Charlotte Dupuy
• 1954Boom on Paris — lui-même
• 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles — Mrs. Langlois

Appearances as themselves (36)

• 202550 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Les Rois de la comédie — Self (archive footage)
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 2022La tournée triomphale des idoles — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Sheila, toutes ces vies-là — Self (archive footage)
• Samedi Sébastien — Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 2020Annie Cordy, une vie d’artiste — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015 — Self
• 2010Annie Cordy : 50 ans de succès @ Olympia 1998 — Self
• 2008Age Tendre - La tournée des Idoles - Saison 3 — Self
• Chanter la vie — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Stars 90 — Self
• Collaricocoshow — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Matin Bonheur — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Téléthon — Self
• La Chance aux chansons — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• L'Académie des 9 — Self
• Fan School — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self, Self - Host, Self (archive footage)
• Système 2 — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• À bout portant — Self
• Discorama — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self