Biography

Serge Reggiani (May 2, 1922 – July 23, 2004) was an Italian-born French singer and actor. In spite of never quite reaching the peak with his acting career, he did triumph in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Séquestrés d'Altona. In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer (at the age of 43), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara. Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French "Chanson" ("song") and although he was in his 40s, his bad-boy rugged image made him popular with both young and older listeners. His best known songs include "Il suffirait de presque rien", "Les loups sont entrés dans Paris" and "Sarah (La femme qui est dans mon lit.)