1. Rien de Rien

3. La Vie en Rose Starring: Marion Cotillard Directed by: Olivier Dahan Premiered in 2007 at the Berlin Film festival In France, it is called “La Mome”

4. Edith Piaf museum L'effet qu'tu m'fais “My songs are myself, my flesh, my blood, my head, my heart, my soul.”

5. Padam

6. Born December 19 th, 1915 in Paris Edith Giovanna Gassion Mother: Annetta Giovanna Maillard A singer Father: Louis-Alphonse Gassion A street acrobat Monsieur Lenoble

7. She left her fathers care when she was 15 years old. Edith first sang at 14 years old, in public to help earn more money. Edith became a street singer herself with her friend simone berteaut. She fell in love with delivery boy, louis Dupont at 16 years old. Un refrain courait dans la rue

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKgHG TpN0s Mon manege a moi

9. Louis Leplee Discovered edith piaf or “la mome” as he called her. La rue aux chansons

10. Made her into the edith piaf that we now know. Raymond Asso A french song writer. Mon légionnaire

11. “Basing your life on a dream is something that always surprises the skeptics, but our entire life is made up of chance happenings, good or bad, against which human will is virtually powerless.” L'homme à la moto

12. Yves Montand Charles Aznavour Les Compagnon s Les trois cloches

13. Marcel Cerdan Boxing champion in France. Became World champion in 1948. Married but had a summer long affair with edith. Hymne à l'amour

14. Edith piaf was in a car crash in 1951. She broke her arm and two ribs but refused to stop performing. Dans les prisons de Nantes “It’s true that I’ve always wanted to have courage. They say that it’s a masculine quality. But I believe that it’s women who ‘cope’ best when things are going badly.”

15. La Foule

16. Jacques Pills Theo Sarapo je t’ai dans la peau 1 st marriage 2 nd marriage “The essential thing is to love, to be loved, to be happy and in harmony with yourself.”

17. Le Bel Indifferent et La P’tite Lili Tatave

18. Eartha Kitt Frank Sinatra “The day of an American is an exhausting one. He excepts this philosophically, but when it is over he wants to relax. He knows very well that there is a coarser side of life where rogues abound…indeed; he has to deal with it everyday…but in the evening he wants to forget about it. His needs and tastes are simple and unsophisticated. Why, he asks himself, when he has deposited his cares in the cloak-room with his hat, does this little French woman have to sing her miserable songs about miserable people?” C'est si bon

19. Milord

20. Died on October 11 th, 1963. She is buried at Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise in Paris. Her last recorded song was “L’homme de Berlin”. She was only 47. L’homme de Berlin

21. Non, je ne regrette rien

22. Fin Madeleine qu'avait du cœur

23. Bibliography http://www.little-sparrow.co.uk/ http://www.edithpiaf.com/biography.php http://www.cdmusicrobot.com/the-stories-behind-the- sounds/edith-piaf-eminent-street-chanteuse.html Piaf, Edith, and Jean Noli. My Life. Ed. Margaret Crosland. Peter Owen. Print. Piaf, Edith. The Wheel of Fortune: the Autobiography of Edith Piaf. Trans. Peter Trewartha and Andree Masoin De Virton. Peter Owen, 1965. Print. Books Web Media La Vie En Rose. Dir. Oliver Dahan. Perf. Marion Cotillard. DVD. Edith Piaf. 50 Grandes Chansons. 2010. MP3.