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Birthday: Dec 05, 1966
Place of Birth: Forbach, Moselle, France

Patricia Kaas

Patricia Kaas (born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album Mademoiselle chante..., Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album Je te dis vous. In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and finished in eighth place. Patricia Kaas, the youngest of her family, was born on 5 December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the German border. Her father, Joseph Kaas, a miner, was a French Germanophone (Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France in 1918) and her mother, Irmgard, was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the border. Until the age of six, she spoke only Lorraine Franconian. Her mother encouraged Kaas, then a young girl, to become a singer. At the age of only eight Kaas was already singing songs by Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu, as well as English-language songs such as "New York, New York", at various small events such as the marriage of her brother. Her first real success came when she received first place at a pop song contest. Kaas took her first step into the professional music business at the age of 13, when, with the help of her brother Egon, she signed a contract with the Saarbrücken club Rumpelkammer. Kaas took the name Pady Pax — after Pax Majorettes, a brass band from Stiring-Wendel, of which she and her sister Carine were members — and for seven years appeared with the band, Dob's Lady Killers. At 16, she took a placement with a model agency in Metz. Her first attempts to break into the music business failed; a producer rejected her on the ground that the world did not need a second Mireille Mathieu. Kaas's producer at this time was the architect Bernard Schwartz. In 1985, at 19 years old, Kaas was sponsored by French actor Gérard Depardieu. Schwartz had seen her singing at the Rumpelkammer in Saarbrücken and introduced her to the songwriter François Bernheim. Bernheim worked with her and convinced Depardieu to produce her music. Depardieu produced Kaas's first single Jalouse (Eng: Jealous), written by Bernheim and Depardieu's wife, Elisabeth. The single was published by EMI, but was a flop. Nonetheless, her encounter with Depardieu was one of the most important events at the beginning of Kaas's artistic career. Through Jalouse and Bernheim, the French songwriter Didier Barbelivien became aware of Kaas. His song Mademoiselle chante le blues (Eng: Lady sings the blues) was the singer's first big hit. The single was published in 1987 by Polydor, and reached 7th place in the French singles chart. The next year, Kaas's second single D'Allemagne (Eng: From Germany) was recorded, written by Barbelivien and Bernheim. ... Source: Article "Patricia Kaas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's Self (archive footage) 2012
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos 2019
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui 2014
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... Jane Lester 2002
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia Self (archive footage) 2019
Patricia Kaas: 3sat Festival 2017 Self 2017
Patricia Kaas - Kabaret Tour Self 2009
Patricia Kaas - Toute la Musique Self 2005
Patricia Kaas: Rendez-vous Self 2000
Patricia Kaas - Live at Baloise Session 2013 Self 2014
Patricia Kaas: Ce Sera Nous Self 2000
Murdered Kathy 2012
Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français 2021
La folie des années 90 2010
Patricia Kaas - Tour De Charme Self 1993
Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York Self 2013
Patricia Kaas - Carnets de scène 1991
Patricia Kaas: Kaas chante Piaf à l'Olympia Self 2014
Christmas In Vienna VI Self 1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur 1998
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique 1995
Pavarotti & Friends Self 1992
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau 2002
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania 1993
Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra 1992
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés 1997
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 1999
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000 2000
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés 2001
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs 2010
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés 2005
Series Cast Year
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show Self 1998
L'Invité Self 2002
Amanda Self 2016
Victoires de la musique Self 1985
Le monde est à vous Self 1987
Vivement dimanche prochain Self 1998
Die Harald Schmidt Show Self 1995
La chanson de l'année Self 2004
Flitterabend Self - Singer 1988
Verstehen Sie Spaß? Self 1980
Bambi Awards Self 1948
Geld oder Liebe Self 1989
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel Self 2004
ZDF-Fernsehgarten Self 1986
Volle Kanne Self 1999
Zimmer frei! Self 1996
Stars à domicile Self 2001
Markus Lanz Self 2008
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio Self 1994
Kölner Treff Self 1976
Menschen der Woche Self 2000
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show Self 1998
Champs-Elysées Self 1982
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Self (archive footage) 2022
Collaricocoshow Self 1987
Fan School Self 1977
La Chance aux chansons Self 1984
Star Academy Self 2001
DAS! Self 1991
3 nach 9 Self 1974
Aeschbacher Self 2001
Téléthon Self 1987
3satfestival Self 2000
aspekte Self 1965
Vivement dimanche Self 1998
Matin Bonheur Self 1987
Stars 90 Self 1990
Sacrée soirée self 1987
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