Zizi Jeanmaire(1924-2020)

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Hans Christian Andersen et la danseuse (1952)

Zizi Jeanmaire was born on 29 April 1924 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Anything Goes (1956), Charmants Garçons (1957) and Guinguette (1959). She was married to Roland Petit. She died on 17 July 2020 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.

6.1

5.5

5.5

4.8

La belle au bois dormant
TV Movie
- La Fée Carabosse
- 1993
Carmen
8.2
TV Movie
- Carmen
- 1981
Numéro un
6.2
TV Series
- 1979
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
8.5
Short
- 1967
Adieux de Tabarin
TV Movie
- 1966
Kik ind!
TV Series
- Mime artist
- 1965
Les collants noirs
5.9
- The Gold Digger
- Carmen
- 1960
Guinguette
5.5
- Renée dit 'Guinguette'
- 1959
Charmants Garçons
5.5
- Lulu Natier
- 1957
Folies-Bergère
4.8
- Claudie
- 1956
Anything Goes
6.1
- Gaby Duval (as Jeanmaire)
- 1956
Max Liebman Spectaculars
6.8
TV Series
- Ballerina
- 1954
Hans Christian Andersen et la danseuse
6.9
- Doro (as Jeanmaire The Famous French Ballerina)
- 1952

Banda sonora
7.3
TV Series
- performer: "Mon Truc en Plumes"
- 2007
Year of the Dog
6.0
- performer: "I Get A Kick Out Of You"
- 2007
Pédale douce
5.8
- performer: "Mon Truc en Plumes"
- 1996
Dimanche Martin
TV Series
- performer: "Java for ever"
- 1988
Le monde est à vous
TV Series
- performer: "Java for ever"
- 1988
Die Vico-Torriani-Show
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "Quand ça Balance", "D'Aventures en Aventures"
- 1979
Numéro un
6.2
TV Series
- performer: "Vous qui Passez sans me Voir"
- 1978
La nuit des Césars
5.6
TV Series
- performer: "Quand ça Balance"
- 1978
Cadet Rousselle
TV Series
- performer: "En Douce", "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire"
- 1972
Galas del sábado
8.0
TV Series
- performer: "Elisa", "Le Caviar", "Avec toi c'est autre Chose"
- 1969
Zizi Jeanmaire: Bloody Jack
Music Video
- performer: "Bloody Jack"
- 1968
Toast of the Town
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "Mon Truc en Plumes"
- 1965
Cinq colonnes à la une
TV Series
- performer: "Mon Truc en Plumes"
- 1961
Guinguette
5.5
- performer: "Guinguette"
- 1959
Charmants Garçons
5.5
- performer: "Qu'on est Bien", "Charmants Garçons", "La Gambille"
- 1957

Trivia
Has had a long, enduring professional and private relationship with dancer/choreographer Roland Petit who created Les Ballet des Champs Elysees, and who choreographed all of her Hollywood musicals. They first met each other when both were 9 years old and students at the Paris Opera Ballet school.

Quotes
As you get older you become more understanding. When I was young it was all about me. I was very egocentric. Now it is a pleasure to work with young people who have talent. It is a continuity for me. It is a way to go on...and, I think, a way to grow old.