Annie Fratellini - Revision history

Djando: /* Running Away From The Circus… */

2024-12-27T22:20:22Z

‎Running Away From The Circus…

Djando: /* Image Gallery */

2024-12-27T22:07:38Z

‎Image Gallery

Djando: /* Running Away From The Circus… */

2022-07-22T00:13:04Z

‎Running Away From The Circus…

Djando: /* Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher */

2022-07-22T00:09:28Z

‎Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher

Djando: /* Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher */

2022-07-22T00:08:15Z

‎Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher

Djando: /* Running Away From The Circus… */

2018-05-30T17:21:46Z

‎Running Away From The Circus…

Djando: /* See Also */

2018-03-27T17:02:18Z

‎See Also

Djando: /* Image Gallery */

2018-03-27T01:37:38Z

‎Image Gallery

Djando: /* Image Gallery */

2018-03-26T19:35:19Z

‎Image Gallery

Djando: /* Image Gallery */

2018-03-25T20:28:40Z

‎Image Gallery

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 Like all true circus children, Annie was trained in acrobatics and other circus skills&mdash;by her uncle Albert&mdash;and since her mother was a good musician, she was also given a solid musical [[File:Annie_Fratellini_Disc_Cover_(1964).jpeg|left|thumb|300px|Annie Fratellini's recording (1964)]]education. As for her clowning skills, she just had to watch her large family’s comedy and clown acts to learn all the basics. She made her performing debut at Paris’s [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] at age thirteen, entering the ring within a big rolling globe, from which she emerged to balance on it while playing the saxophone. It was deemed "charming," but it was by no means an act promised to stardom. (A gifted musician, she also played the violin, the vibraphone, the piano, the accordion and the concertina.)
-At eighteen, she "ran away" from the circus and formed a small Dixieland jazz band with which she toured the variety circuit, before starting a new career as a variety singer and recording artist, and eventually becoming a movie actress. In 1954 she married the film director Pierre Granier-Deferre, with whom she had a daughter, [[Valérie Fratellini|Valérie]]. She appeared notably in Louis Malle's controversial film (at the time) ''Zazie dans le Métro'' (1960), and in 1965, she had a major role in Granier-Deferre’s hit, ''La Métamorphose des Cloportes''. She and Granier-Deferre divorced the following year. Then she met [[Pierre Étaix]], a former comedian who had been Jacques Tati’s assistant before becoming a very successful filmmaker in his own right, specializing, like Tati, in mostly visual and relatively silent comedies.
+At eighteen, she "ran away" from the circus and formed a small Dixieland jazz band with which she toured the variety circuit; in 1953, she married her trumpeter, Philippe Brun, bu the marriage didn't last. She soon embarked in a a new career as a variety singer and recording artist, and eventually became a movie actress. In 1954 she re-married with the film director Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927-2007), with whom she had a daughter, [[Valérie Fratellini|Valérie]]. She appeared notably in Louis Malle's controversial film (at the time) ''Zazie dans le Métro'' (1960), and in 1965, she had a major role in Granier-Deferre’s hit, ''La Métamorphose des Cloportes''. She and Granier-Deferre divorced the following year. Then she met [[Pierre Étaix]] (1928-2016), a former comedian who had been Jacques Tati’s assistant before becoming a very successful filmmaker in his own right, specializing, like Tati, in mostly visual and relatively silent comedies.
 Étaix had a passion for the circus, especially for clowns, whom he often used in his films instead of actors. In 1965, he had produced his masterpiece, ''Yoyo'', the story of a clown who becomes rich and leaves the circus, and then realizes that life out of the ring is just emptiness: He eventually returns where he belongs. (Étaix inspiration was, in part, the clown [[Grock]], who had built a palace for himself, in which he never really lived.) Annie Fratellini was touched by the movie and met Pierre Étaix. They fell in love and Pierre asked Annie to star in his film ''Le Grand Amour'' (1969)&mdash;in effect, a paean to the woman he loved.

@@ Line 57: / Line 57: @@
 File:Les_Fratellini.png|Albert, François and Paul (''bottom'') Fratellini (c.1925)
 File:Trio_Lopez.jpeg|Poster featuring Victor Fratellini (c.1925)
 File:Annie_Fratellini_c1960.jpeg|Annie Fratellini (c.1960)
 File:Fratellini_Disc_Cover_1961.jpeg|Annie Fratellini's Disc Cover (1961)

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 At eighteen, she "ran away" from the circus and formed a small Dixieland jazz band with which she toured the variety circuit, before starting a new career as a variety singer and recording artist, and eventually becoming a movie actress. In 1954 she married the film director Pierre Granier-Deferre, with whom she had a daughter, [[Valérie Fratellini|Valérie]]. She appeared notably in Louis Malle's controversial film (at the time) ''Zazie dans le Métro'' (1960), and in 1965, she had a major role in Granier-Deferre’s hit, ''La Métamorphose des Cloportes''. She and Granier-Deferre divorced the following year. Then she met [[Pierre Étaix]], a former comedian who had been Jacques Tati’s assistant before becoming a very successful filmmaker in his own right, specializing, like Tati, in mostly visual and relatively silent comedies.
-Étaix had a passion for the circus, especially for clowns, whom he often used in his films instead of actors. In 1965, he had produced his masterpiece, ''Yoyo'', the story of a clown who becomes rich and leaves the circus, before realizing that life out of the ring is just emptiness: He eventually returns where he belongs. (Étaix inspiration was, in part, the clown [[Grock]], who had built a palace for himself, in which he never really lived.) Annie Fratellini was touched by the movie and met Pierre Étaix. They fell in love and Pierre asked Annie to star in his film ''Le Grand Amour'' (1969)&mdash;in effect, a paean to the woman he loved.
+Étaix had a passion for the circus, especially for clowns, whom he often used in his films instead of actors. In 1965, he had produced his masterpiece, ''Yoyo'', the story of a clown who becomes rich and leaves the circus, and then realizes that life out of the ring is just emptiness: He eventually returns where he belongs. (Étaix inspiration was, in part, the clown [[Grock]], who had built a palace for himself, in which he never really lived.) Annie Fratellini was touched by the movie and met Pierre Étaix. They fell in love and Pierre asked Annie to star in his film ''Le Grand Amour'' (1969)&mdash;in effect, a paean to the woman he loved.
 ===Back To Her Roots===

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 Heiress to the legendary clown dynasty, Annie Fratellini (1932-1997) was born in the circus, left the circus, and returned to the circus to become one of France’s most celebrated clowns with her husband, Pierre Étaix (and, later, with her daughter, Valérie)&mdash;before creating a circus school in 1975, which has become one of France’s major state-sponsored circus schools, the [[Académie Fratellini]].
-Annie Violette Fratellini was born in Algiers, where her parents were touring, on November 14, 1932. Her father was the clown and acrobat [[The Fratellini Dynasty|Victor Fratellini]] (1901-1979), son of Paul (Paolo) Fratellini (1877-1940) and nephew of François and Albert, of the illustrious [[Les Fratellini|trio Fratellini]], and her mother, née Suzanne Rousseau (1915-1999), was the daughter of Gaston Rousseau, the director of the defunct [[Cirque Métropole|Cirque de Paris]], the gigantic circus building that stood Avenue de la Motte-Picquet in the French capital from 1906 to 1930.
+Annie Violette Fratellini was born in Algiers, where her parents were touring, on November 14, 1932. Her father was the clown and acrobat [[The Fratellini Dynasty|Victor Fratellini]] (1901-1979), son of Paul (Paolo) Fratellini (1877-1940) and nephew of François and Albert, of the illustrious [[Les Fratellini|trio Fratellini]]; her mother, née Suzanne Rousseau (1915-1999), was the daughter of Gaston Rousseau, the director of the defunct [[Cirque Métropole|Cirque de Paris]], the gigantic circus building that stood Avenue de la Motte-Picquet in the French capital from 1906 to 1930.
 ===Running Away From The Circus…===

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:08, 22 July 2022
Line 5:		Line 5:


−	Heiress to the legendary clown dynasty, Annie Fratellini (1932-1997) was born in the circus, left the circus, and returned to the circus to become one of France’s most celebrated clowns with her husband, Pierre Étaix (and, later, with her daughter, Valérie)—before creating a circus school in 1975, which has become one of ~~her country’s~~ major state-sponsored circus schools, the [[Académie Fratellini]].	+	Heiress to the legendary clown dynasty, Annie Fratellini (1932-1997) was born in the circus, left the circus, and returned to the circus to become one of France’s most celebrated clowns with her husband, Pierre Étaix (and, later, with her daughter, Valérie)—before creating a circus school in 1975, which has become one of France’s major state-sponsored circus schools, the [[Académie Fratellini]].

	Annie Violette Fratellini was born in Algiers, where her parents were touring, on November 14, 1932. Her father was the clown and acrobat [[The Fratellini Dynasty\|Victor Fratellini]] (1901-1979), son of Paul (Paolo) Fratellini (1877-1940) and nephew of François and Albert, of the illustrious [[Les Fratellini\|trio Fratellini]], and her mother, née Suzanne Rousseau (1915-1999), was the daughter of Gaston Rousseau, the director of the defunct [[Cirque Métropole\|Cirque de Paris]], the gigantic circus building that stood Avenue de la Motte-Picquet in the French capital from 1906 to 1930.		Annie Violette Fratellini was born in Algiers, where her parents were touring, on November 14, 1932. Her father was the clown and acrobat [[The Fratellini Dynasty\|Victor Fratellini]] (1901-1979), son of Paul (Paolo) Fratellini (1877-1940) and nephew of François and Albert, of the illustrious [[Les Fratellini\|trio Fratellini]], and her mother, née Suzanne Rousseau (1915-1999), was the daughter of Gaston Rousseau, the director of the defunct [[Cirque Métropole\|Cirque de Paris]], the gigantic circus building that stood Avenue de la Motte-Picquet in the French capital from 1906 to 1930.

@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 * Video: [[Annie_Fratellini_and_Pierre_Etaix_Video_1975|Pierre Etaix & Annie Fratellini, clown entrée (excerpts)]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975)
 * Video: [[Etaix_Fratellini_Video_(1975)|Annie Fratellini & Pierre Étaix (Yoyo), musical entrée]], in the French TV show ''Numéro Un'' (1975)
-* Biography: [[Pierre Étaix]]
+* Biographies: [[Pierre Étaix]], [[Les Fratellini]]
 ==Suggested Reading==

@@ Line 59: / Line 59: @@
 File:Fratellini_Disc_Cover_1961.jpeg|Annie Fratellini's Disc Cover (1961)
 File:Annie_Fratellini_Disc_Cover_(1964).jpeg|Annie Fratellini's Disc Cover (1964)
 File:Le_Grand_Amour.jpeg|Pierre Étaix and Annie Fratellini in ''Le Grand Amour'' (1969)
 File:Fratellini_Etaix.jpeg|Annie Fratellini & Pierre Étaix (1970)