Nicole Croisille
{{Short description|French singer and actress (1936–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nicole Croisille
| image = Recueil.Michel Vocoret.Mises en scène.1969-1975 - btv1b525081906 (17 of 93) - crop.jpg
| caption = Nicole Croisille circa 1970
| genre = Chanson française
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|10|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|06|04|1936|10|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Paris, France
}}
Nicole Croisille (9 October 1936 – 4 June 2025) was a French singer and actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1961 and 2005, and recorded several albums since 1961.
Life and career
Croisille was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 9 October 1936.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/27325/works|title=Songs written by Nicole Croisille|website=Secondhandsongs.com|access-date=21 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nicole_croisille|title=Rotten Tomatoes: Nicolle Croisille|website=Rottentomatoes.com|access-date=21 August 2021}}
Perhaps her most heard work is on the soundtrack of 1966 film by Claude Lelouch, A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme).{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=589}} She sang one solo, "Today It's You," and dueted with Pierre Barouh on several other numbers.
Croisille attempted to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the songs "Tu m'avais dit" and "Je t'aime un point c'est tout", but Dani was selected instead, although she did not participate due to Georges Pompidou's death being on the week in the contest. Her best-known records are "I'll Never Leave You"; "Téléphone-Moi"; "Une Femme avec Toi"; "J'ai besoin de Toi, J'ai besoin de Lui"; and "Parlez-moi de Lui".
Her single, "Woman in Your Arms", peaked at number 71 in Australia in May 1976.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=77}}
Croisille lived with Ménière's disease. She died from liver cancer in Paris, on 4 June 2025, at the age of 88.{{cite web|access-date=4 June 2025 |date=4 June 2025 |language=fr-FR |title=La chanteuse Nicole Croisille est morte à l'âge de 88 ans |url=https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/la-chanteuse-nicole-croisille-est-morte-a-l-age-de-88-ans_7290819.html |publisher=France Info [Singer Nicole Croisille has died at the age of 88]}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0188533|name=Nicole Croisille}}
- {{discogs artist|Nicole Croisille}}
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Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
Category:Musicians from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Category:Actresses from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Category:French film actresses
Category:20th-century French actresses
Category:21st-century French actresses
Category:People with Ménière's disease
Category:Deaths from liver cancer in France
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