Amanda Lear
Born June 18, 1946 (Age: 79)
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Saigon, French Indochina [now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]
Biography
Amanda Lear (originally Tapp, born 18 November 1939 or 1946, in British Hong Kong) is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist. Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. She first came to the public attention as the model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" and "Fashion Pack". Lear has sold 15 million albums and over 25 million singles worldwide. In the mid-1980s she positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in mainland Europe, especially in Italy and in France where she hosted many long-running TV shows. Since the 1990s her time has been divided between music, television, writing and movies as well as pursuing her career as a painter. Currently she lives in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès near Avignon in the south of France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Lear, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Amanda Lear (originally Tapp, born 18 November 1939 or 1946, in British Hong Kong) is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist.
Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. She first came to the public attention as the model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" and "Fashion Pack". Lear has sold 15 million albums and over 25 million singles worldwide.
In the mid-1980s she positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in mainland Europe, especially in Italy and in France where she hosted many long-running TV shows. Since the 1990s her time has been divided between music, television, writing and movies as well as pursuing her career as a painter. Currently she lives in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès near Avignon in the south of France.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Lear, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Oldies But Goodies
2024
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as Barbie
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Age: 77
Le Grand Bluff : 30 ans déjà !
2022
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as Self
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Age: 76
Soirée Pyjama
2019
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as Self - Guest
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Age: 72
Des hommes stylés
2018
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as Self
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Age: 72
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
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as Self - Singer / Dali's Muse
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Age: 67
The Cinema According to Dalí
2010
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as Self
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Age: 63
Dragon Hunters
2008
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as Gildas (voice)
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Age: 61
Mon amour de fantôme
2007
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 60
Night Archives
2005
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as La femme
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Age: 58
Courts mais Gay : Tome 9
2005
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as La femme
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Age: 58
Dance Challenge
2002
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as Birgit
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Age: 55
Bimboland
1998
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as Gina
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Age: 52
Love Reinvented
1997
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as Une passante
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Age: 51
Les Interdits des Grosses Têtes
1997
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as Self
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Age: 50
A Woman for Me
1993
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as Françoise
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Age: 46
Grottenolm
1985
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as Dr. Ludmilla Nerovna
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Age: 38
Loggerheads
1978
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as
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Age: 32
Crazy Nights
1978
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as Self
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Age: 31
Fun and Games for Everyone
1969
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as
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Age: 23
Don't Play with Martians
1968
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as Un habitant de Gamma
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Age: 21