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Jean-Claude Pascal (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ clod paskal], born Jean-Claude Villeminot; 24 October 1927 5 May 1992), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.

Jean-Claude Pascal in 1945.
Jean-Claude Pascal in 1945.
Grave of Jean-Claude Pascal's family in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.
Grave of Jean-Claude Pascal's family in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.
Jean-Claude Pascal, 1968
Jean-Claude Pascal, 1968

Jean-Claude Pascal was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, Arlette Lemoine, was the great-granddaughter of English fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth. His father, Roger Villeminot, died the year of his birth.[1]

He began his secondary education in 1938 at the Collège Annel, in Compiègne, and concluded it at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. In 1944, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the 2nd Armored Division of General Leclerc. He was the first French soldier to enter Strasbourg in November 1944, while the German Army was still in the process of evacuating the city. For this, he received the Croix de Guerre in 1945.[2]

After surviving World War II in Strasbourg, Pascal studied at the Sorbonne before turning to fashion-designing for Christian Dior. While working on costumes for the theater production of the play Don Juan, he was exposed to acting. His first acting role was in the film Le jugement de Dieu (1949, released in 1952) and afterwards in "Le rideau cramoisi", 1951, opposite Anouk Aimée, followed by several films including Die schöne Lügnerin (La Belle et l'empereur 1959, 'Beautiful Liar') with Romy Schneider, and Angelique and the Sultan (Angélique et le sultan, 1968) with Michèle Mercier.

Pascal won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg with the song "Nous les amoureux" ('We the lovers'), with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by Maurice Vidalin. The song tells the story of a thwarted love between the singer and his lover ("they would like to separate us, they would like to hinder us / from being happy"). The lyrics go on about how the relationship is rejected by others but will finally be possible ("but the time will come. [...] and I will be able to love you without anybody in town talking about it. [...] [God] gave us the right to happiness and joy."). Later, Pascal explained that the song was about a homosexual relationship and the difficulties it faced. As this topic would have been considered controversial in the early 1960s, the lyrics are ambiguous and do not refer to the lovers' gender. This allowed hiding the song's actual message, which was not understood in this way by the general public at the time.[3] Pascal was, himself, gay.[4]

He later represented Luxembourg again in the 1981 contest and finished 11th of 20 with the song "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" ('It may not be America'), with words and music he composed together with Sophie Makhno and Jean-Claude Petit. Pascal died in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine in 1992, aged 64, of stomach cancer.


Discography



Filmography


Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Jacqueline Boyer
with "Tom Pillibi"
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
1961
Succeeded by
Isabelle Aubret
with "Un premier amour"
Preceded by
Camillo Felgen
with "So laang we's du do bast"
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
1961
Succeeded by
Camillo Felgen
with "Petit bonhomme"
Preceded by
Sophie & Magaly
with "Papa Pingouin"
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
1981
Succeeded by
Svetlana
with "Cours après le temps"

References


  1. "Charles Frederick Worth, le "père de la haute couture"". Jean-Claude Pascal, Portrait (in French). 25 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. Billaut, François (2020). "Charles Frederick Worth, le "père de la haute couture"". Point de Vue (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. "" Nous les amoureux " de Jean-Claude Pascal, une chanson qui annonce la révolution du mouvement gay..." La Première (in French). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. Minsitru, Sébastien (16 May 2019). ""Nous les amoureux" de Jean-Claude Pascal, une chanson qui annonce la révolution du mouvement gay..." RTBF (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2021.



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- [en] Jean-Claude Pascal

[es] Jean-Claude Pascal

Jean-Claude Pascal, nacido como Jean-Claude Villeminot (París, 24 de octubre de 1927–Clichy-la-Garenne, 5 de mayo de 1992), fue un popular actor y cantante francés, ganador de Eurovisión en 1961.

[ru] Паскаль, Жан-Клод

Жан-Клод Паскаль (фр. Jean-Claude Pascal, наст. фамилия Вильмино, фр. Villeminot; 24 октября 1927, Париж — 5 мая 1992, Клиши-ла-Гаренн) — французский певец, победитель конкурса песни Евровидение в 1961 году.



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