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person_profile-Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel Died at age: 71

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sacha Distel

Date of Birth:

Jan 29, 1933

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Jul 22, 2004

Biography of

Sacha Distel

    Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997. He had also scored a hit as a songwriter when Tony Bennett recorded Sacha's song for The Good Life in 1963. It peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and Top 10 on the Easy Listening chart.

    Distel was the son of Russian-French emigre Léonide Distel who was born in Odessa (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in Constantinople. His uncle was bandleader Ray Ventura. After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar.

    During his career, Distel worked with Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Gourley, Lionel Hampton, Slide Hampton, Bobby Jaspar, Barney Kessel, John Lewis, Pierre Michelot, Bernard Peiffer, Henri Renaud, Fats Sadi, Art Simmons, Martial Solal, René Urtreger, and Barney Wilen.

    Distel was involved with actress Brigitte Bardot in 1958, having invited her to his birthday party in Saint-Tropez. The relationship ended in 1959. He married championship Olympic skier Francine Bréaud in 1963. Distel publicly stated that he remained faithful to his wife: "Anything I want in a woman I can get at home."

    Distel died of cancer at the age of 71 on 22 July 2004 at his mother in law's home in Rayol-Canadel, near Saint-Tropez, France. In an interview a month after Distel's death, his widow Francine said she knew he had been unfaithful: "I knew it was going to happen and I knew it was going to pass."

    Source: Article "Sacha Distel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Sacha Distel

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Filmography of

Sacha Distel

Found 14 Movies in total

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

A Song for Eurotrash

Self - Special Guest ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1974

Without Apparent Motive

Julien Sabirnou ( Actor )

... 1971

The Crook

Self ( Actor )

... 1970

Spécial Bardot

Self ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1965

... 1963

... 1962

Zazie dans le Métro

Cameo Appearance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Delinquents

Bernard ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1953