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Charles Aznavour was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than approximately 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others.
Birth Name
Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian
Born
Thursday, 22 May 1924
Died
Monday, 01 October 2018
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Singer (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Christian Audigier the Vif | Self | 2018 |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Senza Lucio | Self | 2015 |
| The Easy Way Out | Self | 2015 |
| Johnny Hallyday: Born Rocker Tour - Bercy | Charles Aznavour | 2013 |
| Piaf intime | Self | 2013 |
| Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille | Self | 2012 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Charlie Kohler / Edouard Saroyan | 2010 |
| Two in the Wave | Self | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Singer (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Christian Audigier the Vif | Self | 2018 |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Senza Lucio | Self | 2015 |
| The Easy Way Out | Self | 2015 |
| Johnny Hallyday: Born Rocker Tour - Bercy | Charles Aznavour | 2013 |
| Piaf intime | Self | 2013 |
| Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille | Self | 2012 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Charlie Kohler / Edouard Saroyan | 2010 |
| Two in the Wave | Self | 2010 |
| La grande librairie | Self | 2008 |
| The Colonel | Le Père Rossi | 2006 |
| On n'est pas couché | Self | 2006 |
| Emmenez-moi | Charles Aznavour | 2005 |
| Ennemis publics | 2005 | |
| Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout | Self | 2004 |
| The Truth About Charlie | Charles Aznavour | 2002 |
| Ararat | Edward Saroyan / Edward | 2002 |
| Passage du bac | Popeye | 2002 |
| 1974, une partie de campagne | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| Vendetta | Tony Castellano / Gangster | 2001 |
| Judicaël | Raphaël Perlman | 2001 |
| Le plus grand cabaret du monde | Self | 1998 |
| The Comedian | Monsieur Maillard / M. Maillard | 1997 |
| Sans cérémonie | Darius Torrès | 1997 |
| Last Trading Post in India | Léo Bauman | 1997 |
| Mundo VIP | Self | 1996 |
| Sinatra Duets | Self | 1994 |
| Taratata | Self | 1993 |
| Christmas in Vienna | Self | 1992 |
| The Country Years | Le Grand-Père / Grandfather | 1992 |
| Mangeclous | Jérémie | 1988 |
| Yiddish Connection | Aaron Rapoport | 1986 |
| Aznavour: Breaking America | Self | 1985 |
| Le paria | Julien Mauriès | 1985 |
| Vivement Truffaut | Self / Charlie / Charlie (archive footage) | 1985 |
| Long Live Life | Edouard Takvorian | 1984 |
| Die Fledermaus | Prince Orlofsky's Guest / Prince Orlofsky's Guests | 1984 |
| Une jeunesse | Bellune | 1983 |
| Edith and Marcel | Self | 1983 |
| The Hatter's Ghost | Kachoudas, le tailleur / Kachoudas | 1982 |
| Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? | Léon, le Père de David / Léon | 1982 |
| The Magic Mountain | Naphta | 1982 |
| Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' | Self | 1981 |
| The Monte Carlo Show | Self | 1980 |
| Ciao, les mecs | L'amnésique / Amnesiac | 1979 |
| Shirley MacLaine at the Lido | Self | 1979 |
| Claude Francois: The Film of His Life | Self | 1979 |
| The Tin Drum | Sigismund Markus | 1979 |
| All You Need Is Love | Self | 1977 |
| The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | 1976 |
| The Twist | Dr. Lartigue | 1976 |
| Sky Riders | Inspector Nikolidis / Insp. Nikolidis | 1976 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Ten Little Indians | Michel Raven / Raven | 1974 |
| The Blockhouse | Visconti | 1973 |
| Les intrus | Charles Bernard | 1972 |
| The Selfish Giant | Récitant / Narrator (French Version) | 1971 |
| The Lion's Share | Éric Chambon | 1971 |
| Love Me Strangely | L'inspecteur Leroy / Inspector Leroy | 1971 |
| The Games | Pavel Vendek | 1970 |
| The Adventurers | Marcel Campion | 1970 |
| The Heist | Le Commissaire Kramer | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1969 |
| Candy | 1968 | |
| Caroline chérie | Jules, le Postillon / Jules | 1968 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| La perra | (voice) | 1967 |
| The Roger Miller Show | Self | 1966 |
| Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre | Thibon | 1966 |
| Paris au mois d'août | Henri Plantin | 1966 |
| Cloportes | Edmond dit Le Naïf / Edmond | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| The Lloyd Thaxton Show | Self | 1964 |
| Why Paris? | Self | 1964 |
| Cherchez l'idole | Charles Aznavour | 1964 |
| High Infidelity | Giulio / Giulio (segment "Peccato nel pomeriggio") | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | 1964 |
| Top of the Pops | Self | 1964 |
| Teuf-teuf | 1963 | |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self / Minor Role | 1963 |
| Rat Trap | Charles | 1963 |
| The Virgins | Berthet | 1963 |
| Destination Rome | Marcello | 1963 |
| Three Fables of Love | Charles (segment "Les deux pigeons") | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest / Himself / Herself - Musical Guest | 1962 |
| The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
| The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Denis Mayeux (segment "Homicide point ne seras") / Denis Mayeux | 1962 |
| The Fabiani Affair | Horace Fabiani | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Vocalist | 1961 |
| The Lions Are Loose | Charles, un Convive de Marie-Laure | 1961 |
| Pariser Journal | Self | 1961 |
| Taxi for Tobruk | Samuel Goldmann | 1961 |
| Shoot the Piano Player | Edouard Saroyan / Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan / Charlie Koller | 1960 |
| Tomorrow Is My Turn | Roger | 1960 |
| Testament of Orpheus | Le Curieux / The Curious Man | 1960 |
| Oh! Qué mambo | Un Spectateur au Cabaret | 1959 |
| Too Late to Love | Un danseur | 1959 |
| The Chasers | Joseph Bouvier | 1959 |
| Head Against the Wall | Heurtevent | 1959 |
| It Happened on the 36 Candles | Self | 1957 |
| Paris Music Hall | Charles | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Goodbye Darling | Le Duettiste | 1946 |
| Boys' School | Un élève | 1938 |
| La guerre des gosses | Minor Role | 1936 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Aznavour by Charles | 2019 |
