Georges Guibourg

Vocation

French singer, author, songwriter, playwright, and actor, alias Georgius, alias Theodore Crapulet, who was one of the most popular and versatile performers in Paris for more than 50 years. Guibourg began studying the piano at the age of 11 and at age 16 went to Paris where he performed on stage, singing extracts of traditional operettas and love songs. Over the next few years he performed his love songs at various concert halls and cabarets and appeared in a musical comedy in Montparnasse. In the 1920s and 1930s, he became one of the most popular singers of Paris, putting together his own comedy troupe, performing at the Moulin Rouge, Bobino, Alhambra Club and the Casino de Paris. In 1932, he appeared in a motion picture with the comedian Fernandel, and between then and the 1950s he appeared in six films as well as serving as the artistic director of three different theatres. He also wrote a play and several detective novels. He died on 8 January 1970 in Paris, the author of more than 1,500 songs. Link to Wikipedia biography