Marianne Oswald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marianne Oswald

French singer actress

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1901

Place of Birth: Sarreguemines, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1985

Profession: actor, singer, film actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Marianne Oswald

  • Marianne Oswald (January 9, 1901 – February 25, 1985) was the stage name of Sarah Alice Bloch, a French singer and actress born in Sarreguemines in Alsace-Lorraine.
  • She took this stage name from a character she much admired, the unhappy Oswald in the Ibsen play Ghosts.
  • She was noted for her hoarse voice, heavy half-Lorraine, half-German accent, and for singing about unrequited love, despair, sadness, and death.
  • She sang the songs of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.
  • She was friends with Jean Cocteau, Jacques Prévert, François Mauriac, and Albert Camus.
  • In fact, the text for one of her album covers was written by Camus.
  • She was an inspiration for the composers Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honegger.

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