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Le Carrousel de Paris was a Parisian cabaret most famous for its 1950s revues of cross-dressing and trans performers such as Coccinelle.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Amanda Lear, April Ashley, Édith Piaf, BOAC Flight 911, Café-théâtre, Carrousel du Louvre, Champs-Élysées, Charles Trenet, Coccinelle, Colette, Cross-dressing, Drag queen, François Mitterrand, French Riviera, Gilbert Bécaud, Jardin du Luxembourg, Jean Cocteau, Josephine Baker, Juan-les-Pins, Léo Ferré, Madame Arthur, Marie-Pierre Pruvot, Moulin Rouge, Mount Fuji, Paradis Latin, Place Blanche, René Clair, Revue, Robert Desnos, Tout-Paris, Transgender, Vincent Lagaf'.

  2. Cabarets in Paris
  3. Drag (entertainment)
  4. Entertainment venues in Paris
  5. LGBT culture in Paris

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear (born 18 June or 18 November 1939 or 1941 or 1946 or 1950 in Saigon or Hong Kong or Hanoi) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress, and former model.

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April Ashley

April Ashley (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021), styled from 1963 to 1970 as The Honourable April Corbett, was an English model, author, and LGBT rights activist.

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Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres.

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BOAC Flight 911

BOAC Flight 911 (call sign "Speedbird 911") was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members.

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Café-théâtre

Originally, a café-théâtre was a small room in a café or a cabaret, or even the café or cabaret itself, where people would put on spectacles.

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Carrousel du Louvre

The Carrousel du Louvre is an underground shopping mall in Paris, France, managed by Unibail-Rodamco.

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Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.

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Charles Trenet

Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years.

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Coccinelle

Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (23 August 1931 – 9 October 2006), better known by her stage name Coccinelle ("ladybug" in French), was a French actress, entertainer, singer, and transgender activist.

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Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters.

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Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender.

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Drag queen

A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Le Carrousel de Paris and drag queen are drag (entertainment).

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François Mitterrand

François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France.

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French Riviera

The French Riviera, known in French as the i (Còsta d'Azur), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.

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Gilbert Bécaud

François Gilbert Léopold Silly (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001), known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud, was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances.

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Jardin du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.

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Josephine Baker

Freda Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress.

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Juan-les-Pins

Juan-les-Pins (Joan dei Pins) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France.

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Léo Ferré

Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer.

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Madame Arthur

Madame Arthur opened in 1946 as the first gender-twist cabaret in France, which took its name from the famous song written in 1860 by Paul de Kock and performed by Yvette Guilbert. Le Carrousel de Paris and Madame Arthur are cabarets in Paris, drag (entertainment), entertainment venues in Paris and LGBT culture in Paris.

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Marie-Pierre Pruvot

Marie-Pierre Pruvot (also known under the pseudonym Marie-Pier Ysser; born 11 November 1935) is an Algerian-born French transgender woman who performed under the stage name Bambi.

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Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche. Le Carrousel de Paris and Moulin Rouge are cabarets in Paris.

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Mount Fuji

is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of.

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Paradis Latin

The Paradis Latin is a theater at number 28, rue du Cardinal Lemoine, in the Latin Quarter of Paris, in the fifth arrondissement, near Notre-Dame, the Panthéon, and the Tour d'Argent restaurant.

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Place Blanche

Place Blanche in Paris, France, is one of the small plazas along the Boulevard de Clichy, which runs between the 9th and 18th arrondissements (Parisian districts) and leads into Montmartre.

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René Clair

René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer.

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Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.

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Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos (4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement.

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Tout-Paris

Le Tout-Paris is a French expression referring to the stylish and affluent elite of Paris, who frequent fashionable events and places, and establish trends in upper-class culture.

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Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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Vincent Lagaf'

Vincent Rouil (born 30 October 1959 in Mont-Saint-Aignan), better known as Vincent Lagaf', is a French humorist, TV presenter, singer and actor.

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See also

Cabarets in Paris

Drag (entertainment)

Entertainment venues in Paris

LGBT culture in Paris

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Carrousel_de_Paris