Biography

Audrey Arno was born on March 7, 1942 in Mannheim, West Germany. She was an actress, known for Du grabuge chez les veuves (1964), Comment réussir en amour (1962) and Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir (1963). She died on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

In her youth, Adrianna Medini (real name) was a horse artist in a circus.

Audrey Arno died aged 70, having lived in a nursing home for a while due to suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

In the 1970s, she moved to Las Vegas, where she appeared in the local production of Moulin Rouge. She remained in Nevada.

One of her recordings with Hazy Osterwald's sextet was Wieder mal Paschanga (Die Musik aus Caracas). With its South American rhythm and the title shortened to La Pachanga, the song provided Arno and Osterwald with a number 87 hit in the Billboard Hot 100.