Deva-Dassy(1911-2016)

Déva-Dassy (born as Marie-Anne Lambert) was a French opera and operetta diva, the daughter of Charles Lambert, a French politician in Lyon, and Germaine Pollack, a quite famous pianist. Her stage name came from Edouard Churey and means "The Servant of God" or "The Sacred Dancer". She created a perfume called "Deva-Dassy Perfume", in 1933, in Paris, France. She also was the second female in Paris that created Laya in "Fleurs d'Hawaii" (by the composer Paul Abraham), in which she sang "Ni toi, ni moi" and a duet with Emile Rousseau called "La plus belle perle du monde", where, in return, Max Bussy sang to her "Fleur d'Hawaii". The songs were released by Disque Gramophone k-7096 (50-3376).

She did "La Belle Hélène" and also created Inès in "Farsquita", Violette in "Le Roi Bossu", a Servant in "Tarass Boulba", an Infirmière at la Salle Favart in "La Femme Nue", Charlotte in "Werther", Mignon in "Mignon" and Souzouki in "Madame Butterfly". She was also famous for the song "Dans la vie... tout s'arrange" in the Operetta "Le Sérail en folie" (Music by Marcel d'Anella and lyrics by Albert Bossy & Xavier Mericier). She played also in one film, Faut ce qu'il faut (1946), released on video as "Monsieur Bibi".