Biography

Line Renaud was born on July 2, 1928 in Nieppe, Nord, France. She is an actress and writer, known for I Can't Sleep (1994), Driving Madeleine (2022) and Welcome to the Sticks (2008). She was previously married to Louis Gasté.

Is a famous French singer and not an actress. She is a well-known star in France, of popular "variety" songs. Like most French singers, she has appeared in an occasional film role, but is by no means an actress, nor does she consider herself one.

Is an AIDS activist.

Has supported Emmanuel Macron's 2017 presidential campaign.

In 1945, she moved to Paris and got her first gig in Folies Belleville, then billed as Jacqueline Ray. Later made her national debut on Radio Luxembourg,.

Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week, who played trumpet on weekends in a local brass band.