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- Birth nameRosa María Coscolín Figueras
- Gloria Lasso was born on October 28, 1922 in Vilafranca del Penedés, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and writer, known for Someone, Somewhere (2019), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) and Domingos Herdez (1962). She died on December 4, 2005 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
- One of France's most popular singers and performers of the 1950s. Her 1956 song "Etranger au Paradis" was the first single to sell more than a million units in France. Other hits include "Hola que tal" (1954), "Amour, Castagnettes et Tango" (1955), "Toi mon Démon" (1956), "Buenas Noches mi Amor" (1957), "Bon voyage" (1958), "Sois pas Faché" (1959), "Muchas Gracias" and "Si tu Reviens un Jour" (1960).
- She performed for former French President Charles de Gaulle, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
- Moved to France in 1954 and went on to have three gold albums and one platinum.
- Mother of Marie-José Lasso.
- In November 2005 she plans to give a Franco-Spanish concert in her city of Cuernavaca to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of her accession to stardom in France. A few days earlier she suffered a fall. She nevertheless gives her concert sitting on stage in an armchair far too big for her and only performs two songs standing, Luna de Miel and And Now..
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