Dalida
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Dalida acting in the movie "L'Inconnue de Hong Kong" in 1963.
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| Born |
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti 17 January 1933 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 3 May 1987 (aged 54) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Barbiturate overdose |
| Resting place |
Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France 48°53′16″N 2°19′49″E / 48.88778°N 2.33028°E |
| Monuments |
Place Dalida, Paris, France Statue of Dalida at Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France |
| Residence | Rue d'Orchampt 11 bis Montmartre, Paris, France |
| Other names | Yolanda Gigliotti |
| Occupation | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1956–1987 (singer) 1954–1986 (actress) |
| Style | Chanson, classical, eurodisco, europop, exotica, popular, disco, Franco Arabic, world, yé-yé |
| Title | Miss Egypt, 1954 |
| Spouse(s) | Lucien Morisse |
| Awards |
Médaille de la Présidence de la République by Général de Gaulle Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français. |
| Website | www |
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Médaille de la Présidence de la République by Général de Gaulle
Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), better known as Dalida, was an Egyptian-Italian singer and actress who performed and recorded in more than ten languages, including Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, French, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish. In 1961, she acquired French citizenship upon marriage, while maintaining her original Italian one.
Twice honoured with the Oscar mondial du succès du disque (the "World Oscar of Recording Success"), she is the only European singer to have won this award more than once. Her 30-year career began in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, less than a year before her death. Her suicide led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer. She received more than 70 gold records and was the first singer to receive a platinum and a diamond disc. She sold more than 170 million albums Worldwide. In 1988, Dalida was posthumously honoured by the "International Star Registry" (US), with the issuance of a diploma, awarded one year after her death.
Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti was born in Cairo, Egypt. Her family was from Serrastretta, Calabria, Italy, but lived in Egypt, where Dalida's father, Pietro Gigliotti (1904—1945), was first violinist (primo violino) at the Cairo Opera House, Dalida′s mother Giuseppina (née. Rose) (1908—1971) was a seamstress.
She was the middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno (who would later in Dalida's career change his name to Orlando like his brother and become her manager at the 1966). Dalida's early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school.
In 1950, Dalida participated in the Miss Ondine beauty pageant and won the title, and shortly after began working as a model for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house. In 1954, at the age of 20, Dalida competed in and won the Miss Egypt pageant, and was crowned Miss Egypt. It was then that she was spotted by French director Marc de Gastyne and, much to the reluctance of her parents, she moved to Paris on Christmas Eve of the same year with the intention of pursuing a career in motion pictures. It was about this time she adopted the name Dalila, which was soon changed to the more familiar Dalida.
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