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Magali Noël

Born 1932-06-27

Magali Noël (born Magali Noëlle Guiffray; June 27, 1932) is a Turkish-French actress and singer. Originally from Izmir, she emigrated from Turkey to France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, doing several films in Italian with renowned director Federico Fellini, for whom she was a favourite subject. She also acted in films directed by such well-known names as Costa Gavras, Jean Renoir, and Jules Dassin. Her career extended to television movies from roughly 1980 to 2002. Her recording career began in France in 1956, and her most famous song was Fais-moi mal, Johnny (Hurt me Johnny), written by Boris Vian. This song was one of the first rock'n'roll songs with French lyrics. It has been forbidden on the radio during a long time due to its risqué lyrics describing - with a great sense of humour and derision - a sadomasochistic episode. Description above from the Wikipedia article Magali Noël, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

La Dolce Vita 1960 · 8.0 Amarcord 1973 · 7.8 Rififi 1955 · 8.1 Z 1969 · 8.1 Satyricon 1969 · 6.8 The Truth About Charlie 2002 · 4.7 The Meetings of Anna 1978 · 7.3 Fidelity 2000 · 5.6 Razzia 1955 · 7.0 The Grand Maneuver 1955 · 6.7 Tropic of Cancer 1970 · 5.6 La ragazza in vetrina 1961 · 7.0 Kyrkoherden 1970 · 4.2 The Man Who Had Power Over Women 1970 · 5.6 The Death of Mario Ricci 1983 · 6.6