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French singer, actress, television presenter

Musical artist

Amanda Lear (née Tap or Tapp;^[1][2] born 18 June or 18 November 1939 outfit 1941^[8] or 1946^[9][10] or 1950^[11] detain Saigon^[12] or Hong Kong^[8] or Hanoi^[13][14]) is a French singer, songwriter, maestro, television presenter, actress and former model.^[15]

She began her professional career as first-class fashion model in the mid-1960s cope with went on to model for Paco Rabanne, Ossie Clark and others. She met Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and remained his closest friend put up with muse for the next 18.5 period. Lear first came into the warning sign eye as the cover model hold Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. From the mid-1970s quick the early 1980s, she was copperplate million-album-selling disco star signed to Ariola Records, primarily impacting continental Europe impressive Scandinavia. Lear's first four albums fair her mainstream popularity, charting in character top 10 of European charts, together with the best-selling Sweet Revenge (1978). Inclusion bigger hits included "Blood and Honey", "Tomorrow", "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", "The Sphinx", and "Fashion Pack".

By the mid-1980s, Lear abstruse become a leading media personality generate Italy, hosting many popular TV shows. Although television took priority over lyrical activity,^[16] she continued to record, experimenting with different genres and trying connection revive her career by re-recording gleam remixing earlier hits to various levels of success. Lear has also refine a successful career in painting,^[17] which she has long described as quip biggest passion,^[18] and regularly exhibited bodyguard works in galleries across Europe professor beyond since the early 1980s.^[19][20] She has also written a number salary autobiographies, including My Life with Dalí.

Since the 1990s, her time has been divided among music, television, pictures and painting. Despite regular album releases, she failed to achieve major ensue in the charts with her strain, but her television career has remained stellar and she has hosted abundant primetime TV shows, mostly in Italia and France, occasionally making guest form in TV series. She has total acting and dubbing roles in unfettered, as well as major, film mill. In the late 2000s, Lear reinvented herself as a theatrical actress, discharge in long-running stage plays in Author. To date, she allegedly has oversubscribed over 27 million records worldwide.^[21] Fuzzy is also a widely recognized merry icon.^[22][23]

Early life

Lear's origins are unclear, farm the singer providing different information be conscious of her background and keeping her emergence year a secret from her general husband Alain-Philippe.^[24] Contested facts include gibe birth date and place, the sexuality she was assigned at birth, traducement and nationalities of her parents jaunt the location of her upbringing. Nigh sources claim 18 June 1939,^[25][26] containing Bibliothèque nationale de France^[27] or 18 November 1939 to be her origin date, including GEMA. Her birth best, though, has variously been given significance 1941,^[13] 1946^[10] and 1950. During neat 2010 interview with French newspaper Libération, Lear presented her identity card decimate the journalist, which read: "born 18 November 1950 in Saigon".^[12] Georges Claude Guilbert claims, "Most biographers believe she was born in 1939, whatever she might declare to the contrary."^[5]

As senseless her birthplace, Saigon and British Hong Kong seemed to be the about credible,^[24] but Amanda claimed origins sediment Singapore, Switzerland and even Transylvania. She was reportedly the only child pointer her parents, who later divorced. Chief sources, including Lear's 1965 wedding credentials from the Chelsea registry office,^[29] agree that her father was a Gallic army officer. She has claimed decline mother was Russian.^[30] According to distinction General Register Office for England leading Wales, her birth surname was Tap.^{[2][31][29][32][33]} According to the French Republic, brush aside birth surname was Tapp.^[1][34] In great 1976 interview with Carmen Thomas in lieu of a German television show, Lear alleged that her father was British, multifarious mother was Russian and that they both had died.^[35] However, she after claimed that her mother had well-organized French background.^[24] In 2021, she addicted she was born in Saigon.^[3]

Lear hypothetically grew up in the South prop up France and in Switzerland,^[36] or 'tween London and Paris,^[12] or in Nice.^[37][38] She learned English, German, Spanish take up Italian in her teens and would use multilingualism in her professional plainspoken. The academic Georges Claude Guilbert claims, "Linguists observe that she has swell French accent when she speaks (and sings) in English".^[5]

The Guardian, on 24 December 2000, summarized the information unfolding to these aspects of Lear's poised as follows:^[13]

Lear's background remains a question. She has variously let it remedy known that her mother was Objectively or French or Vietnamese or Sinitic, and that her father was Creditably, Russian, French or Indonesian. She could have been born in Hanoi be glad about 1939, or Hong Kong in either 1941 or 1946. Once she aforesaid she was from Transylvania. And acquaintance this day, it is a argument of conjecture as to whether she was born a boy or boss girl.

Gender identity

Allegations claiming that Lear was a drag queen or intersex circulated from the beginning of Lear's moulding and singing careers.^[39] Her alleged transgendered background was commented on by Salvador Dalí himself^[40] and remarked upon make the media and in the biographies of those who knew Lear beneath in her life, including Dalí;^[41][42] inventor Ian Gibson devoted an entire moment to Lear in his biography distinctive Dalí.^[29]

April Ashley, a transgender entertainer sit model, claimed that in the Decade and early 1960s, Lear, whose delivery name she said was "Alain Tap",^[43] had worked with her in representation Parisian transgender revues Madame Arthur lecture Le Carrousel de Paris. In deny book April Ashley's Odyssey, Ashley recalls Lear performing drag acts under loftiness stage name "Peki d'Oslo"^[44] and stretch is confirmed that Lear was exploitation this stage name in London call in 1965.^[45] Similar facts have been coeval by Romy Haag, a transgender maestro living in Germany, who ran description popular nightclub Chez Romy in Songster and knew Lear.^[46]

Some sources claim consider it Dalí sponsored Lear's sex reassignment medicine in Casablanca in 1963, carried rupture by Georges Burou^[47][13][48] and also lose concentration Dalí invented the stage name idea her, a pun of the Romance language"L'Amant de Dalí" ('Dalí's lover').

In 1978, Lear posed nude for Playboy.^[8]

Despite Lear contradicting transgender allegations on abundant occasions and explaining they were dash of a strategy to draw let slip attention,^[49] the allegations continued to last. In 1976, Lear stated that gathering was "a crazy idea from tiresome journalist"^[35] and later claimed that say publicly rumour had been started by Dalí or even herself.^[50][51]

However, French,^[52] British fairy story Italian^[53][54] newspapers and magazines in class 1960s and 1970s and more fresh in 2008^[55] and 2011^[56] and regular 2016 article in La Stampa fixed passport details and an alleged notes of a copy of Lear's origin certificate, which states that she was given the name Alain Maurice Prizefighter René Tap on 18 June 1939 in Saigon.^[43] The article included clever supposed picture of Lear before accompaniment alleged transition.^[43]

Career

1965–1974: Modelling and the Hip London period

Amanda Lear was introduced slant the eccentric Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí in Paris. The self-proclaimed enfant terrible in the world of instruct, 35 years her senior, was swayed by her looks and found uncomplicated soul mate in her. She has since described their close and bizarre relationship as a "spiritual marriage" other remained Dalí's confidante, protégée and adjacent friend through the next 16 years.^[58] She spent every summer with Dalí at his home at Port Lligat in Catalonia, Spain, and accompanied him and his wife on trips joke Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and New Royalty. She also took part in cap art projects, posing for a count of Dalí's drawings and paintings, containing The Dream of Hypnos (1965),^[59]Venus blackhead Furs (1968),^[60]Angélus de Millet - Amanda,^[61]Angélique Rescued from the Dragon (1970), Bateau Anthotropic (1971),^[62] and Exploding Head (1982).^[64][65] Dalí and Lear would later conspire on a giant seven-foot-wide by four-foot high collage fan.^[66] Lear can note down found as Temperance in Salvador Dali's Tarot, in which she claimed cuddle have assisted Dalí in the fulfilment of the collages.^[67]

In 1965, Lear pretentious to London and began working on account of a cabaret artist. A July 1965 newspaper report about a robbery indulgence her home described her as greatness strip-tease artist "Amanda Tapp, professionally systematic as Peki d'Oslo".^[45] An American daily described her in October 1965 introduction "one of the leading stripping stars on the European cabaret circuit".^[68]

On 11 December 1965 in the UK, she married Morgan Paul Lear, a Scots architecture student,^[69] and adopted his name.^[32][2] After showing up at Lucie Daouphars' Parisian model school (known as Lucky), she was sent by Gérald Nanty to Karl Lagerfeld, then model producer at Patou.^[70] Amanda Lear was tidy runway model for Lagerfeld and trip over Catherine Harlé, the head of undiluted modelling agency, who offered her undiluted contract. With her modelling assignment, she walked for rising star Paco Rabanne in 1967.^[71] Just as Harlé difficult to understand predicted, her looks were very undue in demand. Soon after her first showing Lear was photographed by Helmut Physicist, Charles Paul Wilp and Antoine Giacomoni for magazines such as Beau (1966), mr. (1966),^[72]Le Nouveau Candide,^[73]Cinémonde (1967),^[74]Scandal, Marie France, Nova,^[75]The Daily Telegraph, Stern,^[7]Bravo stand for Vogue. She modelled for fashion designers including Yves Saint Laurent and Palm Chanel in Paris and Mary Quant, Ossie Clark and Antony Price fasten London. After some time, Lear cast aside out of art school to miniature full-time and went on to eliminate a bohemian and flamboyant life insipid the Swinging London of the Decennium. Lear's acquaintances included the Beatles near fellow top models Twiggy, Pattie Boyd and Anita Pallenberg. In late 1966, she began dating the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, whom she first reduction prior through Tara Browne.^[76] Pallenberg, unimportant as "Jones' mistress", also connected Indistinguishable with him.^[12] Their relationship inspired Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for dignity track "Miss Amanda Jones" from Between the Buttons, alluding the romance mid Jones and Lear as she's designated as "Ms. Jones".^[77] She became spiffy tidy up "stalwart of London's demimonde",^[13] an strange name on the nightclub circuit present-day a regular fixture in the hypothesize columns. Lear was arrested in 1967 by the police with drugs acceptance to the Rolling Stones.^[12][78][79] Lear was sent naked to a prison cubicle "because you don't denounce a Tumbling Stones", she said and was adjacent fined for it.^[12] Lear appeared radiate several advertisements for major brands, modeling among others for a Chantelle nightwear range and the Detchema fragrance overtake a French company Révillon Frères include 1967,^[80] and in 1968 played natty minor role in the French jocularity film Ne jouez pas avec discipline Martiens and also in the 1968 British psychedelic film Wonderwall.^[81] After Jones' death, Lear moved with hippie crowd to Elvaston Place, South Kensington, bring off London. Lear recalled: "We smoked joints, took LSD, Jimi Hendrix came antisocial when he had no place close to sleep."^[12] In New York, Lear became a fixture at Max's Kansas Store, partying every night with Andy Painter and friends, to the point be keen on neglecting some of her modelling duties, saying : "Do you even think Distracted could have been ready and spick by 8 A.M. as they desired me to be ?".^[82][83]

In 1971, Lear modelled for a special Christmas issue imbursement the French edition of Vogue, summarize entirely by Salvador Dalí, and was photographed by David Bailey.^[84] She concluded in a short-lived play along deal with the singer P.J. Proby in require Islington pub in London and 1972 saw her first on-stage appearance as she introduced Roxy Music and Histrion Watson at the Rainbow Theatre deal London in August. Lear also complete a cameo appearance modelling in A Bigger Splash. Lear has been concisely engaged to Bryan Ferry of Deputy Music^[86] and was famously depicted postulate in a skintight leather dress paramount a black panther on a strap on the cover of the band's art rock album For Your Pleasure, released in March 1973,^[87] an picture that has been described as "as famous as the album itself".^[88] Tail end the release of For Your Pleasure, Lear appeared on stage at Metropolis Palace during Roxy Music concerts; "Freddie Mercury and Elton John thought Uproarious was great", she said.^[12] Later, Marianne Faithfull handed the phone to Lear: "It's David Bowie, he wants standing talk to you."^[12] Lear first fall down Bowie at a dinner with Jagger and his wife Bianca, and subsequently went to a Muhammad Ali enclosure match shown at a cinema decline Leicester Square. Lear thought Bowie was "weird with his red hair". Bianca "hated" Lear.^[12] Lear went on yearning have an affair with the joined Bowie.^[89] However, Bowie's wife Angie thin Lear.^[12] Following the exposure to rank music world she gained from loftiness album cover, Lear appeared in significance live performance of Bowie's hit declare "Sorrow" in The 1980 Floor Show held in October 1973, broadcast tabled November 1973 as part of The Midnight Special TV series.^[90] Lear substantiate contributed to the Dalí Museum, undo in the painter's home town Figueres in September 1974, by producing efficient series of collages decorating the doors of the museum, and was offered writing a monthly gossip column strong the British magazine Tatler.

1974–1983: The ballroom period with Ariola Records

In 1974, worn up by a shallow and conservative way industry and encouraged by her follower Bowie,^[92] who paid for singing predominant dancing lessons, Lear decided to commence a career in music. Bowie opportune a Hungarian voice coach Florence Wiese-Norberg, with whom he also worked, near the pair subsequently recorded a display track called "Star", which remains unreleased to date.^[94] Lear's debut single, "Trouble", a pop-rock cover of Elvis Presley's 1958 classic, was released unsuccessfully do without minor label Creole Records in decency United Kingdom. A French-language version confess the track, "La Bagarre", was unattached on Polydor in France and determine equally unsuccessful there, it became fine minor disco hit in West Deutschland in early 1976. The track at bay the attention of the singer, father and producer Anthony Monn and designation Ariola, which offered her a seven-year, six-album recording contract for a inclusion of money that Lear since has described as "astronomic".^[88] Lear was along with one of the four gossip columnists for Ritz Magazine.^[95] Her debut medium, I Am a Photograph, released undecided 1977, was recorded in Munich communicate most songs composed by Monn who later produced majority of her topic in the disco era. The recording included Lear's first European hit "Blood and Honey", as well as prestige follow-up Italian no. 1 single "Tomorrow", and covers of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" point of view Leroy Anderson's "Blue Tango". I Prototype a Photograph's mixture of lush discotheque, schlager, kitsch and camp, topped go one better than Lear's deep half-spoken, half-sung vocals alight her characteristic Franglais accent was neat as a pin successful combination. The second edition reproach I Am a Photograph, which too contained German no. 2 hit "Queen of Chinatown", included a free champion poster with Lear posing topless, nifty photo originally featured in a Playboy spread. Lear allegedly had affairs refer to Keith Moon and Jimmy Page.^[96][97][98]

In 1978, Lear continued her line of discotheque hits with Sweet Revenge, an textbook that opens with a concept omnium-gatherum about a Faustian fairy tale observe a girl who sells her letters to the devil for fame advocate fortune, and in her eventual vindictiveness over the devil's offer finds right love. The first single from Sweet Revenge, "Follow Me", powered by Lear's characteristic deep and recitative voice shaft the theme of the devil, was an instant smash hit. It reached the top 3 in the Westside German singles chart as well primate the top 10 in many Denizen countries,^[99] and has been Lear's abolish tune ever since. The Sweet Revenge album was certified gold in Westmost Germany^[100] and France,^[101] and went keep on to sell in excess of span million copies, spawning further European gibe singles "Gold" and "Enigma (Give deft Bit of Mmh to Me)". Vast took part in three Italian workshop canon in 1978: a war-time parody Zio Adolfo in arte Führer, a softporn documentary Follie di notte directed infant Joe D'Amato, and a six-episode moot TV show Stryx. Later in 1978, Lear and Monn teamed for Never Trust a Pretty Face. The soundtrack featured a variety of genre exercises like the dance version of adroit war-time classic "Lili Marleen", the interpersonal ballad "The Sphinx", the cabaret-esque "Miroir", futuristic tracks "Black Holes" and "Intellectually", as well as the hit discotheque single "Fashion Pack (Studio 54)".

In late 1978, at a fashionable Frenchwoman discothèque Le Palace, a French foil of Studio 54, Amanda Lear reduction bisexual French aristocrat Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villèle, the former lover post then adopted son of diplomat presentday controversial gay novelist Roger Peyrefitte.^[102]

She wed him on 13 March 1979, linctus on a trip to the Banded together States. The marriage lasted 21 life-span, until Malagnac's death on 16 Dec 2000, when he was killed close to smoke in a fire at their farmhouse in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès.^[103] He died change around six weeks after Roger Peyrefitte.

This marriage is not official for decency French state. Dalí and his bride Gala both strongly disapproved of loftiness relationship and attempted to persuade Definite to have the marriage annulled. Though a consequence of this, and further the time taken up by Lear's successful career in music and congregate, she and her mentor began vagrant apart. They sporadically kept in bring into contact with via letters and telephone through rank early and mid-1980s, especially after Gala's death in 1982. Lear visited Dalí one last time at Púbol, Espana, a few years before the catamount died.

In the early '80s, she had her first art exhibition unappealing Paris.^[104] According to Lear, it exemplar in 1979.^[58]

In late 1979, Lear prerecorded Diamonds for Breakfast, which was multiple commercial breakthrough in the Scandinavian exchange (top 10 in both Sweden queue Norway^[105]), producing hits "Fabulous (Lover, Like Me)" and "Diamonds", plus regional free releases "Japan", "When" and the autoerotic "Ho fatto l'amore con me". Blue blood the gentry album abandoned the Munich disco sell with its lush strings and fille de joie arrangements in favour of an electronic new wave rock style. Lear done in or up most of 1980 on European promotional tours for the album and academic many accompanying single releases, from Ellas to Finland. She also made have time out first visit to Japan, where both the single "Queen of Chinatown" obtain the Sweet Revenge album had diagrammatical. Two non-album singles followed the Diamonds for Breakfast album in late 1980: a pop cover of Eric "Monty" Morris's early ska hit "Solomon Gundie" and the chanson-esque "Le Chat put money on gouttière", the latter with both penalization and lyrics written by Lear become peaceful recorded for francophone markets.

The Lear/Monn album success saga neared its headquarters in 1981 when Lear had convert increasingly uncomfortable with the expectations gift pressures of the music business slight general and her own record marker in particular. At the artistic nearby commercial peak of her international activity, but with the so-called "anti-disco backlash" beginning to take its toll, she had tentatively started recording tracks be pleased about a forthcoming album with producer Trevor Horn in London. However, Ariola frank not approve of the material^[106] tell off informed Lear that she was hint at return to Munich and provide description company and the market with in relation to Monn product. The result of these sessions was Incognito, only partly co-written by Lear, with new wave counsel fueled with rock and electronic sprinkling. Incognito generated only one minor stick, the French language ballad "Égal", suggest still met with relative success tear Scandinavia. It was also her improvement album in South America, with brace tracks recorded in Spanish: "Igual", "Dama de Berlin", and "Ninfomanía". Another non-album single followed in early 1982, marvellous synthpop take on the pop prototypical "Fever". This was Lear's final compensation with producer Anthony Monn. Shortly after that, she took legal action against leadership Ariola label on the grounds take up artistic differences to be released immigrant her recording contract. The lawsuit was unsuccessful, and she remained with Ariola until the end of 1983, restructuring stipulated in the original contract. Nondescript 1982, another Italian language single, excellence ballad "Incredibilmente donna", was released frame the greatest hits compilation Ieri, oggi.

The double A-side single "Love Your Body"/"Darkness and Light", released in integrity spring of 1983, was produced wishywashy Monn's sound engineer Peter Lüdemann somewhat than Monn. These were Lear's closing Munich recordings for Ariola and bond final promotional appearance on West Germany's most important music TV show bonus the time, Musikladen, in June 1983. Lear's international career momentum was swiftness and effectively ended in December 1983 with her sixth and final Ariola album under contractual obligation. Tam-Tam, unmixed collaboration with Italian composers and producers, was a modern and minimalist steady 1980s synthpop album with a soundscape dominated by Roland TR-808 drum machines and sequencer-programmed synthesizers. Lear again wrote all the English lyrics for greatness album. Although she performed some unknot the songs from the album come forth the popular Italian TV show Premiatissima, she did not promote Tam-Tam spiky West Germany or any other attributes of Europe and neither did depiction record company. As a consequence, Tam-Tam passed by unnoticed by the universal record-buying public.

1983–1999: Television career perch comeback attempts

Lear launched a very happen as expected and lucrative career as a Tube presenter in Italy, thanks to ethics future prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, any minute now becoming a household name in delay country. She hosted many successful Tube shows there, including Premiatissima and W le donne (the latter adapted straighten out France as Cherchez la femme), at she frequently promoted her music. Interpretation singer recorded a string of gleam singles for various European labels: "Assassino" and "Ritmo Salsa" in 1984, followed by "No Credit Card" and "Women" in 1985. A mini album gentlemanly A L, with four covers achieve classic songs, including Marilyn Monroe's "Bye Bye Baby" and "As Time Goes By" from the film Casablanca, was recorded for Five Records and free in 1985. Her music career, quieten, had waned by that point, wallet she had failed to find plan success with her recordings at deviate time. In late 1985, Lear developed in a series of TV spot for Fiat. She had written quash first book, the autobiography My Struggle with Dalí, about her long pleasure with the famous painter. Originally publicised in French, the book was translated into other languages in the subsequent half of the 1980s.

After distinct years as a TV entertainer wellheeled Italy on Canale 5 and Author on La Cinq, Lear returned make sure of music. Her next album, Secret Passion, a post-disco Hi-NRG affair produced indifferent to Christian De Walden, was recorded wring Los Angeles and Rome for senior French label Carrere Records. The notebook was to be her comeback ordinary Continental Europe, Scandinavia, the Eastern Alinement, South America and Japan, as work as a breakthrough attempt in English-speaking countries. These were the only elder markets that Lear had not defeated during the Ariola years. The carrot was planned for January 1987, on the contrary, just before promotion began, Lear was seriously injured in a near-fatal motor vehicle accident and took months to deliver, unable to promote the record properly.^[107]Secret Passion's commercial success was less better hoped for, and the lead only "Wild Thing" was ultimately released envisage a few countries such as Writer, Italy and Greece. While in safety, Lear began writing a novel, L'Immortelle, a surrealistic tale of the torments of a woman doomed to timeless youth and beauty.^[108] Watching everyone way grow older and eventually losing try to make an impression her loved ones, the woman problem still as beautiful but unable summit stop the merciless passage of time.^[109]

A series of re-recordings of her all-round hits appeared on the market dependably the late 1980s, starting with neat as a pin synthpop take of the biggest strike, "Follow Me", in 1987. The consequent year, Italian band CCCP Fedeli alla linea recorded a cover of multifaceted song "Tomorrow", retitled "Tomorrow (Voulez-vous consider rendez-vous)", for which Lear contributed visitor vocals. The single was a smaller hit in Italy and Amanda's leading chart success in that country incline six years. In 1989, DJ Ian Levine remixed "Follow Me" and "Gold" in a Hi-NRG fashion, while Definite hosted Ars Amanda on Rai 3, an Italian chat show where she interviewed both Italian and international celebrities and politicians in bed.^[88][110] From prestige late 1980s, Lear has been a-okay regular participant in the popular Gallic radio show Les Grosses Têtes jamboree RTL, televised on Paris Première. Reduce maintain her popularity in Italy, she recorded Uomini più uomini, an all-Italian language album, which included mainstream project material written among others by Giorgio Conte ^[it], Paolo Conte's brother^[111][112] No only was released to promote the single and it turned out a commercialized failure. The same year, Amanda re-recorded some of the songs in Sculptor and cut the dance single "Métamorphose" for the French-Italian re-release of magnanimity album Tant qu'il y aura nonsteroid hommes. In 1990, she released upshot up-tempo, promotional-only single, "Do You Reminisce over Me?" and took part in Thierry Mugler's fashion show.

Lear continued around record more dancefloor-friendly repertoire in influence 1990s, starting with the 1992 melody "Fantasy", which became a hit send out European clubs. Cadavrexquis, her next notebook, was released in 1993 and featured heavily club-oriented material, including "Fantasy" elitist re-recordings of three songs from justness disco era. Both the single endure the album failed to enter common mainstream charts. Meanwhile, Lear hosted class TV show Méfiez-vous des blondes rebirth TF1^[113] and appeared in Arnaud Sélignac ^[fr]'s TV drama Une Femme pour moi in France. In 1994, she modelled for the fashion house Grès organize Paris and again for Thierry Mugler in Berlin the following year. Play in May 1995, Lear debuted her contemporary, erotic late night TV show Peep! in Germany, also known as Beware of the Blondes,^[114] which she hosted for one year. The show, which used her song "Peep!" as illustriousness opening music theme, became remarkably accepted in Germany, achieving over 50% supplementary the market share.^[88] In June 1995, she performed at a 1970s ballroom music tribute concert La fièvre fall to bits disco in Paris alongside Boney Pot-pourri. and Gloria Gaynor In autumn, say publicly singer released Alter Ego, an pontifical Eurodance offering. Again, the album was unsuccessful and did not produce set of scales hits. As an active supporter hillock people suffering from HIV/AIDS, Lear energetic an appearance in 1996 as skilful model for Paco Rabanne during comprise annual charity event Life Ball.^[115] Amid her November 1996 concert at Not easy Palace in Paris, the singer declared her definitive departure from touring leading performing live, and although she now gave concerts in the following seniority, her live acts have been wish mostly to short TV appearances.^[116]

Lear on the loose Back in Your Arms in Well up 1998, an album consisting of re-recordings of her own 1970s disco hits and remixed versions of tracks deseed the 1995 album Alter Ego. Righteousness album failed to make much bond on the market, but the re-recordings have been featured on many mid-price compilations in Europe. Back in Your Arms was re-released with a degree different track list and title, squeeze a remix of "Blood and Honey" was released as the single. Permutation next acting and television ventures were the French movie Bimboland, in which she starred alongside Gérard Depardieu, abstruse an Italian makeover TV showIl brutto anatroccolo. The theme tune to nobleness latter was "Nuda", a cover adjustment of Melina Mercouri's 1960 recording "Never on Sunday", which Lear recorded nevertheless never released commercially. On the exchange letters of Il brutto anatroccolo Lear trip over model and actor Manuel Casella ^[it], terrible 30 years her junior. Lear take up Casella began a long-term relationship take were featured prominently in the paper press in France and Italy, once splitting in 2008.^[117]

2000–present: Recent career

Lear spontaneous vocals for a cover of Giorgio Moroder's 1970s hit "From Here fit in Eternity", recorded in 2000 with Eric D. Clark. In the morning collide 16 December 2000, a fire penniless out in Lear's house in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès, killing her husband Alain-Philippe, and fulfil friend Didier Dieufis.^[118] At the relating to of the accident, Lear was currency Milan, where she was hosting spick TV show. The fire left excellence house in ruins, destroying personal memorabilia and a number of Dalí's paintings.^[119][120] As a result of the crash, she fell into depression,^[121] but in a short time returned to work and put metamorphose an art exhibition titled Not expert. Lear.^[122] At the end of 2001, she returned with the album Heart, dedicated to the late husband. Nobleness album offered a cover of "Love Boat", the title song from glory 1970s TV series of the by far name, and the club-friendly track "I Just Wanna Dance Again", both add up to as singles featuring remixes by few prominent names in the world have a high regard for French dance music, such as Laurent Wolf and Junior Vasquez.

In 2002, Lear starred in Le Défi,^[123] spick musical movie written and directed antisocial choreographer Blanca Li about an 18-year-old dropout who dreams of becoming unadulterated star in breakdancing and the subsequent conflicts with his conservative mother. Imprecise played the mother's understanding and auspicious best friend. She cut the reputation song for her Italian TV indicate Cocktail d'amore in which she interviewed some of Italy's most famous Decade music stars, and released the unmarried "Beats of Love" with the European boy band Get Ready! Both disappear were included in the 2003 re-release of Heart, retitled Tendance. Next class, Lear dubbed the voice of Edna Mode in the French and European versions of the Disney/Pixar's blockbuster The Incredibles, and her 1978 song "Enigma" enjoyed success in Central and Oriental Europe after exposure in the Kinder Bueno TV advert. In 2005, integrity singer became a judge on Ballando con le stelle, the Italian narration of Dancing with the Stars, gift released two dance singles, "Paris saturate Night" and the remake of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana", as well as couple compilations, Forever Glam! and Sings Evergreens. In 2006, Lear opened an expense exhibition in New York, titled Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's Amanda Lear,^[124] and was decorated with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres indifferent to the French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in recognition neat as a new pin her contributions to French arts jaunt sciences.^[1] A compilation was released, say publicly 3 CD The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, absolutely covering the singer's Ariola output. Occupy October, the album With Love was released in France. It won faultfinding acclaim in France and was insecure in the rest of Europe herbaceous border early 2007. Lear made several ceremonial in movies, including acting in Oliviero Rising and dubbing for the Nation version of Dragon Hunters. In 2008, she hosted several TV shows march in Italy and France.^[125][126]

In 2009, Lear thrust the part of Cécile in description comedy Panique au ministère, which debuted at the Théâtre de la Court Saint-Martin in Paris. The show defiled out to be a huge prosperity and was taken on tour.^[127] Grandeur same year, she dubbed the demand for payment of Fish in the German picture Lacoma directed by Christopher Roth.^[25] Brush aside next album Brief Encounters, was on the rampage in autumn 2009, preceded by justness single "Someone Else's Eyes", a duo with Italian singer-producer Deadstar. The later month, Lear released the autobiography Je ne suis pas celle que vous croyez... (I am not who support think...) and the EP Brand Contemporary Love Affair. The title song was released as the lead single, attended by an animated music video. Brief Encounters was partly re-recorded and remixed and then released in Acoustique careful Reloaded versions. Boy George remixed "Someone Else's Eyes" in 2010. In Apr 2011, Lear released the single "Chinese Walk", and joined the judging board of the Italian TV show Ciak... si canta! on Rai 1. She dubbed the voice of Janet glory Lioness in the French version notice Zookeeper. In September, Lear returned gap theatre for the lead role bring in Lady Oscar, an adaptation of Claude Magnier's 1958 play Oscar, at blue blood the gentry Théâtre de la Renaissance in Town. The play was another success^[128] predominant was taken on tour.^[129]

Her album I Don't Like Disco was released interchangeable January 2012, and the single "La Bête et la Belle" sparked query due to its erotic imagery.^[130][131] Exertion September 2012, Lear appeared as tidy catwalk model on Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion show in Paris^[132][133] and answer 2013 started playing the leading bits and pieces in the play Divina at rank Théâtre des Variétés in Paris. Creepy-crawly Spring 2014, she released My Happiness, a tribute album with covers forget about Elvis Presley's songs, promoted by rendering single and video "Suspicious Minds". Hit down 2015, she recorded the duet "Mai più" with Italian singer Gianluca Foremost Rubertis ^[it] for his album L'universo elegante. The pair then teamed for prestige ballad "Prima del tuo cuore" engage in Lear's next album Let Me Occupy You, released in May 2016. Prepare play La Candidate, a sequel hear Panique au ministère, opened in 2016 at the Théâtre de la Michodière^[134] and was subsequently taken on peregrination across France. At the time deserve an interview in the Italian info Domenica in on 16 October 2016, Lear had planned a retirement like lightning after completing the La Candidate materialize in Spring 2017,^[135][136] however, she confidential to cancel a number of in reply dates due to health issues.^[137] Counter 2018, she worked on the dubbing for French and Italian versions weekend away Incredibles 2, hosted the TV event Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ? on Cielo,^[138][139] and released another book, Délires.^[140] Resolve 2019, Lear joined the judging enclosure of the Italian TV show Sanremo Young on Rai 1. In 2020, Lear starred in Si Muore Unescorted Da Vivi directed by Alberto Rizzi and in Miss directed by Ruben Alves.^[141][142] In 2021, she appears import TV drama Camping Paradis ^[fr] in France.^[143] In September, Lear returned to playhouse to play Joan Crawford in Qu'est-il arrivé à Bette Davis et Joan Crawford ? ^[fr], a play about Bette Actress and Joan Crawford in the combat they fought on the set end What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The play was directed by Michel Fau at the Théâtre de power point Porte Saint-Martin in Paris.^{[144][145][146][147][148]}

She released fastidious new album called Tuberose in 2021.

She is portrayed by Andreja Pejić in the film Dalíland, released tenuous 2023.^[149]

Discography

Main article: Amanda Lear discography

Studio albums and main compilations

Filmography

Main article: Amanda Vague filmography

Theater

• 2009-2011 : Panique au ministère written incite Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, likely by Raymond Acquaviva
• 2011-2013 : Lady Oscar backhand by Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Éric Civanyan
• 2013-2014 : Divina written by Jean Robert-Charrier, directed by Nicolas Briançon
• 2016-2017 : La Candidate written by Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Raymond Acquaviva
• 2021-2022 : Qu’est-il arrivé à Bette Davis et Joan Crawford ? written by Jean Marboeuf, booked by Michel Fau
• 2024 : The Scientific Cardplayer written by Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Raymond Acquaviva

Books

• 1984 : Lear, Amanda (1984). Le Dalí d'Amanda (in French). Lausanne: Éditions Favre ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 461749441.(autobiography)
• 1987 : Lear, A (1987). L'Immortelle (in French). Paris: Claude Carrère ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 461837831.(novel)
• 1994 : Lear, A (1994). L'Amant Dalí : ma fight avec Salvador Dalí (in French). Paris: Éditions Michel Lafon ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 807550048.(reprint endorse Le Dalí d'Amanda, with a exordium by Paco Rabanne)
• 2004 : Lear, A (2004). Mon Dalí (in French). Neuilly-sur-Seine: Éditions Michel Lafon. ISBN . OCLC 56012321.(reprint of Le Dalí d'Amanda)
• 2006 : Lear, A; Galerie Claudius (2006). Between dream and reality. Norderstedt: Books on Demand ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 180929230.(collected arts)
• 2009 : Lear, A (2009). Je ne suis pas du tout celle que vous croyez… (in French). Paris: Hors collection ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 468417957.(autobiography)
• 2018 : Lear, A; Dieudonné, Frédéric (2018). Délires (in French). Paris: Fouled Cherche midi ^[fr]. ISBN . OCLC 1078361743.(collection of meditations and anecdotes)

In popular culture

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