Charles Aznavour
Born: 1924-05-22 in Paris, France
Died: 2018-10-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Charles Aznavour, OC (May 22, 1924 - October 1, 2018) was an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world. Charles Aznavour (pronounced in French as Sharl Aznavour) is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice; clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed about 1,000 songs (including 150 at least in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and has sold well over 100 million records. In 1998, Charles Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. He has sung for presidents, popes, and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events, and is the founder of the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend and impresario Levon Sayan. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006, which continues through this day. In 2009 he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Aznavour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- 50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier as Self (archive footage)
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Promised Mountain ... (Songs)
2024
- Monsieur Aznavour as Self (archive footage)
- Éternel Aznavour : le concert événement as Self (archive footage)
2023
- L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage)
- Dany Brillant chante Aznavour ... (Musical)
2021
- Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Le Terminus des prétentieux as Self (archive footage)
- Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Aznavour by Charles as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2017
2016
- Demolition ... (Songs)
2015
- Senza Lucio as Self
- Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America as Self
- Charles Aznavour - Live Palais des Sports as Self
2014
2013
- Piaf intime as Self
- L'Habit ne fait pas le moine as Léon
- Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire as Self
2009
2008
- Diary of a Nymphomaniac ... (Songs)
2006
- On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- The Colonel as le père Rossi
2005
- Emmenez-moi as Charles Aznavour
- Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
- Morir de amor ... (Music)
2004
- Old Goriot as Jean-Joachim Goriot
2002
- Ararat as Edward Saroyan
- The Truth About Charlie as Charles Aznavour
- Le passage du bac as Popeye
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1974, une partie de campagne as Self
2001
- Star Academy as Self
- Hotel Laguna as Tony Castellano
- Charles Aznavour - Aznavour Live Au Carnegie Hall as Self
2000
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1997
- The Comedian as M. Maillard
- Last Trading Post in India as Léo Bauman
- Sans cérémonie as Darius Torrès
- France Gall - Concert acoustique as Self
1994
1992
- The Country Years as Le Grand-Père / Grandfather
1991
- Aznavour and Minnelli as Self
1990
- Stars 90 as Self
1989
- Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief as Self
- Il maestro as Romualdi
1988
- Nailcruncher as Jérémie
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
- Le monde est à vous as Self
1986
- Wedden, dat..? as Self
- Yiddish Connection as Aaron Rapoport
1985
- Victoires de la musique as Self
- Le Paria as Julien Mauriès
- Vivement Truffaut as Self / Charlie (archive footage)
- Aznavour: Breaking America as Self
1984
- Die Fledermaus as Prince Orlofsky's Guest
- Long Live Life as Edouard Takvorian
- Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self - Special Guest
1983
- Wie wär’s heut’ mit Revue? as Self
- Edith and Marcel as Self (uncredited)
- Une jeunesse as Bellune
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The Magic Mountain as Naphta
- The Hatter's Ghost as Kachoudas, le tailleur
- Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? as Léon
1981
- Six Fifty-Five Special as Self
- Teheran '43 ... (Lyricist)
1979
- The Tin Drum as Sigismund Markus
- Claude Francois: The Film of His Life as Self
- Ciao, You Guys as Amnesiac
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Bio’s Bahnhof as Self
1977
- Fan School as Self
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- The Twist as Dr. Lartigue
- Sky Riders as Inspector Nikolidis
- Mosaïque as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Midi Première as Self
- Numéro un as Self
- Système 2 as Self
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Dinah! as Self
- Die Montagsmaler as Self
- And Then There Were None as Michel Raven
1973
- The Blockhouse as Visconti
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
- Un Flic ... (Songs)
- Menace as Charles Bernard
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Cadet Rousselle as Self
- Love Me Strangely as Inspector Leroy
- The Lion's Share as Éric Chambon
1970
- The Adventurers as Marcel Campion
- Time of the Wolves as Commissioner Kramer
- Münchner Bilderbogen as Self
- The Games as Pavel Vendek
- A bout portant : Charles Aznavour as Self
1968
- Cilla as Self
- Candy as Hunchback juggler
- À bout portant as Self
- Dear Caroline as Jules
1966
- Paris in August as Henri Plantin
- The Postman Goes to War as Thibon
1965
- Meine Melodie as Self
- Cloportes as Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'
- How Not to Rob a Department Store ... (Original Music Composer)
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
- Der goldene Schuß as Self
- High Infidelity as Giulio
- Cherchez l'idole as Charles Aznavour
- Why Paris? as Charles Aznavour
- Charles Aznavour in Armenia as Self
1963
- Teuf-teuf
- Destination Rome as Marcello
- Rat Trap as Charles
- Chicken Feed for Little Birds ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Virgins as Berthet
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Four Truths as Charles (segment "Les deux pigeons")
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Denis Mayeux
- Tales of Paris ... (Musical)
- The Fabiani Affair as Horace Fabiani
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Musik aus Studio B as Self
- Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin as Self
- Thou Shalt Not Kill ... (Original Music Composer)
- Taxi for Tobruk as Samuel Goldmann
1960
- Testament of Orpheus as Le Curieux(non crédité)
- Shoot the Piano Player as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
- Tomorrow Is My Turn as Roger
- Le Cercle vicieux ... (Original Music Composer)
1959
- Discorama as Self
- The Chasers as Joseph Bouvier
- Oh! What a Mambo as Un Spectateur au Cabaret (uncredited)
- Temptation ... (Original Music Composer)
- Head Against the Wall as Heurtevent
- Too Late to Love ... (Original Music Composer)
- Island Fisherman ... (Original Music Composer)
1957
- Paris Music Hall as Charles
- Dishonorable Discharge ... (Original Music Composer)
- Une gosse « sensass » as Charles Aznavour, the Singer
- It Happened on the 36 Candles as Self (uncredited)
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
1955
- Was bin ich? as Self
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
1947
- Il Était... Trois Chansons as Self
1946
- Goodbye Darling as Duettist (uncredited)
1938
- Boys' School as Un élève
1936
- Generals Without Buttons as (uncredited)