Catherine Lara

Catherine Lara

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1945-05-29 (78 years old)

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Catherine Lara (born Catherine Bodet; 29 May 1945) is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre. She has released 26 studio albums, contributed music to numerous television and film productions, and helped stage and produce many theatrical works. Lara is openly lesbian.


Catherine Bodet was born in Poissy, near Paris, the daughter of a doctor and pianist father, and a violinist mother. Catherine started playing the violin at age 5 and entered the Conservatoire de Versailles at age 11, obtaining first prize in 1958. She went on to get the 2nd prize for violin at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1965 and the first prize for chamber music in 1966.


Leaving the Conservatoire, Lara started her own chamber orchestra, Les Musiciens de Paris, in which she played first violin. She then created the Lara Quartet, which accompanied singers on stage, including Claude Nougaro, Nana Mouskouri, Mireille Mathieu, and Jean Ferrat. She played on recordings by Françoise Hardy, Maxime Le Forestier, Georgette Lemaire, Jean Sablon, and Juliette Gréco, as well as writing two songs for Barbara's 1972 album Amours incestueuses. In 1969, Lara opened for Canadian musician Gilles Vigneault at the Olympia music hall in Paris.


Lara's first original album, Ad libitum, was released in 1972, and in 1975 she composed the score to the French film Docteur Françoise Gailland. In 1977, William Sheller dedicated a song to her on his album Symphoman, and she played violin on the recording. In 1979, she contributed to the album Contes de traviole by Richard Gotainer. Lara's 1974 folk-tinged album La craie dans l'encrier included vocal contributions from Gilbert Montagné.


Since her 1979 album Coup d'feel, Lara's songs have been more influenced by rock music. This album, recorded in the town of Morin-Heights in Quebec, also saw the beginning of Lara's collaboration with French-Canadian lyricist Luc Plamondon. Jean-Pierre Ferland also contributed to the album. In the early 80s she wrote scores for several films such as The Rebel (1980), Men Prefer Fat Girls (1981), and La Triche (1984), and she wrote the music for the musical show Revue et corrigée, created by her friends Bob Decout and Annie Girardot in 1982.


The 1983 album La Rockeuse de diamant proved a major success, with the eponymous single and the daring song "Autonome", in which Lara openly reveals her sexual preferences with the words "...for a long time I thought what others thought, ...I lived as if I was someone else...for a long time I knew parallel loves...until the day when, autonomous, autonomous, free to love a woman or a man...". This made Lara one of the first French celebrities to come out as openly gay. During an interview with Michel Denisot on the show Mon Zénith à moi, when asked what she looks for first in a man, she stated "His wife". Although she did not publicize it at the time, Lara dated actress Muriel Robin from 1990 to 1995. ...


Source: Article "Catherine Lara" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

all 42

Movies 23

self 20

TV Shows 19

Self
Homos in France

Homos in France (2023)

Movie
Self
Un dimanche à la campagne

Un dimanche à la campagne (2022)

TV
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés (2022)

Movie
Nicole (segment 'L'Addition')
I Love You Coiffure

I Love You Coiffure (2020)

Movie
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos (2019)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia

Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia (2019)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Capitaine Marleau

Capitaine Marleau (2015)

TV
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Entre vents et marées

Entre vents et marées (2014)

Movie
Composer
The Lanzac Clan

The Lanzac Clan (2013)

Movie
Composer
Ni reprise, ni échangée

Ni reprise, ni échangée (2010)

Movie
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs (2010)

Movie
Composer
Mom Lost It!

Mom Lost It! (2009)

Movie
Self
En direct de l'univers

En direct de l'univers (2009)

TV
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés (2008)

Movie
Self
Les années bonheur

Les années bonheur (2006)

TV
Self
La Boîte à musique

La Boîte à musique (2006)

TV
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés (2005)

Movie
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau

Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau (2002)

Movie
Self
Star Academy

Star Academy (2001)

TV
10
Self
Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche (1998)

TV
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur (1998)

Movie
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex (1994)

Movie
Self
Nulle part ailleurs

Nulle part ailleurs (1987)

TV
Self (Female Artist of the Year) / Self
Victoires de la musique

Victoires de la musique (1985)

TV
Composer
The Cheat

The Cheat (1984)

Movie
Self
La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons (1984)

TV
Composer
Bunny's Bar

Bunny's Bar (1982)

Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées (1982)

TV
Composer
Men Prefer Fat Girls

Men Prefer Fat Girls (1981)

Movie
Composer
The Rebel

The Rebel (1980)

Movie
Composer
Doctor Francoise Gailland

Doctor Francoise Gailland (1976)

Movie
Self
Numéro un

Numéro un (1975)

TV
Self
Système 2

Système 2 (1975)

TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)

TV
Self
Midi Première

Midi Première (1975)

TV
Composer
We Were Mistaken About a Love Story

We Were Mistaken About a Love Story (1974)

Movie
Music
Right  to the city

Right to the city (1974)

Movie
Self
Midi trente

Midi trente (1972)

TV
Self
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier (1972)

TV
Self
Samedi soir

Samedi soir (1971)

TV
Self
Discorama

Discorama (1959)

TV

Ratings

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1985
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Female

Birthday
1945-05-29 (78 years old)

Birth Name
Catherine Bodet

Birth Place
Poissy, France

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Catherine Bodet

Awards
Commander of the National Order of Merit, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Raoul-Breton, Victoires de la Musique – Female artist of the year, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres


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