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- Birth nameRenée Marcelle Jeanmaire
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Zizi Jeanmaire was born on April 29, 1924 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Anything Goes (1956), Charmants garçons (1957) and Folies-Bergère (1956). She was married to Roland Petit. She died on July 17, 2020 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
- SpouseRoland Petit(December 29, 1954 - July 10, 2011) (his death, 1 child)
- Has had a long, enduring professional and private relationship with dancer/choreographer Roland Petit who created Les Ballet des Champs Elysees, and who choreographed all of her Hollywood musicals. They first met each other when both were 9 years old and students at the Paris Opera Ballet school.
- "You talk like Marlene Dietrich/ You dance like Zizi Jeanmaire" is a line in Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit song "Where Do You Go To (My lovely)?".
- Energetic, passionate French ballerina from Les Ballet des Champs Elysees whose phenomenal success in Carmen led to a brief Hollywood career in the 50s.
- Zizi Jeanmaire and her husband Roland Petit have a daughter, Valentine, born in 1955.
- In her 60s, she toured with a rock band in "Zizi au Zenith."
- As you get older you become more understanding. When I was young it was all about me. I was very egocentric. Now it is a pleasure to work with young people who have talent. It is a continuity for me. It is a way to go on...and, I think, a way to grow old.
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