
Luis Mariano
Acting
🎂 1914-08-13
Luis Mariano Eusebio González GarcĂa (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by Francis Lopez. He appeared in the 1954 film Adventures of the Barber of Seville and Le Chanteur de Mexico (1957) and became popular in France as well as his native Spain. Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on 13 August 1914, the son of a garagiste and taxi-driver and showed interest in singing as a child. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War and settled in Bordeaux where he studied at the Conservatoire, and also sang in cabarets. Jeanne Lagiscarde, who was in charge of the classical department of a record store in Bordeaux, took Mariano under her wing, and gave up her job to nurture his talent in Paris. To earn a living, he sang in stage shows and appeared in films, starting with 'L'escalier sans fin' in 1943. That year he auditioned for the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and sang in the opera at the Palais de Chaillot and later at the Théâtre des VariĂ©tĂ©s, with Vina Bovy, recording excerpts from the opera. He also left many recordings of popular song and operetta. He continued to appear in other films from 1946, including a singing role in NapolĂ©on and a film adaptation of Lehar's Der Zarewitsch. In his encyclopedia Gänzl describes Mariano as a "svelte singing idol of French operetta of the post-war stage and screen". Mariano died in Paris in 1970. His music is featured prominently in the 1996 Belgian film Le huitième jour in which he is played by Laszlo Harmati during scenes employing magical realism. In 2014, French baritone David Serero recorded an album with Mariano classics performed in a Jazz version for the 100th anniversary of his birth: David Serero chante Luis Mariano – jazz version. Source: Article "Luis Mariano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Cast credits(29)

Self (archive footage)
1975

Self (archive footage)
1982

Self
1948

Self
1959
Self (archive footage)
1975

Garat
1955

Miguel Morano / Vincent Etchebar
1957

Don Renaldo
1949

Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
1960

Carlos
1953

Juan de Ayala
1952

Self
1951

Juanito Var
1951

FĂgaro
1954

(uncredited)
1957

Jacques Gardel
1958

Singer
1943

The farmer
1965

José
1948

un jeune Basque
1943
Luis Mariano / Aljoscha
1954

Mario
1955

Manoël Martinez
1957

Franck Reno
1950

Juanito Var
1951

Gino Fabretti
1947

Marco Da Costa
1951

José
1947

(singing voice)
1938