Édith Piaf was a French singer, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars. Piaf's music was often autobiographical and she specialized in chanson and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow.
Her most widely known songs include “La Vie en rose", "Non, je ne regrette rien", "Hymne à l'amour", "Milord", "La Foule", "L'Accordéoniste", and "Padam, padam..." .
Since her death in 1963, several biographies and films have studied her life, including 2007's Academy Award-winning "La Vie en rose" — and Piaf has become one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.
She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville, Paris. Despite numerous biographies, much of her life is unknown.
Legend has it that she was born on the pavement of Rue de Belleville 72, but her birth certificate cites that she was born on 19 December 1915 at the Hôpital Tenon, a hospital located at the 20th arrondissement.
She was named Édith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed 2 months before her birth for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity. Piaf – slang for "sparrow" – was a nickname she received 20 years later.
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