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French singer and actor
Annie Gautrat
, better known by her
stage name
Stone
(born in
Paris
on 31 July 1947) is a French singer and actor, and very notably part of the musical duo
Stone et Charden
with her then-husband
Eric Charden
. the duo were successful in the 1970s with some hits in France and internationally.
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In 1966, Gautrat (Stone
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) was taking part in the "Miss Beatnik" competition where Eric Charden was a member of the jury. They were acquainted after the competition and got married the same year. Already having separate musical careers, they decided to form the duo known as Stone et Charden in 1971, releasing "L'Avventura" in 1972 and "Made in Normandie" in 1973.
She also took part in the French musical comedy
Mayflower
written by Guy Bontempelli and music composed by Charden.
Soon artistic and personal tensions resulted in a divorce and break-up of the duo in 1975 with each member pursuing a separate solo musical career. Eric Charden married Pascale Rivault, whereas Stone later married actor Mario d'Alba with whom she had 2 children, Martin and Daisy.
In the early 1980s, she played in
Le Plus beau metier du monde
besides
Charlotte Julian
. The duo
Stone et Charden
reunited at the end of the 1990s taking part in some television shows and galas. A compilation of their songs was released in 1997. They also took part in the tour "Age tendre et Tetes de bois" in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Besides singing, she pursued a career in acting in theater most notably in
Les 3 Jeanne
and
Les monologues du vagin
, the French-language adaptation of
The Vagina Monologues
.
Both she and her previous husband
Eric Charden
of Stone et Charden days were decorated with the
Legion of Honour
(in French Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur) on 1 January 2012 just months before the death of Eric Charden.
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References
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because Annie's hairstyle looked like Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)'s hairstyle
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"Mort du chanteur Eric Charden"
.
Le Monde.fr
. Lemonde.fr. 29 April 2012
. Retrieved
2012-04-29
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