I imagined that I was going to travel with gypsies and that… - Anna Karina

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I imagined that I was going to travel with gypsies and that I was going to sing in the street. A bit like [Edith] Piaf. I knew all the songs of the [chanson realist] singers; Damia, Berthe Sylva, Fréhel. I also remember that I wanted to marry Louis Armstrong.

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Hanne Karin Bayer (22 September 1940 – 14 December 2019), known as Anna Karina, was a Danish-born French actress, director, writer and singer.

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Alternative Names: Hanne Bayer • Hanne Karin Bayer • Hanne Karen Blarke Bayer • Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer • Anna Mazie Karina

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Serge savait ce qu'il voulait, perfectionniste, on a beaucoup répété, on se parlait même en verlan. Je me suis rarement autant amusée avec un homme, nous étions très complices.

As soon as we were happy, he tried to get at us by another means, another path. He provoked a new ordeal. One could have thought that it bored him, happiness.

Lots of resistance. People really didn’t like it. ‘What is she doing here? This is not her job, she should stay being an actress.’ But I just wanted to see if I could do it, that’s all. And I wrote novels. And did singing – two albums, or did I say that already?

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