1. Arielle Dombasle was born on April 27,1953 and is an American-born French singer, actress, director and model.
20 Facts About Arielle Dombasle
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Arielle Dombasle has worked with a wide variety of filmmakers, including Werner Schroeter on Two, Philippe de Broca on Amazon, Roman Polanski on Tess, Jean-Pierre Mocky on Credit pour tous and Raoul Ruiz on Savage Souls.
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Arielle Dombasle starred in the 1984 ABC miniseries Lace and its 1985 sequel Lace II and appeared as a guest on Miami Vice.
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Arielle Dombasle was born Arielle Laure Maxime Sonnery in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Jean-Louis Melchior Sonnery de Fromental, a silk manufacturer, and Francoise Garreau-Dombasle.
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Arielle Dombasle descends from French-American immigrants in Mexico under her grandfather's diplomatic tenure.
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Arielle Dombasle was raised at Chateau de Chaintre, the Sonnery family estate near Macon, Saone-et-Loire.
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Arielle Dombasle's maternal grandmother was Man'ha Garreau-Dombasle, a writer and poet who translated Rabindranath Tagore's works into French and was a longtime friend of the science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who dedicated his 1972 novel The Halloween Tree to her.
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Arielle Dombasle embarked on a career as an actress and singer after attending the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris and further studies in Mexico.
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Arielle Dombasle has appeared in several Hollywood productions, but most of her acting work has been in French, unlike her albums which are mostly in Spanish and English.
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Arielle Dombasle directed four films, Les Pyramides Bleues, Chasse-croise, Opium and Alien Crystal Palace.
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Arielle Dombasle once described her own looks as "a Crazy Horse dancing girl".
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The latter invited Arielle Dombasle to promote her albums on The Charlie Rose Show.
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Arielle Dombasle joined Les Grosses Tetes, a French radio programme, in January 2016.
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That same year, Arielle Dombasle released her fragrance, Le Secret d'Arielle, within Mauboussin.
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Arielle Dombasle is the first contestant who was confirmed for the eighth season of Danse avec les Stars.
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In 2018, along with Mareva Galanter, Inna Modja and Helena Noguerra, Arielle Dombasle recreated the French band Les Parisiennes.
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In 2019, Arielle Dombasle directed and released a movie entitled Alien Crystal Palace with actors such as Nicolas Ker, Michel Fau, Asia Argento, Christian Louboutin, Thaddaeus Ropac.
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In 2023, Arielle Dombasle directed and released the movie Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan based on Honore de Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
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In 2024, Arielle Dombasle released an album entitled Iconics along with a single entitled "Olympics" that she wrote, recorded and produced for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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Arielle Dombasle has two stepchildren, Antonin-Balthazar Levy and Justine Levy, a novelist.