Liane Foly
Liane Foly (born 16 December 1962, in Lyon) is a popular French blues and jazz singer, actress, presenter and impressionist.
Liane Foly was born 16 December 1962 in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. Her parents, a merchant family in French Algeria, returned to France in 1962 with the Pied-Noir community and moved to Lyon, near the Perrache quarter, where they owned La droguerie du sourire. As a child of five she practised dancing. At age 12, she sang with her parents' orchestra Black and White with her brother Philippe on the drums and her sister Corinne at the piano. Later she continued to sing in local night clubs and bars, developing an affinity for blues and jazz. She studied languages for her Baccalauréat and is bilingual in French and English.
Foly's brother is Philippe Falliex, a French composer for television and radio shows. He composed several of her songs and accompanied her on stage as a drummer.
In 1984, Foly was discovered by Philippe Viennet and André Manoukian, who offered to write for her and record a demo. After much work she arrived in Paris in 1987 and obtained a meeting with Fabrice Nataf, artistic director and patron of Virgin France, who launched her career. She took on the name Liane Foly in 1986, Foly in homage to Dalí, who at the time said in an advertisement that he was mad for chocolate. In 1988, she published her first album, The Man I Love, promoted by the Ca va, ça vient single. It was a commercial success, landing in the top 50. The same year she performed on stage in Paris (La Cigale). The album was composed by André Manoukian, with lyrics written by Foly and Philippe Viennet. Her 1997 album, Caméléon, was Foly's first without André Manoukian. Produced by Philippe Viennet, it was largely ignored by the French public. She took a greater part in the composition of her 2000 album, Entre nous.
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Movies (32)
Antonia de Rendinger - Cas cliniques
2025 · Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Clandestines
2021 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2020
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2019
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
2018
La folle soirée des imitateurs
2017 · Self
Everyone's Life
2017 · Eugénie Flora
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Ligne de mire
2014 · Aline Delmas
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014
Départ immédiat
2012 · Self
Liane Foly La folle part en cure
2012 · Self, Production Design
Michel Legrand and the Cinema
2011
What War May Bring
2010 · La chanteuse des rues
À 10 minutes de la plage
2010 · Rita
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010
Death List
2009 · Anita Hochet
Liane Foly la folle parenthèse
2007 · Self
Could This Be Love?
2007 · Jeanne Larozière
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
Zadoc and Happiness
1995 · Rose
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
TV shows (26)
La Roue de la fortune : Célébrités
2025
Voix de Stars
2024 · Self - Judge
Les traîtres : Révélations sur la suite...
2024 · Self - Guest
The Unexpected Getaway
2022 · Self
100 % logique : La réponse est sous vos yeux
2022 · Self - Guest
The Traitors France
2022 · Self - Contestant
La Grosse Rigolade !
2020 · Self
Mask Singer
2019 · Self
Amanda
2016 · Self
Un Air de Star
2013 · Jurée
The Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
Danse avec les stars
2011 · Self - Candidate
Salut les Terriens !
2006 · Self - Guest
Muppets TV
2006 · Self - Guest
On n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
La Battante
2005 · Cathy Rolland
Star Academy
2001 · Self
Stars à domicile
2001 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
1997 · Laura Calle
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Musical Guest
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Fan School
1977 · Self