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Gérard Lenorman

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Biography

Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French singer-songwriter.

Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados (Normandy) when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. Lenorman has four children with his ex-wife Caroline: Mathieu, Justine, Clémence and Victor. He released his first album in 1969.

In 1988, he represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, reaching tenth place with "Chanteur de charme". Lenorman was very popular in France and Francophonie, during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1994, a compilation of his hits Vos plus belles chansons went gold in France. In 2007, he released a biography entitled Je suis né à vingt ans ("I was born at the age of 20") in which the singer explains the unknown identity of his father.

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  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Eurovision Song Contest (1956) as Self - Contestant
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self - Host
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • Die Drehscheibe (1964) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Samedi soir (1971) as Self
  • Télématin (1985) as Self
  • Star Academy (2001) as Self
  • Fan School (1977) as Self
  • La Chance aux chansons (1984) as Self
  • En direct de l'univers (2009) as Self
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • Stars 90 (1990) as Self
  • Système 2 (1975) as Self
  • Belle et Bum (2003) as Self
  • Amanda (2016) as Self