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Vanessa Paradis is a renowned French actress, model and singer born in 1972. She started her career as a model and singer before becoming a movie star. Her song "Joe Le Taxi" brought her success in 15 countries at the age of 14. Later, in 1990, she was awarded a 'César' (French equivalent of Oscar) for her debut movie White Wedding (1989). For the next 5 years, she concentrated on her musical career, she rejected Pedro Almodóvar and John Boorman. In 1995, she appeared in Élisa (1995), but decided to concentrate on her private life with Johnny Depp and their children. After several years, Vanessa continued her singing and acting career.

Malik Zidi was born on 14 February 1975 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is an actor, known for Oxygen (2021), Poison Friends (2006) and Lines of Wellington (2012).

Patrick Préjean was born on 4 June 1944 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is an actor, known for La légende (2018), Finding Nemo (2003) and The Man Without a Face (1975).

Isabelle Bouysse was born on 23 November 1970 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She is an actress, known for S.O.S. 18 (2002), Les vacances de l'amour (1996) and Nestor Burma (1991).

Alain Fromager was born on 30 October 1960 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is an actor, known for Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008), Au petit Marguery (1995) and Romance (2020).

Françoise Deldick was born on 7 November 1939 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She is an actress, known for Le président (1961), Les femmes d'abord (1963) and Captain Blood (1960).

Claude Confortès was born on 28 February 1928 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor and director, known for Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire (1986), Long Live Women! (1984) and Le roi des cons (1981). He died on 15 June 2016 in Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.

Guy Mairesse was born on 14 June 1924 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Z (1969), That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) and Aux frontières du possible (1971). He was married to Anne Françoise Morot-Sir and Viviane Beaumadier. He died on 11 April 2009 in Paris, France.

Serge Bromberg was born on 26 April 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is a producer and writer, known for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009), The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) and A Rabbi, a Priest and an Ex-Gumba (2017).

Christophe Otzenberger was born on 2 July 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor and director, known for Itinéraires (2005), Autrement (2002) and C'est votre histoire (2007). He was married to Nathalie Rigaux. He died on 3 June 2017 in Paris, France.

Patrick Grandperret was born on 24 October 1946 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a director and writer, known for Murderers (2006), Mona et moi (1989) and Court circuits (1981). He died on 9 March 2019 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.

Geo Forster was born on 1 December 1898 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Le voyage de Monsieur Perrichon (1934), Le capitan (1946) and Les vagabonds magnifiques (1931). He died on 20 September 1968 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.

Germaine Tailleferre was born on 19 April 1892 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She was a composer, known for Torrents (1947), The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937) and Les deux timides (1943). She was married to Ralph Barton and Jean Lageat. She died on 7 November 1983 in Paris, France.

Manu Katché was born on 27 October 1958 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is a composer and actor, known for Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Preuve d'amour (1988).

André Tahon was born in the outskirts of Paris, in a family where no-one had ever been associated with the theatre world. André Tahon received his early education at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, in Paris. Upon graduation, he entered the School of Arts and Crafts Applied to Industry, studying various fields such as wood and stone sculpture, ceramics, furniture and letter design, printed fabrics and the like. He received the Diploma of Decorative Artist.

As a boy, André was fairly studious but also found time to be very active in the Boy Scouts and other youth activities, singing groups, dramatic art, folk dancing (which he was to develop as one of his most unequaled specialty with the "Marottes" in the 50s), handicrafts, etc.

This is how, to acquire money to finance a camping trip, his Boy Scouts troop put on a neighborhood show. André made some unusual characters and improvised an act. He did not realize at the time that it was the beginning of a career that was to bring him fame and success as well as take him around the world.

One afternoon, while performing in an amateur show, André was spotted by the French talent scout Léo Noël, who also owned the L'Ecluse nightclub in Paris: that's where André did his first professional appearance which was immediately acclaimed by the press.

Rapidly after this first contract, André appeared in other Parisian nightclubs and music-halls, creating and changing characters, costumes and numbers for each new place. This is when he met with Michel Brandt, a young musician from the Paris Conservatory of Music, who has been Mr. Tahon's musical director ever since. Combining their ideas and talents, they started to produce an important repertoire for André's "marottes", with folk dance tunes from various countries, classical music and original compositions. In 1958, they were awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for their first commercial recording, "Les Chansons de Papotin" (Papotin being the witty fellow who introduces most of André's shows: as a matter of fact, he is the "stand-by" for the Master himself, in the Marottes World). That same year, André was awarded First Prize and Gold Medal at the First Worldwide Festival of Puppets Theatres in Bucharest (Romania).

At the same time, Tahon and his team began doing guest appearances on all major TV and variety shows throughout Europe plus making commercial films in France, England, Germany and Italy (for soft drinks, candies, instant coffee, yogurt, mustard, biscuits, etc.).

In June 1959, André joined the Lido de Paris Show and went to Las Vegas, appearing at the Stardust for six months. He was also booked on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), with Ed Sullivan, and the The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) : that was Mr. Tahon's first trip to the United States.

André was then signed as a guest star to Victor Borge's TV special "Pontiac Star Parade (1959) (TV)_, and shortly after to Johnny Mathis, who gave him the opportunity to appear on stage throughout the States, Canada and the Orient.

Then Walt Disney himself became interested in entrusting André to put on a stage show at Disneyland (California) during the Summer of 1963: Papotin's Revue delighted thousands of spectators through 518 performances. The Radio City Music Hall called Mr. Tahon to New York for the Summer of 1964. It turned out to be a ten week run with Ploum (or Ploom), the caterpillar, breaking all records of laughter and enthusiasm ever established by a guest artist since the theatre opened in the Thirties! While in the States, André taped nine shows with the Hollywood Palace, others with Steve Allen, and took part in big hotel shows in Las Vegas, Reno, Miami, Chicago, etc.

In 1967, Tahon came back to France to found his "company", putting together his own stage show, a kind of musical comedy, variety program linked with humor: he then toured Europe extensively (including Russia) and was a favorite of the Tivoli Summer season, in Copenhagen (Denmark), three years in a row, sharing the bill with no less than Ella Fitzgerald or Josephine Baker.

Between tours, and always with Michel Brandt conducting the orchestra or writing new scores, André started a whole line of television co-productions, whether with the French National Network or private companies in France, Italy and Germany: adaptation of fairy tales as musical comedies, classical music specials for home video cassettes and DVD (such as Ploom, Peter and the Wolf, Carnival of the Animals, Nutcracker, Sourissimo, etc.) and many other comedy plots, always lavishly costumed and designed... for his principal motto is "entertainment" for all ages, an appeal to the "whole family" audiences.

André Tahon ended his career as an active teacher in puppetry, conducting international workshops : his knowledge of four languages (French, of course, but also English, German and Italian) allowed him to deal with a variety of audiences. He also gave lectures about his favorite subject, the "marottes", about which he was quite unfailing, relating professional anecdotes in his peerless sense of humor.

Yvon Jeanclaude was born on 21 May 1917 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for The Sucker (1965), The Second Twin (1966) and Le village magique (1955). He died on 19 March 1989 in Paris, France.

Pierre Chagnon was born on 15 September 1893 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a composer, known for La Vie En Rose (2007), S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938) and Monsieur Hector (1940). He died on 9 March 1957 in Paris, France.

André Lay was born on 26 May 1924 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a writer, known for Les étrangers (1969), En toute innocence (1988) and Mourir d'amour (1961). He died on 1 November 1997 in Saint-Mandrier, Var, France.

Victor Vina was born on 29 August 1885 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Salammbô (1925), Le berceau de dieu (1926) and La dame de Monsoreau (1923). He died on 28 May 1961 in Paris, France.

Gilles Perru was born on 14 February 1966 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He is an editor and director, known for Georges Rousse: la lumière et la ruine (1998), Dynamo (1989) and Jean-Paul Marcheschi, le veilleur (1997).

Lucien Laurent was born on 10 December 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for What's so Funny About Me? (1997), Sauve-moi (2000) and Golden Boots (1998). He died on 11 April 2005 in Besançon, Doubs, France.