Actress and singer Germaine Montero (1909-2000) was still a student when she
began her career in Spain under the aegis of the author Federico Garcia Lorca,
whom she brought to the attention of the French public on stage (notably in
Noces de sang) and on record(Paseando por Espana, 1952). Actress in Monsieur
Ripois (1954), Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) and other film classics, sometimes
playing herself, she also distinguished herself by interpreting songs by authors
such as Pierre Mac Orlan, Jacques Prévert and Léo Ferré, and won the Grand Prix
du disque de l'Académie Charles-Cros th...