
Acting
Gloria Lasso
- Born
- Oct 28, 1922 · Aged 83
- Died
- Dec 4, 2005
- Place of birth
- Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 7
Also known as (1)
- Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolin Figueras
Biography
Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolín Figueras (28 October 1922 – 4 December 2005) known professionally as Gloria Lasso was a Spanish-born canción melódica singer, long based in France. In the 1950s, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida. Born in Vilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona) in Catalonia, Spain, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such as Amour, castagnettes et tango (1955), Etranger au paradis (1956, a French version of Stranger in paradise by Tony Bennett), Buenas noches mi amor (1957) and Bon voyage (1958). Eventually superseded by…