Ray Ventura
Production
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Acting Credits
Biography
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s. A year later he led the band, and it became a dance orchestra resembling a big band. His sidemen incl...
Known For
Filmography
It's All Brazil
1997
as Self
La Chance aux chansons
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
L'assassin connaît la musique
1963
as Self (uncredited)
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953
as Self
Femmes de Paris
1953
as Self
Monte Carlo Baby
1951
as Ray Ventura
We Will All Go to Paris
1950
as Self
Mademoiselle Has Fun
1948
as Self
Whirlwind of Paris
1939
as Self
Feux de joie
1939
as Self
Quadrille
1938
as Lui-même (as « Ray Ventura et ses collégiens »)
Adventure in Paris
1936
Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise
1936
Le Billet de mille
1935