Chantal Goya

Chantal Goya (born Chantal de Guerre; 10 June 1942) is a French singer and actress.

Goya started her career as a yé-yé girl, singing a catchy mid-1960s hybrid of girl-group pop and French chanson. She also enjoyed a career as a French New Wave actress; she had a starring role as Madeleine in the 1966 Jean-Luc Godard film Masculin, féminin and in Jean-Daniel Pollet's L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste (Love is joy, love is sad).

Since 1975, she has become mostly known as a singer for children. Together with her husband, songwriter and composer Jean-Jacques Debout, and with a talented team of designers and costume people, she does shows for and with children. The main themes are dreams and traveling. Her usual character is Marie-Rose, a mix between a maid and an older sister (reminiscent of Julie Andrews in both The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins).

Personal life

She met singer/composer Jean Jacques Debout when she was 18. The couple remain married.

Selected filmography

• Masculin, féminin (1966)
• Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht (1967)
• L'échelle blanche (1969)
• Tout peut arriver (1969)
• L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste (1971)
• Les Gaspards (1974)
• Trop c'est trop (1975)
• Absolument fabuleux (2001)

Selected discography

Albums

• Allons chanter avec Mickey (1977)
• La Poupée (1978)
• Bécassine (1979)
• C'est Guignol (1980)
• Comme Tintin (1981)
• Le Soulier Qui Vole(1981)
• La Planète Merveilleuse (1982)
• Babar (1983)
• Le Mystérieux Voyage (1984)
• Félix le Chat (1985)
• Bravo Popeye (1986)
• Le monde tourne à l'envers (1987)
• Isabelle, c'est la fille de Babar (1988)
• L'Étrange histoire du château hanté (1989)
• Rythme et couleur (1990)
• Mes personnages enchantés (1993)
• Le Soulier qui vole 95 (1995)
• Le Grenier aux trésors (1997)
• Absolument Goya (2002)

Singles

• C'est bien Bernard (1964)
• Une écharpe une rose (1965)
• Si tu gagnes au flipper (1965)
• D'abord dis-moi ton nom (1966)
• Laisse moi (1966)
• Pense pas trop (1967)
• Les boules de neige (1972)
• Ma Poupee De Chine"

Compilations

• Les années 60 (1998)
• Féminin: The Complete '60s Recordings (RPM Records 2013)

Songs

• "C'est bien Bernard"
• "Une écharpe, une rose"
• "Tu m'as trop menti"
• "Laisse-moi"
• "Adieu les jolis foulards"
• "Davy Crockett"
• "Let's sing along with Mickey Mouse"
• "La muñeca"
• "Bécassine is my cousine"
• "Sorrow"
• "Pandi-Panda, a lovely Chinese bear"
• "Snoopy"
• "Félix le chat"
• "Bravo Popeye"
• "Ce Matin, Un Lapin"