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Amanda Lear
ActorBorn June 18, 1946 (79 years)
Amanda Lear (originally Tapp, born 18 November 1939 or 1946, in British Hong Kong) is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist.
Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. She first came to the public attention as the model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" and "Fashion Pack". Lear has sold 15 million albums and over 25 million singles worldwide.
In the mid-1980s she positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in mainland Europe, especially in Italy and in France where she hosted many long-running TV shows. Since the 1990s her time has been divided between music, television, writing and movies as well as pursuing her career as a painter. Currently she lives in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès near Avignon in the south of France.
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Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. She first came to the public attention as the model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" and "Fashion Pack". Lear has sold 15 million albums and over 25 million singles worldwide.
In the mid-1980s she positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in mainland Europe, especially in Italy and in France where she hosted many long-running TV shows. Since the 1990s her time has been divided between music, television, writing and movies as well as pursuing her career as a painter. Currently she lives in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès near Avignon in the south of France.
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Filmography
| 2025 | La face cachée de l'homme en noir · as Self |
| 2025 | Enigma · as Self |
| 2025 | Les stars s'unissent pour le Sidaction · as Self |
| 2023 | Dalida & Orlando - les âmes soeurs · as Self |
| 2023 | Amanda Lear: 'Appelez-moi mademoiselle' · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Quelle époque ! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Drag Race France (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2022 | Queen Lear - Die Leben der Amanda Lear · as Self - Subject (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Le doc Stupéfiant (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic · as Self |
| 2018 | Basic, most of the music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Je t'aime etc... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | C l'hebdo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Artists in Love (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2015 | Grand Hotel Chiambretti (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Le divan de Marc-Olivier Fogiel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | E poi c'è Cattelan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Clique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune · as Self - Singer / Dali's Muse |
| 2012 | Richard E Grant's Hotel Secrets (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Stars Animals (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | 8:30 p.m. on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Twelve Strokes of Noon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | It's Only TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | 8th Wonderland · as Self |
| 2008 | I migliori anni (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Salut les Terriens (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (IT) (TV Series) · as Self - Jury |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | La ferme célébrités (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Brainiest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Gala · as Self |
| 2003 | La méthode Cauet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | En aparté (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Sept à huit (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Qui veut gagner des millions ? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Beckmann (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Le plus grand Cabaret du monde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Blague à part (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Avocats & Associés (TV Series) · as Amanda Lear |
| 1998 | We Can't Wait for Next Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Main Guest |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Peep! (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1995 | Paris dernière (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Eurotrash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Jokes Aside (TV Series) · as Self (1998) |
| 1990 | Viva el espectáculo (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1988 | Questions pour un Champion (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Night of the Molières (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1985 | Les Grosses Tetes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Today (FR) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Maurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Na sowas! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Journal de 20h de France 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The Little and Large Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Crazy Nights · as Self |
| 1976 | Domenica In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Number One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Ein Kessel Buntes (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1971 | Disco (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Estudio abierto (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1963 | Festival de Viña del Mar (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1959 | Stars in der Manege (TV Series) · as Self |