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Amanda Lear
Lear in France, 2010
Lear in France, 2010
Background information
Birth nameAmanda Tap(p)[1][2]
Born18 June or 18 November, 1939–1950
Saigon, French Indochina[3][4][5][6][7](present-dayHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • lyricist
  • painter
  • television personality
  • actress
  • model
InstrumentVocals
Years active1965–present
Labels
Websiteamandalear.com

Amanda Lear(néeTaporTapp;[1][2]born 18 June or 18 November 1939 or 1941[8]or 1946[9][10]or 1950[11]inSaigon[12]orHong Kong[8]orHanoi[13][14]) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress, and former model.[15]

She began her professional career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s, and went on to model forPaco Rabanne,Ossie Clark,and others. She met SpanishsurrealistpainterSalvador Dalí,and remained his closest friend andmusefor the next 18.5 years. Lear first came into the public eye as the cover model forRoxy Music's albumFor Your Pleasurein 1973. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, she was a million-album-selling disco star signed toAriola Records,primarily impacting continental Europe and Scandinavia. Lear's first four albums earned her mainstream popularity, charting in the top 10 of European charts, including the best-sellingSweet Revenge(1978). Her bigger hits included "Blood and Honey","Tomorrow","Queen of Chinatown","Follow Me","Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)","The Sphinx",and"Fashion Pack".

By the mid-1980s, Lear had become a leading media personality in Italy, hosting many popular TV shows. Although television took priority over musical activity,[16]she continued to record, experimenting with different genres and trying to revive her career by re-recording and remixing earlier hits to various levels of success. Lear has also developed a successful career in painting,[17]which she has long described as her biggest passion,[18]and regularly exhibited her works in galleries across Europe and beyond since the early 1980s.[19][20]She has also written a number of autobiographies, includingMy Life with Dalí.

Since the 1990s, her time has been divided among music, television, movies, and painting. Despite regular album releases, she failed to achieve major success in the charts with her music, but her television career has remained stellar, and she has hosted numerous primetime TV shows, mostly in Italy and France, occasionally making guest appearances in TV series. She has performed acting and dubbing roles in independent, as well as major, film productions. In the late 2000s, Lear reinvented herself as a theatrical actress, performing in long-running stage plays in France. To date, she allegedly has sold over 27 million records worldwide.[21]Lear is also a widely recognized gay icon.[22][23]

Early life

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Lear's origins are unclear, with the singer providing different information about her background and keeping her birth year a secret from her long-term husbandAlain-Philippe.[24]Contested facts include her birth date and place, the gender she was born as, names and nationalities of her parents, and the location of her upbringing. Most sources claim 18 June 1939,[25][26]includingBibliothèque nationale de France[27]or 18 November 1939 to be her birth date, includingGEMA.Her birth year, though, has variously been given as 1941,[13]1946,[10]and 1950. During a 2010 interview with French newspaperLibération,Lear presented her identity card to the journalist, which read: "born 18 November 1950 in Saigon".[12]Georges Claude Guilbertclaims, "Most biographers believe she was born in 1939, whatever she might declare to the contrary."[5]

As for her birthplace, Saigon and British Hong Kong appear to be the most credible versions,[24]but places like Singapore, Switzerland, and even Transylvania have been rumoured as the singer's birthplace. She was reportedly the only child of her parents, who later divorced.[28]Most sources, including Lear's 1965 wedding certificate from theChelsearegistry office,[29]confirm that her father was a French army officer. Her mother was a Russian.[30]According to theGeneral Register Office for England and Wales,her birth surname was Tap.[2][31][29][32][33]According to theFrench Republic,her birth surname was Tapp.[1][34]In a 1976 interview withCarmen Thomasfor a German television show, Lear confirmed that her father was British and mother was Russian and that they both had died.[35]However, she later claimed that her mother had a French background.[24]In 2021, she confirmed she was born in Saigon.[3]

Lear allegedly grew up in the South of France and in Switzerland,[36]or between London and Paris,[12]or in Nice.[37][38]She learned English, German, Spanish, and Italian in her teens, and would use multilingualism in her professional life. The academicGeorges Claude Guilbertclaims, "Linguists observe that she has a French accent when she speaks (and sings) in English".[5]

The Guardian,on 24 December 2000, summarized the information relating to these aspects of Lear's life as follows:[13]

Lear's background remains a mystery. She has variously let it be known that her mother was English or French or Vietnamese or Chinese, and that her father was English, Russian, French or Indonesian. She may have been born in Hanoi in 1939, or Hong Kong in either 1941 or 1946. Once she said she was fromTransylvania.And to this day, it is a matter of conjecture as to whether she was born a boy or a girl.

Gender identity

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Allegations claiming that Lear was adrag queenorintersexcirculated from the beginning of Lear's modelling and singing careers.[39]Her allegedtransgenderbackground was commented on bySalvador Dalíhimself,[40]and remarked upon in the media and in the biographies of those who knew Lear earlier in her life, including Dalí;[41][42]authorIan Gibsondevoted an entire chapter to Lear in his biography of Dalí.[29]

April Ashley,a transgender entertainer and model, claimed that in the 1950s and early 1960s, Lear, whose birth name she said was "Alain Tap",[43]had worked with her in the ParisiantransgenderrevuesMadame ArthurandLe Carrousel de Paris.In her bookApril Ashley's Odyssey,Ashley recalls Lear performingdrag actsunder the stage name "Peki d'Oslo",[44]and it is confirmed that Lear was using this stage name in London in 1965.[45]Similar facts have been reported byRomy Haag,a transgender artist living in Germany, who ran the popular nightclub Chez Romy inBerlinand knew Lear.[46]

Some sources claim that Dalí sponsored Lear'ssex reassignment surgeryinCasablancain 1963, carried out byGeorges Burou,[47][13][48]and also that Dalí invented the stage name for her, apunof theCatalan language"L'Amant de Dalí"('Dalí's lover').

In 1978, Lear posed nude forPlayboy.[8]

Despite Lear contradicting transgender allegations on numerous occasions and explaining they were part of a strategy to draw public attention,[49]the allegations continued to persist. In 1976, Lear stated that it was "a crazy idea from some journalist",[35]and later claimed that the rumour had been started by Dalí or even herself.[50][51]

However, French,[52]British,[53]and Italian[54][55]newspapers and magazines in the 1960s and 1970s, and more recently in 2008[56]and 2011[57]and a 2016 article inLa Stampaincluded passport details and an alleged reproduction of a copy of Lear's birth certificate, which states that she was given the name Alain Maurice Louis René Tap on 18 June 1939 in Saigon.[43]The article included a supposed picture of Lear before her alleged transition.[43]

Career

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1965–1974: Modelling and the Swinging London period

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Salvador Dalíhad a profound impact on Lear's painting career as well as her personal life.[58]

Amanda Lear was introduced to the eccentric Spanish surrealist painterSalvador Dalíin Paris. The self-proclaimed enfant terrible in the world of art, 35 years her senior, was struck by her looks and found a soul mate in her. She has since described their close and unconventional relationship as a "spiritual marriage" and remained Dalí's confidante,protégéeand closest friend through the next 16 years.[59]She spent every summer with Dalí at his home atPort Lligatin Catalonia, Spain, and accompanied him and his wife on trips to Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and New York. She also took part in his art projects, posing for a number of Dalí's drawings and paintings, includingThe Dream of Hypnos(1965),[60]Venus in Furs(1968),[61]Angélus de Millet - Amanda,[62]Angélique Rescued from the Dragon(1970),Bateau Anthotropic(1971),[63][64]andExploding Head(1982).[65][66]Dalí and Lear would later collaborate on a giant seven-foot-wide by four-foot high collage fan.[67]Lear can be found as Temperance inSalvador Dali's Tarot,in which she claimed to have assisted Dalí in the completion of the collages.[68]

In 1965, Lear moved to London and began working as a cabaret artist. A July 1965 newspaper report about a robbery at her home described her as the strip-tease artist "Amanda Tapp, professionally known as Peki d'Oslo".[45]An American newspaper described her in October 1965 as "one of the leading stripping stars on the European cabaret circuit".[69]

On 11 December 1965 in the UK, she married Morgan Paul Lear, a Scottish architecture student,[70]and adopted his name.[32][2]After showing up atLucie Daouphars' Parisian model school (known as Lucky), she was sent by Gérald Nanty toKarl Lagerfeld,then model maker atPatou.[71]Amanda Lear was a runway model for Lagerfeld and met Catherine Harlé, the head of a modelling agency, who offered her a contract. With her modelling assignment, she walked for rising starPaco Rabannein 1967.[72]Just as Harlé had predicted, her looks were very much in demand. Soon after her debut Lear was photographed byHelmut Newton,Charles Paul Wilpand Antoine Giacomoni for magazines such asBeau(1966),mr.(1966),[73]Le Nouveau Candide,[74]Cinémonde(1967),[75]Scandal,Marie France,Nova,[76]The Daily Telegraph,Stern,[7]BravoandVogue.She modelled for fashion designers includingYves Saint LaurentandCoco Chanelin Paris andMary Quant,Ossie ClarkandAntony Pricein London. After some time, Lear dropped out of art school to model full-time and went on to lead a bohemian and flamboyant life in theSwinging Londonof the 1960s. Lear's acquaintances includedthe Beatlesand fellow top modelsTwiggy,Pattie BoydandAnita Pallenberg.In late 1966, she began datingthe Rolling Stones'Brian Jones,whom she first met prior throughTara Browne.[77]Pallenberg, cited as "Jones'mistress",also connected Lear with him.[12]Their relationship inspiredMick JaggerandKeith Richardsfor the track "Miss Amanda Jones"fromBetween the Buttons,alluding the romance between Jones and Lear as she's described as "Ms. Jones".[78]She became a "stalwart of London'sdemimonde",[13]an exotic name on the nightclub circuit and a regular fixture in the gossip columns. Lear was arrested in 1967 by the police with drugs belonging to the Rolling Stones.[12][53][79]Lear was sent naked to a prison cell "because you don't denounce a Rolling Stones", she said and was later fined for it.[12]Lear appeared in several advertisements for major brands, modelling among others for aChantelleunderwear range and the Detchema fragrance by a French companyRévillon Frèresin 1967,[80]and in 1968 played a minor role in the French comedy filmNe jouez pas avec les Martiensand also in the 1968 British psychedelic filmWonderwall.[81]After Jones' death, Lear moved with hippie friends toElvaston Place,South Kensington,in London. Lear recalled: "We smoked joints, tookLSD,Jimi Hendrixcame by when he had no place to sleep. "[12]In New York, Lear became a fixture atMax's Kansas City,partying every night withAndy Warholand friends, to the point of neglecting some of her modelling duties, saying: "Do you even think I could have been ready and spotless by 8 A.M. as they wanted me to be?".[82][83]

In 1971, Lear modelled for a special Christmas issue of the French edition ofVogue,edited entirely by Salvador Dalí, and was photographed byDavid Bailey.[84]She performed in a short-lived play along with the singerP.J. Probyin anIslingtonpub in London and 1972 saw her first on-stage appearance when she introducedRoxy MusicandLloyd Watsonat theRainbow Theatrein London in August.[85]Lear also made a cameo appearance modelling inA Bigger Splash.Lear has been briefly engaged toBryan Ferryof Roxy Music[86]and was famously depicted posing in a skintight leather dress leading a black panther on a leash on the cover of the band's art rock albumFor Your Pleasure,released in March 1973,[87]an image that has been described as "as famous as the album itself".[88]After the release ofFor Your Pleasure,Lear appeared on stage atCamden Palaceduring Roxy Music concerts; "Freddie MercuryandElton Johnthought I was great ", she said.[12]Later,Marianne Faithfullhanded the phone to Lear: "It'sDavid Bowie,he wants to talk to you. "[12]Lear first met Bowie at a dinner with Jagger and his wifeBianca,and then went to aMuhammad Aliboxing match shown at acinemainLeicester Square.Lear thought Bowie was "weird with his red hair". Bianca "hated" Lear.[12]Lear went on to have an affair with the married Bowie.[89]However, Bowie's wifeAngiesupported Lear.[12]Following the exposure to the music world she gained from the album cover, Lear appeared in the live performance of Bowie's hit song "Sorrow"inThe 1980 Floor Showheld in October 1973, broadcast in November 1973 as part ofThe Midnight SpecialTV series.[90]Lear then contributed to theDalí Museum,opened in the painter's home townFigueresin September 1974, by producing a series ofcollagesdecorating the doors of the museum, and was offered writing a monthly gossip column by the British magazineTatler.[91]

1974–1983: The disco period with Ariola Records

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In 1974, disillusioned by a shallow and conservative fashion industry and encouraged by her boyfriend Bowie,[92]who paid for singing and dancing lessons, Lear decided to launch a career in music. Bowie recommended a Hungarian voice coach Florence Wiese-Norberg, with whom he also worked,[93]and the pair subsequently recorded a demo track called "Star", which remains unreleased to date.[94]Lear's debut single, "Trouble",a pop-rock cover ofElvis Presley's 1958 classic, was released unsuccessfully by minor labelCreole Recordsin the United Kingdom. A French-language version of the track, "La Bagarre",was released onPolydorin France and while equally unsuccessful there, it became a minor disco hit in West Germany in early 1976. The track caught the attention of the singer, composer and producerAnthony Monnand labelAriola,which offered her a seven-year, six-album recording contract for a sum of money that Lear since has described as "astronomic".[88]Lear was also one of the fourgossip columnistsforRitz Magazine.[95]Her debut album,I Am a Photograph,released in 1977, was recorded in Munich with most songs composed by Monn who later produced majority of her material in the disco era. The album included Lear's first European hit "Blood and Honey",as well as the follow-up Italian no. 1 single"Tomorrow",and covers ofNancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"andLeroy Anderson's "Blue Tango".I Am a Photograph's mixture of lush disco,schlager,kitschandcamp,topped with Lear's deep half-spoken, half-sung vocals and her characteristicFranglaisaccent was a successful combination. The second edition ofI Am a Photograph,which also contained German no. 2 hit "Queen of Chinatown",included a freepin-upposter with Lear posingtopless,a photo originally featured in aPlayboyspread. Lear allegedly had affairs withKeith MoonandJimmy Page.[96][97][98]

Lear performing on a Dutch TV show at the height of her singing career, 1978

In 1978, Lear continued her line of disco hits withSweet Revenge,an album that opens with a concept medley about aFaustianfairy tale of a girl who sells her soul to the devil for fame and fortune, and in her eventual revenge over the devil's offer finds true love. The first single fromSweet Revenge,"Follow Me",powered by Lear's characteristic deep and recitative voice and the theme of the devil, was an instant smash hit. It reached the top 3 in the West German singles chart as well as the top 10 in many European countries,[99]and has been Lear's signature tune ever since. TheSweet Revengealbum was certifiedgoldin West Germany[100]and France,[101]and went on to sell in excess of four million copies, spawning further European hit singles "Gold"and"Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)".Lear took part in three Italian productions in 1978: a war-time parodyZio Adolfo in arte Führer,asoftporndocumentaryFollie di nottedirected byJoe D'Amato,and a six-episode controversial TV showStryx.Later in 1978, Lear and Monn teamed forNever Trust a Pretty Face.The album featured a variety of genre exercises like the dance version of a war-time classic "Lili Marleen",the interpersonal ballad"The Sphinx",the cabaret-esque" Miroir ", futuristic tracks" Black Holes "and" Intellectually ", as well as the hit disco single"Fashion Pack (Studio 54)".

In late 1978, at a fashionable Parisian discothèqueLe Palace,a French equivalent ofStudio 54,Amanda Lear met bisexual French aristocratAlain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villèle,the former lover and then adopted son of diplomat and controversial gay novelistRoger Peyrefitte.[102]

She married him on 13 March 1979, while on a trip to the United States. The marriage lasted 21 years, until Malagnac's death on 16 December 2000, when he was killed by smoke in a fire at their farmhouse inSaint-Étienne-du-Grès.[103]He died just six weeks afterRoger Peyrefitte.

This marriage is not official for the French state. Dalí and his wife Gala both strongly disapproved of the relationship and attempted to persuade Lear to have the marriage annulled. As a consequence of this, and also the time taken up by Lear's successful career in music and television, she and her mentor began drifting apart. They sporadically kept in touch via letters and telephone through the early and mid-1980s, especially after Gala's death in 1982. Lear visited Dalí one last time atPúbol,Spain, a few years before the painter died.

In the early '80s, she had her first art exhibition in Paris.[104]According to Lear, it happened in 1979.[59]

In late 1979, Lear recordedDiamonds for Breakfast,which was her commercial breakthrough in the Scandinavian market (top 10 in both Sweden and Norway[105]), producing hits "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)"and"Diamonds",plus regional single releases" Japan "," When "and theautoerotic"Ho fatto l'amore con me". The album abandoned the Munich disco sound with its lush strings and brass arrangements in favour of an electronicnew waverock style. Lear spent most of 1980 on European promotional tours for the album and its many accompanying single releases, from Greece to Finland. She also made her first visit to Japan, where both the single "Queen of Chinatown" and theSweet Revengealbum had charted. Two non-album singles followed theDiamonds for Breakfastalbum in late 1980: a pop cover ofEric "Monty" Morris's earlyskahit "Solomon Gundie"and thechanson-esque "Le Chat de gouttière", the latter with both music and lyrics written by Lear and recorded for francophone markets.

The Lear/Monn album success saga neared its end in 1981 when Lear had become increasingly uncomfortable with the expectations and pressures of the music business in general and her own record label in particular. At the artistic and commercial peak of her international career, but with the so-called "anti-disco backlash"beginning to take its toll, she had tentatively started recording tracks for a forthcoming album with producerTrevor Hornin London. However, Ariola did not approve of the material[106]and informed Lear that she was to return to Munich and provide the company and the market with another Monn product. The result of these sessions wasIncognito,only partly co-written by Lear, with new wave material fueled with rock and electronic elements.Incognitogenerated only one minor hit, the French language ballad "Égal",and still met with relative success in Scandinavia. It was also her breakthrough album in South America, with three tracks recorded in Spanish:" Igual "," Dama de Berlin ", and" Ninfomanía ". Another non-album single followed in early 1982, asynthpoptake on the pop classic "Fever".This was Lear's final collaboration with producer Anthony Monn. Shortly thereafter, she took legal action against the Ariola label on the grounds of artistic differences to be released from her recording contract. The lawsuit was unsuccessful, and she remained with Ariola until the end of 1983, as stipulated in the original contract. In 1982, another Italian language single, the ballad"Incredibilmente donna",was released on the greatest hits compilationIeri, oggi.

The double A-side single "Love Your Body"/" Darkness and Light ", released in the spring of 1983, was produced by Monn's sound engineer Peter Lüdemann rather than Monn. These were Lear's final Munich recordings for Ariola and her final promotional appearance on West Germany's most important music TV show at the time,Musikladen,in June 1983. Lear's international career momentum was slowing and effectively ended in December 1983 with her sixth and final Ariola album under contractual obligation.Tam-Tam,a collaboration with Italian composers and producers, was a modern and minimalist early 1980s synthpop album with a soundscape dominated byRoland TR-808drum machines and sequencer-programmed synthesizers. Lear again wrote all the English lyrics for the album. Although she performed some of the songs from the album on the popular Italian TV showPremiatissima,she did not promoteTam-Tamin West Germany or any other parts of Europe and neither did the record company. As a consequence,Tam-Tampassed by unnoticed by the international record-buying public.

1983–1999: Television career and comeback attempts

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Lear launched a very successful and lucrative career as a TV presenter in Italy, thanks to the future prime ministerSilvio Berlusconi,soon becoming a household name in that country. She hosted many successful TV shows there, includingPremiatissimaandW le donne(the latter adapted in France asCherchez la femme), where she frequently promoted her music. The singer recorded a string of dance singles for various European labels: "Assassino"and"Ritmo Salsa"in 1984, followed by"No Credit Card"and"Women"in 1985. A mini album titledA L,with four covers of classic songs, includingMarilyn Monroe's "Bye Bye Baby" and "As Time Goes By"from the filmCasablanca,was recorded for Five Records and released in 1985. Her music career, however, had waned by that point, and she had failed to find chart success with her recordings at that time. In late 1985, Lear appeared in a series of TV spots forFiat.She had written her first book, the autobiographyMy Life with Dalí,about her long relationship with the famous painter. Originally published in French, the book was translated into other languages in the second half of the 1980s.

After several years as a TV entertainer in Italy onCanale 5and France onLa Cinq,Lear returned to music. Her next album,Secret Passion,a post-discoHi-NRGaffair produced byChristian De Walden,was recorded in Los Angeles and Rome for major French labelCarrere Records.The album was to be her comeback in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, the Eastern Bloc, South America and Japan, as well as a breakthrough attempt in English-speaking countries. These were the only major markets that Lear had not conquered during the Ariola years. The launch was planned for January 1987, however, just before promotion began, Lear was seriously injured in a near-fatal car accident and took months to recover, unable to promote the record properly.[107]Secret Passion's commercial success was less than hoped for, and the lead single "Wild Thing"was ultimately released in a few countries such as France, Italy and Greece. While in hospital, Lear began writing a novel,L'Immortelle,a surrealistic tale of the torments of a woman doomed to eternal youth and beauty.[108]Watching everyone else grow older and eventually losing all her loved ones, the woman is still as beautiful but unable to stop the merciless passage of time.[109]

Lear at theCannes Film Festivalin 1990

A series of re-recordings of her old hits appeared on the market in the late 1980s, starting with a synthpop take of the biggest hit, "Follow Me", in 1987. The following year, Italian bandCCCP Fedeli alla linearecorded a cover of her song "Tomorrow", retitled "Tomorrow (Voulez-vous un rendez-vous)", for which Lear contributed guest vocals. The single was a minor hit in Italy and Amanda's first chart success in that country in six years. In 1989, DJIan Levineremixed "Follow Me" and "Gold" in a Hi-NRG fashion, while Lear hostedArs AmandaonRai 3,an Italian chat show where she interviewed both Italian and international celebrities and politicians in bed.[88][110]From the late 1980s, Lear has been a regular participant in the popular French radio showLes Grosses TêtesonRTL,televised onParis Première.To maintain her popularity in Italy, she recordedUomini più uomini,an all-Italian language album, which included mainstream pop material written among others byGiorgio Conte[it],Paolo Conte's brother[111][112]No single was released to promote the album and it turned out a commercial failure. The same year, Amanda re-recorded some of the songs in French and cut the dance single "Métamorphose" for the French-Italian re-release of the albumTant qu'il y aura des hommes.In 1990, she released an up-tempo, promotional-only single, "Do You Remember Me?" and took part inThierry Mugler's fashion show.

Lear continued to record more dancefloor-friendly repertoire in the 1990s, starting with the 1992 song "Fantasy", which became a hit in European clubs.Cadavrexquis,her next album, was released in 1993 and featured heavily club-oriented material, including "Fantasy" and re-recordings of three songs from the disco era. Both the single and the album failed to enter any mainstream charts. Meanwhile, Lear hosted the TV showMéfiez-vous des blondesonTF1[113]and appeared inArnaud Sélignac[fr]'s TV dramaUne Femme pour moiin France. In 1994, she modelled for the fashion houseGrèsin Paris and again for Thierry Mugler in Berlin the following year. In May 1995, Lear debuted her new, eroticlate nightTV showPeep!in Germany, also known asBeware of the Blondes,[114]which she hosted for one year. The show, which used her song "Peep!" as the opening music theme, became remarkably popular in Germany, achieving over 50% of the market share.[88]In June 1995, she performed at a 1970s disco music tribute concertLa fièvre du discoin Paris alongsideBoney M.andGloria GaynorIn autumn, the singer releasedAlter Ego,an upbeateurodanceoffering. Again, the album was unsuccessful and did not produce any hits. As an active supporter of people suffering fromHIV/AIDS,Lear made an appearance in 1996 as a model for Paco Rabanne during an annual charity eventLife Ball.[115]During her November 1996 concert at Le Palace in Paris, the singer announced her definitive departure from touring and performing live, and although she sporadically gave concerts in the following years, her live acts have been limited mostly to short TV appearances.[116]

Lear releasedBack in Your Armsin Spring 1998, an album consisting of re-recordings of her own 1970s disco hits and remixed versions of tracks from the 1995 albumAlter Ego.The album failed to make much impact on the market, but the re-recordings have been featured on many mid-price compilations in Europe.Back in Your Armswas re-released with a slightly different track list and title, and a remix of "Blood and Honey" was released as the single. Her next acting and television ventures were the French movieBimboland,in which she starred alongsideGérard Depardieu,and an Italianmakeover TV showIl brutto anatroccolo.The theme tune to the latter was "Nuda", a cover version ofMelina Mercouri's 1960 recording "Never on Sunday",which Lear recorded but never released commercially. On the set ofIl brutto anatroccoloLear met model and actorManuel Casella[it],some 30 years her junior. Lear and Casella began a long-term relationship and were featured prominently in thetabloid pressin France and Italy, before splitting in 2008.[117]

2000–present: Recent career

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Lear contributed vocals for a cover ofGiorgio Moroder's 1970s hit "From Here to Eternity",recorded in 2000 withEric D. Clark.In the morning of 16 December 2000, a fire broke out in Lear's house inSaint-Étienne-du-Grès,killing her husband Alain-Philippe, and his friend Didier Dieufis.[118]At the time of the accident, Lear was in Milan, where she was hosting a TV show. The fire left the house in ruins, destroying personal memorabilia and a number of Dalí's paintings.[119][120]As a result of the accident, she fell into depression,[121]but soon returned to work and put on an art exhibition titledNot a. Lear.[122]At the end of 2001, she returned with the albumHeart,dedicated to the late husband. The album offered a cover of "Love Boat",the title song from the 1970sTV series of the same name,and the club-friendly track "I Just Wanna Dance Again", both issued as singles featuring remixes by some prominent names in the world of French dance music, such asLaurent WolfandJunior Vasquez.

In 2002, Lear starred inLe Défi,[123]a musical movie written and directed by choreographerBlanca Liabout an 18-year-old dropout who dreams of becoming a star inbreakdancingand the ensuing conflicts with his conservative mother. Lear played the mother's understanding and encouraging best friend. She cut the title song for her Italian TV showCocktail d'amorein which she interviewed some of Italy's most famous 1980s music stars, and released the single "Beats of Love"with the Belgian boy band Get Ready! Both tracks were included in the 2003 re-release ofHeart,retitledTendance.Next year, Lear dubbed the voice ofEdna Modein the French and Italian versions of theDisney/Pixar's blockbusterThe Incredibles,and her 1978 song "Enigma" enjoyed success in Central and Eastern Europe after exposure in theKinder BuenoTV advert. In 2005, the singer became a judge onBallando con le stelle,the Italian version ofDancing with the Stars,and released two dance singles, "Paris by Night"and the remake ofBarry Manilow's "Copacabana",as well as two compilations,Forever Glam!andSings Evergreens.In 2006, Lear opened an art exhibition in New York, titledNever Mind the Bollocks, Here's Amanda Lear,[124]and was decorated with theOrdre des Arts et des Lettresby the French Minister of CultureRenaud Donnedieu de Vabresin recognition of her contributions to French arts and sciences.[1]A compilation was released, the 3 CDThe Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983,fully covering the singer's Ariola output. In October, the albumWith Lovewas released in France. It won critical acclaim in France and was released in the rest of Europe in early 2007. Lear made several appearances in movies, including acting inOliviero Risingand dubbing for the French version ofDragon Hunters.In 2008, she hosted several TV shows in Italy and France.[125][126]

In 2009, Lear accepted the part of Cécile in the comedyPanique au ministère,which debuted at theThéâtre de la Porte Saint-Martinin Paris. The show turned out to be a huge success and was taken on tour.[127]The same year, she dubbed the voice of Fish in the German movieLacomadirected by Christopher Roth.[25]Her next albumBrief Encounters,was released in autumn 2009, preceded by the single "Someone Else's Eyes",a duet with Italian singer-producer Deadstar. The following month, Lear released the autobiographyJe ne suis pas celle que vous croyez...(I am not who you think...) and the EPBrand New Love Affair.The title song was released as the lead single, accompanied by an animated music video.Brief Encounterswas partly re-recorded and remixed and then released inAcoustiqueandReloadedversions.Boy Georgeremixed "Someone Else's Eyes" in 2010. In April 2011, Lear released the single "Chinese Walk",and joined the judging panel of the Italian TV showCiak... si canta!onRai 1.She dubbed the voice of Janet the Lioness in the French version ofZookeeper.In September, Lear returned to theatre for the lead role inLady Oscar,an adaptation ofClaude Magnier's 1958 playOscar,at theThéâtre de la Renaissancein Paris. The play was another success[128]and was taken on tour.[129]

Her albumI Don't Like Discowas released in January 2012, and the single "La Bête et la Belle"sparked controversy due to itseroticimagery.[130][131]In September 2012, Lear appeared as a catwalk model onJean Paul Gaultier's fashion show in Paris[132][133]and in 2013 started playing the leading part in the playDivinaat theThéâtre des Variétésin Paris. In Spring 2014, she releasedMy Happiness,a tribute album with covers ofElvis Presley's songs, promoted by the single and video "Suspicious Minds".In 2015, she recorded the duet" Mai più "with Italian singerGianluca De Rubertis[it]for his albumL'universo elegante.The pair then teamed for the ballad "Prima del tuo cuore" for Lear's next albumLet Me Entertain You,released in May 2016. Her playLa Candidate,a sequel toPanique au ministère,opened in 2016 at theThéâtre de la Michodière[134]and was subsequently taken on tour across France. At the time of an interview in the Italian programDomenica inon 16 October 2016, Lear had planned a retirement immediately after completing theLa Candidatetour in Spring 2017,[135][136]however, she had to cancel a number of final dates due to health issues.[137]In 2018, she worked on the dubbing for French and Italian versions ofIncredibles 2,hosted the TV showVoulez-vous coucher avec moi?onCielo,[138][139]and released another book,Délires.[140]In 2019, Lear joined the judging panel of the Italian TV showSanremo Youngon Rai 1. In 2020, Lear starred inSi Muore Solo Da Vividirected by Alberto Rizzi and inMissdirected byRuben Alves.[141][142]In 2021, she appears in TV dramaCamping Paradis[fr]in France.[143]In September, Lear returned to theatre to playJoan CrawfordinQu'est-il arrivé à Bette Davis et Joan Crawford?[fr],a play aboutBette DavisandJoan Crawfordin the war they fought on the set ofWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?The play was directed byMichel Fauat theThéâtre de la Porte Saint-Martinin Paris.[144][145][146][147][148]

She released a new album calledTuberosein 2021.

She is portrayed byAndreja Pejićin the filmDalíland,released in 2023.[149]

Discography

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Main article:Amanda Lear discography
Studio albums and main compilations

Filmography

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Main article:Amanda Lear filmography

Theater

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  • 2009-2011:Panique au ministèrewritten by Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Raymond Acquaviva
  • 2011-2013:Lady Oscarwritten by Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Éric Civanyan
  • 2013-2014:Divinawritten by Jean Robert-Charrier, directed by Nicolas Briançon
  • 2016-2017:La Candidatewritten by Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Raymond Acquaviva
  • 2021-2022:Qu’est-il arrivé à Bette Davis et Joan Crawford?written by Jean Marboeuf, directed byMichel Fau
  • 2024:The Scientific Cardplayerwritten by Jean Franco & Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Raymond Acquaviva

Books

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  • 1984:Lear, Amanda (1984).Le Dalí d'Amanda(in French). Lausanne:Éditions Favre[fr].ISBN2-8289-0175-0.OCLC461749441.(autobiography)
  • 1987:Lear, A (1987).L'Immortelle(in French). Paris:Claude Carrère[fr].ISBN2868043631.OCLC461837831.(novel)
  • 1994:Lear, A (1994).L'Amant Dalí: ma vie avec Salvador Dalí(in French). Paris:Éditions Michel Lafon[fr].ISBN2840980118.OCLC807550048.(reprint ofLe Dalí d'Amanda,with a foreword byPaco Rabanne)
  • 2004:Lear, A (2004).Mon Dalí(in French). Neuilly-sur-Seine: Éditions Michel Lafon.ISBN2749901111.OCLC56012321.(reprint ofLe Dalí d'Amanda)
  • 2006:Lear, A; Galerie Claudius (2006).Between dream and reality.Norderstedt:Books on Demand[fr].ISBN9783833451850.OCLC180929230.(collected arts)
  • 2009:Lear, A (2009).Je ne suis pas du tout celle que vous croyez…(in French). Paris:Hors collection[fr].ISBN9782258081321.OCLC468417957.(autobiography)
  • 2018:Lear, A; Dieudonné, Frédéric (2018).Délires(in French). Paris:Le Cherche midi[fr].ISBN9782749150437.OCLC1078361743.(collection of meditations and anecdotes)
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