Raymond Legrand(1908-1974)

Composer
Music Department
Actor

Raymond Legrand was born on 23 May 1908 in Paris, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Son dernier Noël (1952), Grisou (1938) and Destins (1946). He was married to Martine Leroy, Colette Renard, Paulette Bonimond and Marcelle Der Mikaëlian. He died on 25 November 1974 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Known for

Son dernier Noël

5.5

Composer

1952

Grisou

6.7

Music Department

1938

Destins

5.9

Music Department

1946

Ce soir les jupons volent...

5.2

Composer

1956

Credits

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Composer

Un tueur, un flic, ainsi soit-il...
- Composer
- 1977
Dédé la tendresse
4.7
- Composer
- 1974
Deux heures à vivre
- Composer
- 1972
La guerre des espions
3.1
- Composer
- 1972
Les singes font la grimace
5.0
- Composer
- 1972
Le sadique aux dents rouges
4.1
- Composer
- 1971
Business
- Composer
- 1960
Ce soir les jupons volent...
5.2
- Composer
- 1956
Zoo parade
Short
- Composer
- 1955
Paris flâneur
Short
- Composer
- 1954
Paris qui ne dort pas
Short
- Composer
- 1954
Beauty and the Bullfighter
4.9
- Composer
- 1954
The Most Wanted Man
5.9
- co-composer: "Le Troubadour"
- 1953
Companions of the Night
5.9
- Composer
- 1953
Carnaval
6.2
- Composer
- 1953

Music Department

Pervertissima
4.4
- conductor: orchestra
- 1972
Clodo
3.6
- orchestrator
- 1971
Le rideau rouge
TV Series
- musical director
- 1960
The Most Wanted Man
5.9
- music director
- 1953
The Wild Oat
6.4
- musical director
- 1953
Justice Is Done
7.1
- musician: ondes martenot
- 1950
La belle meunière
5.8
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 1948
Nine Boys, One Heart
5.7
- musical director
- 1948
Destins
5.9
- music arranger
- musical director
- 1946
Grisou
6.7
- music adaptor
- 1938
The Story of the Fox
7.6
- conductor
- 1937

Actor

Personal details

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Official sites
- Company
- France's national library catalogue
Alternative name
- Raymond Legrand et son orchestre
Born
- May 23, 1908
- Paris, France
Died
- November 25, 1974
- Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Trivia
May 9, 1948, he leads his orchestra for the recording of the French song "C'est si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and André Hornez (lyrics). The singers were Les Soeurs Étienne. In 1966, his son Michel Legrand leads his orchestra for the recording of the American version performed by Barbra Streisand for the album "Color Me Barbra".