{"id":3447,"date":"2009-12-27T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T04:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2026-07-08T00:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:56:46","slug":"edith-piaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/edith-piaf","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9dith Piaf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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graffiti portrait of Piaf in S\u00e8te, France, in 2014, photo by Photoprofi30<\/a>\/Bigstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: \u00c9dith Giovanna Gassion<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: 19 December, 1915<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Belleville, Paris, France<\/p>\n

Date of Death: 10 October, 1963<\/p>\n

Place of Death: Plascassier, Grasse, France<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*75% French
\n*12.5% Moroccan [evidently Berber]
\n*12.5% Italian<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c9dith Piaf was a French cabaret singer, songwriter, and actress.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith was the daughter of Annetta\/Annette Giovanna Margherita (Maillard), a caf\u00e9 singer, performer, and equestrian, and Louis Alphonse Gassion, an acrobat, contortionist, and circus performer. Her mother’s stage name was Line Marsa. Her father was from Falaise, Normandy, France, and was of French descent. Her mother was born in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, and was of one half French, one quarter Moroccan, usually described as Berber; and one quarter Italian, ancestry. \u00c9dith is sometimes described as having had Algerian Kabyle roots from her Moroccan line. It is not clear if this is accurate.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith had a daughter. \u00c9dith was married to Greek hairdresser, singer, and actor Th\u00e9o Sarapo, until her death.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith’s paternal grandfather was Victor Alphonse Gassion (the son of Pierre Fran\u00e7ois Gassion and Augustine Duval). Victor was born in Falaise, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France, and was a horseman in the circus.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith’s patenral grandmother was Louise L\u00e9ontine Deschamps\/Descamps (the daughter of Louis Fran\u00e7ois Descamps and Elisabeth Lucier). \u00c9dith’s grandmother Louise was born in Carvin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. \u00c9dith’s great-grandfather Louis was the son of Auguste Hyppolite Descamps and Jeanne Campagne.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith’s maternal grandfather was Auguste Eug\u00e8ne Maillard (the son of Stanislas Maillard and Marie Victorine Cr\u00e9tois). Auguste was from Loire, France.<\/p>\n

\u00c9dith’s maternal grandmother was Emma “Aicha” Sa\u00efd ben Mohamed (the daughter of Sa\u00efd ben Mohamed and Margarita\/Margherita Bracco). Edith’s grandmother Emma was born in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France. \u00c9dith’s great-grandfather Sa\u00efd ben Mohamed was born in Mogador, Essaouira, Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco, the son of Mohamed ben Mohamed and Ajah ben Ali. \u00c9dith’s great-grandmother Margarita was born in Murazzano, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy, the daughter of Giuseppe Bracco and Catherine\/Caterina Chiappella\/Chapelle.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Genealogies of \u00c9dith Piaf – http:\/\/www.geni.com<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.findagrave.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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