About Piaf
- Released on June 10, 1984
Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Edith Piaf. This biographical drama with music portrays the singer in as a self-destructive, promiscuous alcoholic and junkie who, in one controversial scene, urinates in public.
Full Cast of Piaf
Jane Lapotaire plays Edith Piaf
David Leary plays Manager / Emcee
Robert Christian plays Marcel
Peter Friedman plays 'Papa' Leplee
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