Biography

Béatrice Arnac (23 April 1931 – 5 October 2020) was a French actress, singer, and composer. The daughter of the cartoonist Marcel Arnac,[Béatrice was also the niece of explorer Marie Gallaud. In 1962, she received the Grand Prize of the Académie Charles Cros. She performed 22 songs that were written by songwriters such as Paul Éluard, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos, and Bertolt Brecht. She also performed in the second act of the play Le Bel indifférent.