Line Marsa

Line Marsa
Lina Marsa (pictured right) with daughter Édith Piaf (centre) and her husband Louis Alphonse Gassion
Born
Annetta Giovanna Maillard

(1895-08-04)4 August 1895
Livorno, Italy
Died6 February 1945(1945-02-06) (aged 49)
Paris, France
Other namesAnnetta Gassion
Annetta Giovanna Margherita Maillard
Occupations
  • Cabaret singer
  • equestrian
  • tightrope artist
Known forMother of Édith Piaf
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1914; div. 1929)​
Children2, including Édith Piaf
Parent(s)Auguste Eugène Maillard
Emma Saïd Ben Mohamed

Annetta Giovanna Gassion (née Maillard; 4 August 1895 – 6 February 1945), known by stage name Line Marsa, was a French cabaret singer and circus performer, as an equestrian and tightrope artist. She is best known as the mother of internationally renowned singer Édith Piaf, considered France's national chanteuse.

Early life

Born Annetta Giovanna Maillard on 4 August 1895 in Livorno, Tuscany, to French parents who were on tour as part of a travelling circus troupe. Her father, Auguste Eugène Maillard, came from the Loire region of France. Her mother, Emma, was the daughter of Saïd ben Mohamed, of Kabyle origin, born in Mogador, Morocco,[1][2][3][4] and Margherita (or Marguerite) Bracco, who was born in Murazzano, Piedmont.[5]

Career

Marsa was a singer, circus performer and equestrian. Her stage name, Line Marsa, was inspired by La Marsa, a port in Tunisia, according to her son Herbert. Although said to have a voice similar to that of Piaf, she had no success as a singer.[6]

Personal life

On 4 September 1914, she married Louis Alphonse Gassion, a singer and circus contortionist. The following year, on December 19, she gave birth to their first child, Édith Giovanna, who would become Édith Piaf. On 31 August 1918, she gave birth to their second child, Herbert. Édith was raised by Annetta's mother, Emma, from 1915 to 1918, when she was sent to Louis Gassion's mother instead due to Annetta and Emma's neglect.[7]

Annetta and Louis were divorced on 4 June 1929 reportedly because of her substance abuse. She never remarried.[8]

Death

Line Marsa died of a drug overdose in Paris on 6 February 1945.[9] She is not buried with her Piaf at Père Lachaise Cemetery, unlike Louis-Alphonse Gassion but in parisian cemetery of Thiais.

Marsa was portrayed by Clotilde Courau in Olivier Dahan's 2007 Piaf biopic, La vie en rose. In 2021 the Comitato Unesco Jazz day Livorno (Unesco Jazz Day Committee of the city of Livorno, a volunteer no profit organization founded 2012 by the musician, Andrea Pellegrini) declared 4 August "Giornata degli artisti di strada" (street artists day) to remember Line Marsa. The livornese graffiti artist Mart made a painting on the wall of the public park Villa Fabbricotti and a stone plate: "Line Marsa / (Anita Maillard) / nacque a Livorno / 4 agosto 1895". [10]

References

  1. ^ Arletty: "Elle partageait ses repas avec Line Marsa, la mère d’Édith Piaf, Anetta Maillard, de son vrai nom, était la fille d'un directeur de cirque et d'Aicha Ben Mohamed, une kabyle, copine de La Goulue".
  2. ^ Monique Lange
  3. ^ Histoire de Piaf, Ramsay, 1979
  4. ^ Death certificate Year 1890, France, Montluçon (03), 1890, N°501, 2E 191 194
  5. ^ "Annetta Giovanna Margherita MAILLARD (alias LINE MARSA)". Geneanet (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ Cousin, Roger (12 July 2014). "Marsa Line". memoiresdeguerre.com (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  7. ^ Arraiz Pinto, Yubirí (September 2016). "Édith Piaf: Un gorrión que conquistó al mundo con su voz" [Édith Piaf: The sparrow who conquered the world with her voice]. saladeespera.com.ve (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. ^ Looseley, David (2015). Édith Piaf: A Cultural History. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-78138-257-8.
  9. ^ Duclos, Pierre; Martin, Georges (1995). Piaf: biographie. Points P. Paris: Éd. du Seuil. ISBN 978-2-02-023916-5.
  10. ^ "Sul muro l'omaggio firmato Mart alla madre livornese di Edith Piaf".

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