Margo Lion - Die Linie der Mode

Marguerite Hélène Constantine Barbe Elisabeth Lion, known as Margo Lion, was a French chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G.W. Pabst's 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" ("Die Dreigroschenoper"). She was born in Istanbul (then Constantinople) on February 28th 1899.

She first came to Berlin in 1921 and made her debut at Trude Hesterbergs cabaret ‘Wild Bühne’ (The Wild Stage) in 1923. She performed the songs of her long-term boyfriend, the lyricist Marcellus Schiffer, who she married in 1928.

Her appearance and style was thought to be a huge influence on her friend, the young and then unknown, Marlene Dietrich.
She performed the controversial duet “Wenn die beste Freundin” with Dietrich in the revue “Es liegt in der Luft” in 1928. She also appeared in the famous Friedrich Hollaender Revues “Das bist du” (That’s You) in 1927 and “Bei uns um die Gedächtniskirche rum” (With Us ’round The Memorial Church) in 1928.

She appeared in 10 films between 1926 and 1932, and in 1931 was cast as Jenny in the French language film adaptation of Brecht and Weill’s The Threepenny Opera ” L’Opera des quat’sous”.

In 1932, her husband, Marcellus Schiffer committed suicide and by 1933, with the rise to power of the Nazi’s, she left Berlin for Paris.

She continued to work as a singer and actress, specialising in the work of Brecht on stage, and made a further 18 films from 1935 to 1976, appearing again alongside Marlene Dietrich in the French film ‘Martin Roumagnac’ in 1946.

She made a return to Berlin in 1977, appearing at the Berlin Festival, performing ‘Es Liegt In Der Luft” accompanied by Mischa Spoliansky on the piano. Lion died in Paris in 1989, four days before her 90th birthday.

The extensive Marcellus Schiffer/Margo Lion archive is located in the archive of the "Akademie der Künste" in Berlin.


Tracklist:
01 Margo Lion - Bonjour Berlin, da bin ich wieder
02 Margo Lion - Die Linie der Mode
03 Margo Lion - Es liegt in der Luft
04 Margo Lion - Wenn die beste Freundin
05 Margo Lion - Die Braut
06 Margo Lion - L´heure bleue
07 Margo Lion - Die fleissige Leserin
08 Margo Lion - Nofretete
09 Margo Lion - Zuhälterballade (Ballade de Tango)
10 Margo Lion - Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht
11 Margo Lion - Die Haut, die war ihr erstes Kleid
12 Margo Lion - Mein Schatz tanzt so gern Paso doble
13 Margo Lion - Du sollst es leise sagen
14 Margo Lion - Jimmy (Chanson nègre)
15 Margo Lion - Il suffit d´une femme qui passe
16 Margo Lion - Ma chair frissone
17 Margo Lion - Ah, ne m´dit´s pas de chose´s comme ca
18 Margo Lion - Les étoiles s´en foutent
19 Margo Lion - Lied der Seeräuber-Jenny
20 Margo Lion - Le lapin et les chameaux
21 Margo Lion - Daffke
22 Margo Lion - Sex appeal
23 Margo Lion - Das Turnier
24 Margo Lion - Gesellschafts-Chanson
25 Margo Lion - Der Pudel
26 Margo Lion - Tempo, Tempo
27 Margo Lion - Die Kaffeemühle


Margo Lion - Die Linie der Mode
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