Quick Facts
Born:
1936-05-18
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Credits:
15 Total Roles
Rita Cadillac
Acting
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Biography
Rita Cadillac (born Nicole Yasterbelsky; 18 May 1936 – 4 April 1995) was a French dancer, singer, and actress.
Cadillac was born in Paris and started her music career as an accordionist under the alias "Rita Rella" at the age of 13. In 1952, she was a pin-up model and took the name "Rita Cadillac" (clearly as an allusion to her prominent breasts) at Crazy Horse where she began to work as an exotic dancer. She was also a dancer of Folies Bergère in the 1950s.
Cadillac appeared in many French films such as Soirs de Paris (1954), Porte océane (1958), La prostitution (1962), Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962), and Any Number Can Win (1963), becoming a renowned figure throughout Europe. In 1981, she appeared in the miniseries and film Das Boot, as the club singer Monique, in the town of La Rochelle.
She is the inspiration for Miss Rita Chevrolet, a recurring joke in the British satirical magazine Private Eye.
Source: Article "Rita Cadillac (French dancer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Cadillac was born in Paris and started her music career as an accordionist under the alias "Rita Rella" at the age of 13. In 1952, she was a pin-up model and took the name "Rita Cadillac" (clearly as an allusion to her prominent breasts) at Crazy Horse where she began to work as an exotic dancer. She was also a dancer of Folies Bergère in the 1950s.
Cadillac appeared in many French films such as Soirs de Paris (1954), Porte océane (1958), La prostitution (1962), Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962), and Any Number Can Win (1963), becoming a renowned figure throughout Europe. In 1981, she appeared in the miniseries and film Das Boot, as the club singer Monique, in the town of La Rochelle.
She is the inspiration for Miss Rita Chevrolet, a recurring joke in the British satirical magazine Private Eye.
Source: Article "Rita Cadillac (French dancer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Das Boot
Monique
Any Number Can Win
Liliane
Das Boot
Monique
That Something... Else!
Singer
The Unsatisfied
Hilda
Until the Last One
The circus stripper
It Means That Much to Me
Mercedes
Prostitution
Rita
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Anitta Dentro da Casinha TV | Self |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau MOVIE | self |
| 1985 | Das Boot TV | Monique |
| 1981 | Das Boot MOVIE | Monique |
| 1971 | Cent ans de Folies Bergère MOVIE | Self |
| 1963 | Cadavres en vacances MOVIE | Stella |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win MOVIE | Liliane |
| 1963 | Prostitution MOVIE | Rita |
| 1963 | That Something... Else! MOVIE | Singer |
| 1961 | Secret File 1413 MOVIE | Self |