About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1936-05-18
Place of birth:
Paris, France
Website:
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Rita Cadillac

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

2019 Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau Actor self 58
Average
1985 Das Boot Actor Monique 80
Very good
1981 Das Boot Actor Monique 77
Good
1971 Cent ans de Folies Bergère Actor Self N/A
N/A
1963 Cadavres en vacances Actor Stella 58
Average
1963 Any Number Can Win Actor Liliane 62
Fair
1963 Prostitution Actor Rita 58
Average
1963 That Something... Else! Actor Singer 58
Average
1961 Secret File 1413 Actor Self 58
Average
1961 The Unsatisfied Actor Hilda 58
Average
1961 It Means That Much to Me Actor Mercedes 58
Average
1957 Until the Last One Actor The circus stripper 58
Average
1955 No Mercy for the Cellers Actor (uncredited) 58
Average