Amanda Lear turns 80: between life and art a life of ambiguity

Eclectic, eccentric and transgressive ever since, in the mid-sixties, he entered the public scene. His age and sexual identity remain today great mysteries not yet revealed. On her official website she writes that she was born in 1950, Wikipedia and the German Society of Authors, where she was registered as a singer, talk about November 18, 1939: "The truth is that I no longer celebrate my birthday for a lifetime, seriously, I am not interested ", the artist has always stated ..

Hong Kong seems to be the place of birth, but much more about his life before his public appearance is unknown, except that his parents would have separated and Amanda would have been raised by her mother in Nice.

At first a model, who immediately aroused much interest in her androgyny, Amanda soon linked her name to that of a great twentieth-century artist, Salvador Dali, father of Surrealism, struck by his extravagance and eccentricity and for whom he posed for many years. It attracted public attention then, in 1973, after posing as a fetish model on the album cover "For Your Pleasure" by Roxy Music, thanks to which the love story began with David Bowie. It was he, revealed years later in an interview, to suggest that she play ambiguity to attract attention.

His first producers were i The blonde, then in 1975 Lear achieved great success as a singer after signing a contract with Ariola Records in Munich. Equipped with a low and sensual voice, and strong of a character with an aura of ambiguity and mystery, she achieved a remarkable success as Disco music interpreter throughout Europe, as well as in South America, Japan and other countries of the world. It boasts 18 albums, more than 50 singles and around 15 million albums and 25-30 million singles sold worldwide.

Polyglot, self-confident and with remarkable intelligence and irony, she has also added to the musical career a successful series of participations in television entertainment programs in Italy, France and Germany, first as a soubrette and then as presenter. She has also continued to paint, write and devote herself to an acting career.

Since 1981 Amanda Lear has lived in Saint-Étienne-du-Gres, near Avignon, in the south of France.

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