1907 b. April 15th. L'arbresle, France as Sophie-Rose Friedmann, Into a Russian Jewish family. Writer, singer, Actress, Theatre director, radio producer. Member of la Association des Artistes et Ecrivains Revolutionnaires (AAER) as were Paul Nizan, Louis Aragon, Jacques Prevert and Max Ernst. Added Erik Satie to her repetoire.
1929 meets Georges Pomias -> and has an affair. 1930 She drew from a repertoire of texts written by Jacques Prevert, who she had met in Groupe Octobre, together with Raymond Queneau, Robert Desnos, Paul Eluard, Henri Michaux, Guillaume Apollinaire, Leon-Paul Fargue and Sylvia Bataille. 1935 starts singing in Le Boeuf sur le Toit; the cabaret of Jean Cocteau, where she Interprets songs written by Jacques Prevert. Causes a scandal on A.B.C reciting a poem by Jacques Prevert Pater Noster (Our Father who art in heaven, Stay there) ->. 1938 had her own Theatre production company Chez Agnès Capri. 1939 Owned a cabaret with Sonia Mosse. With the invasion of France she closed the theatre singing in the free zone before fleeing to Algiers. 1944 Returned to Paris. 1976 d. Nov. 15th. Paris See wiki (Fr) -> and Singers during the Occupation (Fr). ->. See Agnès Capri, c’est exquis (Fr) ->. See Timeline