Jacques Chazot, (b. 25 September 1928 in Locmiquélic (Morbihan), d. 12 July 1993 in Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne) was a French dancer and socialite.
Biography He joined Opéra de Paris in 1947 as a dancer. In 1956, he joined Opéra-Comique. The same year, he wrote Les Carnets de Marie-Chantal, creating a character who is the archetype of the snobbish socialite.L'Humanité, 13 juillet 1993
He was a very close friend of Françoise Sagan, Juliette Gréco, Régine, Claude Bessy, Hassan II among others and a companion of Coco Chanel.Samantha Knight, "Scandales de la mode", Arte documentary broadcast 23 July 2016
He became famous through television, dancing in many television shows of the 1970s. He was at the time one of the few people to appear on television as openly gay.Jacques CHAZOT guest of "Radioscopie de Jacques Chancel", France Inter, moderator: Jacques Chancel, broadcast 11 June 1975
He had oral cancer, and died aged 64. In his last years, he lived in a castle of Monthyon, a property in the vicinity of Paris owned by Jean-Claude Brialy.
Bibliography Les carnets de Marie-Chantal, Van Moppès, 1956 Sophie Ripaille, R. Julliard, 1960 Pense-bêtes, R. Solar, 1964 Chazot Jacques, Paris, Stock, 1975, 238 p. À nous deux les femmes, Olivier Orban, 1978 La mémoire des autres, Mengès, 1982 Marie-Chantal de gauche !, Mengès, 1983
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