Angèle Caroline Liliane Josette Marie-José DeGeest (Antwerp 23 October 1925 – Augsburg 22 December 2001) was a Belgian singer and actress. Durand was a popular singer in Germany during the early 1950s.Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001 Harris M. Lentz III – 2002 078641278X
She was 76. She was born Angele Caroline De Geest in Antwerpen, Belgium, on October 23, 1925. Durand was a popular singer from the late 1940s and performed with Duke Ellington's band in Brussels in 1950. She subsequently appeared in a handful of films in Germany including Kapt'n Bay-Bay (1952), De Lachende Vagabund (1958), Five Sinners (1960), O Sole Mio (1960), Das Ratsel der Grunen Spinne (1960) and The Playgirls and the Bellboy (1962).
Filmography Captain Bay-Bay (1953) Dancing in the Sun (1954) A Girl from Paris (1954) The Mistress of Solderhof (1955) Sin Began with Eve (1958) (American re-edited version 1962: The Bellboy and the Playgirls) (1958) (Five Sinners, 1959) Hula-Hopp, Conny (1959) The Scarlet Baroness (1959) Hit Parade 1960 (1960) The Mystery of the Green Spider (1960) (1960) Don't Fool with Me (1963) I'm an Antistar (1976) by Rosa von Praunheim
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