Elli Medeiros was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Her mother, Mirtha Medeiros,… Read Full Bio ↴Elli Medeiros was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Her mother, Mirtha Medeiros, decided to become an actress after Elli was born, & when she was admitted into Uruguay's Escuela National, had to take her along, so Elli attended drama school & classes by Spanish teacher Pepe Struch before kindergarden. Mirtha graduated and quickly became a very busy actress and Elli was regularly hired each time a child was needed in a play or a TV show. Her first part, at age 4, was Mme Butterfly's son, in the production of Puccini's opera at the Montevideo Opera. This was Orson Welles' first role, at the same age. Elli's father, José Luis Medeiros, vanished from her life when she was five.

Elli attended the Uruguyan American School, and when her mother remarried & moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, she attended the Instituto Bayard, a British school. When she was fourteen, her mother & step father moved to Paris, and she had to learn French in a couple of months so she could attend high school. She tried several schools, including an art schoot, l'Ecole des Arts Appliquées, but dropped out before getting a "baccalauréat" to start her first band, the Stinky Toys, the first French punk band, playing several London punk Festivals along with the Clash & the Sex Pistols.

Elli appeared on the cover of 'Melody Maker' & that convinced the until then extremely reluctant French record companies to sign them a deal. After two albums, the Stinky Toys split and Elli and Stinky Toy Jacno then released several albums as the techno pop duo 'Elli & Jacno'. Their last was Les nuits de la pleine lune (1984), the score to Eric Rohmer's movie. Elli then went solo, her music becoming more personal, more Latin and had several hits in France, including Toi mon Toit, mega hit of 1986, now a standard.

After a break, Elli decided to go back to acting & school, & worked with 'Andreas Voutsinas', who was Lee Strasberg's assistant for twenty years and created the Paris "Actor's Studio", le Théatre des Cinquante. She also took classes with Madeleine Barchevska and Bob Mc Andrew.

Le Grand Sommeil
Elli Medeiros Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Le Grand Sommeil' by these artists:

Daho Etienne Je ne peux plus me réveiller Rien à faire Sans moi le…
Étienne Daho Je ne peux plus me réveiller Rien à faire Sans moi le…
Étienne Daho & Katerine Je ne peux plus me réveiller Rien à faire Sans moi le…
Étienne Daho - Katerine Je ne peux plus me réveiller Rien à faire Sans moi le…
Ginger Ale Autrefois, quand j′étais marmot J'avais la phobie des gros m…
marvin jouno Je ne peux plus me réveiller, rien à faire sans moi…
Sweetlight feat. Etienne Daho Je ne peux plus me réveiller, rien à faire Sans moi…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Elli Medeiros:

A Bailar Calypso Vamos a bailar calypso mi amor Vamos a bailar calypso Vamos …
Altar Tu cuerpo es el altar donde vengo a rezar _Ton corps…
Bom Bom (Ramuntcho Matta/Elli Medeiros) I... Think... You... And Me…
Bom Bom (remix) (Ramuntcho Matta/Elli Medeiros) I... Think... You... And Me…
Comme D'Habitude Je me lève Et je te bouscule Tu ne te réveilles…
Lonely Lovers (Elli Medeiros/Denis Quilliard) Come on, man! Tell me you l…
Melancolia Dulce serpiente angelical, eres tù mi mal Angel caìdo, caìdo…
My Heart Belongs To Daddy While tearing off a game of golf I may make a…
Red Roses M with the I with The S-T double E Q All I…
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because you…

Toi mon toit Toi, toi mon toit Toi, toi mon tout mon roi Toi, toi…

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