  thumb|grave of jean-claude pascal's family in the montparnasse cemetery in paris jean-claude pascal (born 24 october 1927 in paris, france d. 5 may 1992), real name jean-claude villeminot, was a french comedian and singer. after surviving the second world war in strasbourg, pascal first studied at the sorbonne-university and then turned to fashion-designing for christian dior. on his work for costumes for the theatre-play, don juan, he came into contact with acting and made his first cinema-movie in 1949 with quattro rose rosse. many movies should follow, among them la belle et l'empereur ("die schÃ¶ne lÃ¼gnerin", 1959) (aside to romy schneider) or angelique and the sultan (angÃ©lique et le sultan, 1968) aside to michÃ¨le mercier. pascal won the 1961 eurovision song contest for luxembourg singing "nous les amoureux" (we the lovers) with music composed by jacques datin and lyrics by maurice vidalin. he later represented luxembourg again in the 1981 contest and finished 11th of 20 singing "c'est peut-Ãªtre pas l'amÃ©rique" (it may not be america) with words and music he composed along with sophie makhno and jean-claude petit. == songography == *"lili marleen" (french and german) *"nous les amoureux" *"c'est peut-Ãªtre pas l'amÃ©rique" == filmography == *un grand patron *quattro rose rosse *ils Ã©taient cinq (1952) *le jugement de dieu (1952) *le plus heureux des hommes *le rideau cramoisi (1953) *la forÃªt de l'adieu *un caprice de caroline chÃ©rie * (1953) *la rage au corps *les enfants de l'amour *le cÅur frivole ou la galante comÃ©die *le chevalier de la nuit (1953) *si versailles m'Ã©tait contÃ© *le grand jeu (1954) *i tre ladri *les mauvaises rencontres *le fils de caroline chÃ©rie *milord l'arsouille *la chÃ¢telaine du liban *le salaire du pÃ©chÃ© *las lavanderas de portugal *guinguette *pÃªcheur d'islande *le fric * (1959) *prÃ©mÃ©ditation *les arrivistes *la encrucijada *le rendez-vous *la salamandre d'or *vol 272 *poppies are also flowers *comment ne pas Ã©pouser un milliardaire *las 4 bodas de marisol *indomptable angÃ©lique *angÃ©lique et le sultan *unter den dÃ¤chern von st. pauli *au thÃ©Ã¢tre ce soir: les franÃ§ais Ã  moscou *le temps de vivre, le temps d'aimer *le chirurgien de saint-chad *liebe lÃ¤Ãt alle blumen 
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