Dalida

Biography

Dalida was a French-Italian singer and actress born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti on January 17, 1933, in Cairo, Egypt. She achieved international success as a singer in the late 1950s and became France's top-selling recording artist between 1957 and 1961, charting hits across Europe and Latin America. Her music career was marked by collaborations with prominent artists like Julio Iglesias and Petula Clark, before she reconnected with cinema in Youssef Chahine's film "The Sixth Day" released in 1986.