Régine

Biography

Régine Zylberberg was born in Anderlecht, Belgium, to Polish Jewish parents, Joseph and Tauba Rodstein. She spent her early life in hiding from the Nazis in occupied France before selling bras in Paris after the war. Rising to fame in the 1950s and '60s, she built a nightlife empire with clubs like Régine's Paris and Regine's New York, pioneering the modern discotheque along the way.