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Infobox musical artist| name = Nanette Workman| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Nanette Joan Workman| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1945|11|20|df=yes| origin = Brooklyn, New York , United States | instrument = Singing|vocals | Voice type =| genre = Vocal music|Vocal , rock music | occupation = Singer-songwriter , actor , author | years_active = circa|1956-present| label =| Influences =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.nanetteworkman.com/ Official websiteUse dmy dates|date=August 2010 Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945 in Brooklyn, New York ) is today a singer-songwriter , actress and author who has been based in Quebec , Canada during much of her career. She was raised by musician parents in Jackson, Mississippi where she began her first performances. She mainly performs in French language|French although raised as a native English speaker. During her career she has recorded together with numerous well-known musicians in the U.S., Canada, England, and France and been recognized in Mississippi both by being elected to that state's Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame|Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university.cite web | url= http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php? id=3889 | title=MSU students say 'bonjour' to campus immersion experience | publisher= Mississippi State University | date=19 June 2007 | accessdate=2010-01-03 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1ARTU0003739#SEC890839 The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, Nanette Workman's Biography, Discography, and Bibliography http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nanette+workman/biography.html LyricsFreak, Nanette Workman's Biography on http://www.lyricsfreak.com LyricsFreak website.
Biography
Childhood
Nanette Joan Workman was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 20, 1945, to musician parents. Her mother, Beatryce Kreisman, was in the chorus of Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naughty Marietta with the New York City Opera| New York City Opera Company , and her father, Ernest Workman, played trumpet in Tommy Dorsey 's orchestra. She grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. As a child she studied piano and began her career at 11, appearing in the local WLBT television series Mr. Magic (later Junior Time ) until she was given her own weekly show, Teen Tempos .cite news | url= http://orig.clarionledger.com/news/0203/03/o01.html | title=Songstress comes back to her roots | first=Lori | last=Herring | publisher= The Clarion-Ledger | location= Jackson, Mississippi | date=3 March 2002 | accessdate=2010-01-03
She graduated from Provine High School then attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg,_Mississippi#Notable_residents|Hattiesburg leaving college at 18 for Broadway.
Career
After understudying the lead of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , she played the role of Rosemary in 1964 and later played the lead in summer stock. In 1966 Workman met Tony Roman http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1ARTU0003739 and recorded her first French single, "Et Maintenant", for him in Canada, where the song remained on the charts for fifteen weeks after becoming number one. Over the next two years she became a Canadian recording and TV star finally hosting ''Fleurs D'Amours et Fleurs d'Amitie.'' Then in 1969 Workman moved to England where she appeared weekly on Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 's comedy series Not Only... But Also .cn|date=April 2012 Credited as Nanette Newman, Workman sang backup vocals on " You Can't Always Get What You Want " and " Country Honk ", tracks from the Rolling Stones ' 1969 album Let it Bleed , as well as on the Stones' 1969 single, " Honky Tonk Woman ". She also worked with John Lennon and Elton John . In addition, she appeared in one of the black-and-white episodes of The Benny Hill Show (appearing as Nanette), performing "Everybody's Singing Like Now" on the February 24, 1971 edition.
Workman toured France in 1973 as an opening act for Johnny Hallyday . She made three albums with Sheila (singer)#Career|Yves Martin touring Africa, Polynesia and Europe prior to coming back to Quebec in 1974 where she recorded several more French albums. Lady Marmalade, Danser Danser, and especially Call Girl (by Luc Plamondon ) placed first on the hit parades. Returning to France in 1978, she starred in the Rock Opera Starmania (musical)|Starmania as Sadia. In 1979 she sang backs in the Mahogany Rush song "Sister Change" ("Tales of an Unexpected" album). In 1980 she made an album Chaude in collaboration with her brother Billy Workman and Luc Plamondon and toured Quebec with the show Du gramophone au laser which recounted the history of the Quebec French|Québécois chanson . In 1990 she returned to Paris to become La Diva in Plamondon-Berger's second rock opera, La Légende de Jimmy , based on the life of James Dean .
In April 2000 Nanette Workman was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame . Roots N Blues , another album in English, was released in May 2001. In 2001 she also appeared in a Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada television series, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294174/ Rivière-des-Jérémie , and was the hostess for thirteen episodes of Generation 70 .
In 2007, she was recognized by the State of Mississippi when Governor Haley Barbour honored her at the opening of The Nanette Workman French (Francophone) House on the Mississippi State University campus. The NWFH houses American and French-speaking students from around the world as an upper-classman residence."A university-owned four-bedroom residence that now will provide a cultural immersion experience for students taking French courses."
Family
She has one son, Jesse (born circa|1987).cite news | url= http://www2.canoe.com/divertissement/celebrites/nouvelles/2007/12/26/4740649-ca.html | title=Le Temps des fêtes de Nanette Workman | first=Géo | last=Giguère | publisher= Canadian Online Explorer|Canoe | language=French | date=26 December 2007 | accessdate=2010-01-03
Awards and recognition
2000: Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame
Entertainment industry works
The following is a list of her major entertainment industry works: http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/nanette-workman.html Mississippi Musicians: Nanette Workman, Biography of Nanette Workman, Mississippi musician who was raised in Jackson but is now a Canadian singing star
2012: ''Just Gettin' Started #42 CAN http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html
Movies
1975: Mustang (film)|Mustang as Barbara http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141627/
1982: Scandale (film)|Scandale as Nanette Workman
1984: Evil Judgement as April http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/evil_judgment.htm
1985: Night Magic as Pinky (voice) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089685/
1997: '' J'en suis! as Sandy Klein http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119392/
1999: Ladies Room (1999 film)|Ladies Room as Ricki http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151281/fullcredits#cast
2006: Bon Cop, Bad Cop as a ballet teacher
2009: Suzie (film)|Suzie as Dealer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1425249/
Sound tracks
1984: American Dreamer (film)|American Dreamer (performer: "DREAMER")
2004: Elles étaient cinq ("Lady Marmalade") ... aka The Five of Us (English title)
Television series
1970: Not Only... But Also as herself
1979: Collaroshow .... TV Episode dated 6 October 1979 as Herself http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353052/
2001: Rivière-des-Jérémie as Sarah Blacksmith http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294174/
2003: '' L'auberge du chien noir .... one TV episode http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0516413/ Qui père gagne as Herself http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383740/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1ARTU0003739 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Nanette Workman
http://www.msmusic.org/museum/inductees.html Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame
http://www.disquesmerite.com/HTM/fiche.asp? NumArtiste=34 Disques Mérite profile (in French language|French )
IMDB name|id=0941471|name=Nanette Workman
Persondata | NAME =Workman, Nanette | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American singer-songwriter | DATE OF BIRTH =20 November 1945 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Workman, Nanette Category:Living people Category:1945 births Category:People from Brooklyn Category:People from Jackson, Mississippi Category:Musicians from Quebec Category:University of Southern Mississippi alumni
