Dalida

Dalida started as an actress in Cairo, appearing in Niazi Mustapha's A Glass and a Cigarette in 1955 before pivoting to music. A year later she signed with Barclay and hit with "Bambino", becoming France's top-selling artist from 1957 to 1961 and charting across Europe and Latin America with songs like "Paroles, paroles" (featuring Alain Delon), "Ciao amore, ciao", and "Gigi l'amoroso". She collaborated with Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Johnny Mathis, Petula Clark. The 1967 suicide of her partner Luigi Tenco shook her deeply, but she kept recording and performing, launching the label International Show with her brother Orlando. She returned to cinema late with Youssef Chahine's The Sixth Day in 1986 - praised by critics, ignored by audiences. On 3 May 1987, after years of depression, she died by her own hand.