Background
She was born Annie Violette Fratellini in Algiers, French Algeria to a Pied-noir family of Italian descent. Her father was Victor Fratellini. Her mother was Suzanne (née Rousseau) Fratellini.
She was born Annie Violette Fratellini in Algiers, French Algeria to a Pied-noir family of Italian descent. Her father was Victor Fratellini. Her mother was Suzanne (née Rousseau) Fratellini.
The fourth generation of one of Europe"s most famous circus families, The Fratellini Family. Her grandfather was Paul Fratellini, one of the Fratellini brothers a trio of famous European circus clowns. Foreign years she avoided following her father, grandfather and 22 other relatives into the ring.
Instead, she sang in music halls and nightclubs.
Fratellini launched her career with the Medrano and Pinder circuses when she was 14. She was first married in 1954 to Pierre Granier-Deferre, she starred in his film, Metamorphose.
They had one daughter, Valerie. Annie Fratellini died from cancer at aged 64, at Neuilly-sur-Seine and is buried at Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, France.
