Georgette Lemaire was born in the Belleville district of Paris on February 15, 1943. A gifted singer, she began performing in a café-concert in the Puces de Saint-Ouen, Chez Louisette, with a repertoire of realist songs. In 1965, the young singer entered the TV talent show Le Jeu de la chance, presented by Jean Marcillac, after which she signed an artist's contract with Philips. Her first recordings, released at the end of 1965, were signed by Charles Dumont: "À faire l'amour sans amour", "Le Coeur désaccordé" and "Et si c'était vrai" were hits from her first album, released in the spring of 1966. The following years were just as successful. Georgette Lemaire opened for Georges Brassens at Bobino and sang new songs contributed by Jean-Jacques Debout, Pierre Delanoë and Roger Dumas. In 1968, Pascal Sevran wrote her her biggest hit, "Vous étiez belle, madame". After a divorce and remarriage to her pianist Bob Sellers, Georgette Lemaire juggled her family life with her three children and her career. Other hits included "Des millions d'amoureux" (1969), "Tant qu'il y aura sur Terre" (1972) and the song from the film Le Professeur, "Demain sera différent" (1973), then "Parle plus bas" (1974), "Superstar un soir" (1975) and the theme from the film L'Amour en question (1978). In 1980, two years after the album Heureuse, Georgette Lemaire performed an album written entirely by Charles Aznavour, Pour Aznavour. The following years proved more difficult for the singer, who was nevertheless made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1986, and was appointed a member of the Conseil Economique et Social in 1989. Seventeen years after her last album, Georgette Lemaire returned with Intime (1997), featuring several re-recordings. Twelve years later, in 2009, the album Inoubliable was released, featuring new songs and contributions to the Âge tendre et têtes de bois tour. In 2010, his autobiography, À m'en déchirer le cœur, is released. His latest album, Paris Jazz, was released in April 2014. After a double cornea transplant in 2017, Georgette Lemaire died at the Maison des Artistes in Nogent-sur-Marne, on December 21, 2025, aged 82.
