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Lizzy Mercier Descloux (Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux) was born on 16 December, 1956 in Paris, France, is a French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter. Discover Lizzy Mercier Descloux's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?
| Popular As |
Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux |
| Occupation |
Musician · singer · songwriter · composer · actress · writer · painter |
| Age |
47 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
16 December, 1956 |
| Birthday |
16 December |
| Birthplace |
Paris, France |
| Date of death |
20 April, 2004 |
| Died Place |
Saint-Florent, Corsica |
| Nationality |
France
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux Height, Weight & Measurements
At 47 years old, Lizzy Mercier Descloux height not available right now. We will update Lizzy Mercier Descloux's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
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| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lizzy Mercier Descloux worth at the age of 47 years old? Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. She is from France. We have estimated Lizzy Mercier Descloux's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Musician |
Lizzy Mercier Descloux Social Network
Timeline
Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux (16 December 1956 – 20 April 2004) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter.
Mercier Descloux grew up in Lyon, France, but returned to her native Paris in her teens to attend art school.
With her partner Michel Esteban, she helped establish the store Harry Cover, temple of the punk movement in France, and the new wave magazine Rock News.
She struck up friendships with Patti Smith and Richard Hell when visiting New York in 1975, and both contributed material to her first book, Desiderata.
She and Esteban moved to New York in 1977, meeting Michael Zilkha, with whom Esteban formed ZE Records.
With guitarist D.J. Barnes (Didier Esteban), Mercier Descloux formed the performance art duo Rosa Yemen, and recorded an eponymous mini-album for ZE Records in 1978.
The following year, ZE released her solo debut LP Press Color.
Self-taught as a guitarist, she expressed herself as a minimalist within the no wave genre, concentrating on single-note lines combined with wrong-note harmonies and funky rhythms.
While the record did not sell well, she did tour the USA and Europe.
Island Records boss Chris Blackwell bankrolled the sessions in Nassau, Bahamas for her second album Mambo Nassau, with Compass Point All Stars engineer Steven Stanley and keyboardist Wally Badarou co-writing and producing.
The album was influenced by African music as well as art rock, funk and soul.
While the record was unsuccessful in the U.S., it won her a contract with CBS Records in France.
Returning to France, she released two singles, then traveled through Africa, drawing on the music of Soweto for the infectious "Mais où Sont Passées les Gazelles?"
("But where have the gazelles gone?"), a hit in France in 1984, and the album Zulu Rock, with producer Adam Kidron.
Collaborating with Kidron as a producer, she recorded the albums One for the Soul (1986) in Brazil with the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and later Suspense (1988) in London with the American musician Mark Cunningham of Mars.
She also acted, composed film scores, and wrote poetry.
In the mid 1990s, she moved to Corsica and devoted herself to painting and writing an unpublished novel.
In 2003, she was diagnosed with ovarian and colon cancers, from which she died the following year.
Fellow new wave musician and ZE labelmate Cristina dedicated a song on the 2004 re-release of her album Sleep It Off to Mercier Descloux, "chère copine in adversity...In loving memory of her talent, her courage, and her kindness."
After her death, Esteban worked with the record label Light in the Attic to reissue some of her recordings.
