Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (29 December 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an English singer and actress who achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 10 single "As Tears Go By".She became one of the leading female artists of the British Invasion in the United States.. Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began …

6 days ago · During the ’90s, she resurrected classics by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, ushering a cabaret element into her performances that matched her equally sophisticated and bawdy persona. In the...

5 days ago · By Harvey Kubernik Singer, songwriter, actress and author Marianne Faithfull passed away on January 30, 2025. In 2000 I discussed Faithfull with her first record producer Andrew Loog Oldham, the 1963-1967 record producer and manager of the Rolling Stones, for Discoveries magazine. ... In the early ’90s Marianne was made a professor by Allen ...

Jan 30, 2025 · She shrank down to 90 pounds and eventually only survived by getting on a National Health Service plan that supplied her with heroin. Along the way she lost custody of Nicholas to her...

6 days ago · 1. “As Tears Go By” (1964) Marianne Faithfull was just 17 when she released her debut single, this wistful-beyond-its-years British Top 10 hit written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, along ...

Marianne Faithfull: A Life in Pictures. Roger Crump/Popperfoto, via Getty Images. The singer and actress, who embodied the Swinging Sixties and performed for decades afterward, exuded an ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Marianne Faithfull is on the phone from her Paris apartment. The husky voice is grained with experience of a life lived, the personal battles she’s fought and, now, the physical pain that challenges her daily. It’s also an instantly recognisable part of the fabric of the pop culture revolution whose aftermath we still inhabit.

Feb 3, 2025 · Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger in London CREDIT: Bettman/Getty Images ... the 11th arrondissement venue where 90 people were killed. It would be her last ever gig.

Jan 30, 2025 · There was no looking back for Marianne Faithfull, with the '60s folk-pop sound replaced by a synth-heavy fusion of new wave, punk, rock, and dance rhythms. The lyrics were hard-hitting and even graphic, leading to controversy.

Jan 30, 2025 · Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, her spokesperson has said. A statement published on Thursday evening read: "Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family," "She will be dearly missed."