Dorothée
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Dorothée in 1992
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Frédérique Hoschedé |
| Born |
14 July 1953 Paris, France |
| Genres | French pop, Children's music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, television presenter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1973–2010 |
| Labels | AB Disques |
| Website | www.dorothee-officiel.com |
Dorothée (born 14 July 1953 in Paris), the stage name of Frédérique Hoschedé, is a French singer and television presenter.
Dorothée (Frédérique Hoschedé) was born on 14 July 1953 in Paris, as a coincidence, she was born on Bastille Day, and because of her grand mother, she believed the fireworks were done in her honour. Her mother was a housewife and her father was an engineer. She has an older brother, Jean-François. She attended a very strict private school in Bourg-la-Reine, close to Paris. During her childhood, she practised dance, piano and horse riding. When she was 11, she won the third prize of a piano competition. Two years later, she visited her penpal Sue in England, she discovered Rock’n’roll, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
She passed her Baccalauréat, then she started a BA in English.
During her last-but-one high-school year, she took part in a theatre competition. She was playing a role in a modern version of Un caprice by Alfred de Musset which she directed. Her troupe won the first prize. One of the jury members was a lady called Jacqueline Joubert who was working for French TV. She particularly noticed her and asked her if she wanted to present a programme. Frédérique accepted. Two years later, in 1973, she was contacted and asked to present a short junior program with a funny muppet called Blablatus. Since the first name Frédérique suits both for males and females, she was given the stage name Dorothée, and her show was called Dorothée et Blablatus. But French TV channels were suddenly restructured and the show was withdrawn.
Then, she presented a sequence called “le club”, the last part of a bigger program called “Les visiteurs du mercredi” (Wednesday’s visitors). She also presented a TV game “Réponse à tout” (Answer everything) where she was supposed to tell the players off and shout at them. Unfortunately, the program manageress Eliane Victor declared she was incompetent and that she had better change her job. Dorothée was fired and found herself jobless. She worked as a secretary in a plumbing fixture factory, then as a waitress, and finally as a sandwich woman in a supermarket.
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