Fabienne Shine

Fabienne Shine
Birth name	Fabienne Essaïagh
Origin	Paris, France
Genres	Rock, Heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Actor, Model, Musician
Associated acts	Shakin' Street

Fabienne Shine is a French model, actress and musician, born in Tunisia, North Africa in 1943, and raised in Paris.

She began modeling in Rome as a junior cover girl, and later, in Paris and London. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani noticed her and gave her her first important acting role in their film, under the name Fabienne Fabre. She also worked in two films by Federico Fellini, Roma and Satyricon, and performed with Marcel Marceau in Barbarella. In 1967, she was a nurse in Sergio Spina's science fiction film, Fantabulous Inc.. And in 1969, she was featured in Vittorio Caprioli's film Scusi, facciamo l'amore? with her good friend, Pierre Clementi.

While modeling, Fabienne began singing, playing guitar and composing folk and rock music. In 1973, Fabienne met Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls in Paris and followed him to New York City. Thunders wrote the song "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" for her. She travelled the world with a guitar in her hand as a gypsy renaissance woman. In 1975, Fabienne had a long relationship with the legendary Jimmy Page She studied guitar with him and toured America with Led Zeppelin on their private jet airliner The Starship. Robert Plant encouraged her to form a band.

Fabienne started a band with Eric Lévi, Corinne Marienneau,i and Louis Bertignac (Téléphone). The band was named Shakin' Street (after the MC5 song) by Marc Zermati when they appeared at the first Mont-de-Marsan punk festival in 1976, sharing the bill with The Damned, The Police and Eddie and the Hot Rods. Shakin' Street also shared bills with The Clash and The Stranglers. Fabienne's photo was featured on the covers of Sounds and NME.

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