Rita Cadillac

Rita Cadillac born Nicole Yasterbelsky 18 May 1936 4 April 1995 was a French dancer singer and actress Cadillac was born in Paris and started her music career as an accordionist under the alias Rita Rella at the age of 13 In 1952 she was a pinup model and took the name Rita Cadillac clearly as an allusion to her prominent breasts at Crazy Horse where she began to work as an exotic dancer She was also a dancer of Folies Bergère in the 1950s Cadillac appeared in many French films such as Soirs de Paris 1954 Porte océane 1958 La prostitution 1962 Un clair de lune à Maubeuge 1962 and Any Number Can Win 1963 becoming a renowned figure throughout Europe In 1981 she appeared in the miniseries and film Das Boot as the club singer Monique in the town of La Rochelle She is the inspiration for Miss Rita Chevrolet a recurring joke in the British satirical magazine Private Eye Source Article Rita Cadillac French dancer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA