Catherine Ringer
Catherine Ringer (born 18 October 1957) is a French singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, actress, former pornographic performer, and co-founder of the pop rock group Les Rita Mitsouko. She is the daughter of French artist Sam Ringer. She is also the lead vocalist for Plaza Francia Orchestra where she performs with Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller, formerly of Gotan Project.
Ringer started her professional career on stage in the late 1970s in productions with Michael Lonsdale's Théâtre de Recherche Musicale as well as musical and dance productions. In 1976, she met the Argentine dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto with whom she studied and also performed in various venues in Paris. The hit song "Marcia Baïla" was written as a tribute to Moretto after her death in 1981.
In 1979, she met Fred Chichin with whom she founded and co-led the music group Les Rita Mitsouko. Ringer continued leading the group after Chichin's death in November 2007.
Post the release of the 2010 Gotan Project album Tango 3.0, Ringer teamed up with members Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller to create Plaza Francia, now known as Plaza Francia Orchestra for their 7 April 2014 release A New Tango Song Book. The album came with critical acclaim and a commercial success in France also charting in Belgium and she continues to perform with them to this day.
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Acting
TV
Capitaine Marleau
as Madame Rosa
2015
Movie
Keep Your Right Up
as Catherine Ringer - Les Rita Mitsouko
1987
Movie
Heads or Fails
as Delphine
2025
Movie
Oh Les Filles!
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Movie
Body Love
as Martine
1977
TV
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self - Les Rita Mitsouko
1982
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
TV
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
Movie
The Spanking (or The Memoirs of Mr. Leon - Spanking Professor)
as Marcelle
1976
TV
La Fille au cœur de cochon
as La rebouteuse
2022
Movie
Intimate Lingerie
as The widow
1981
Movie
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
as Self
2017
TV
Sacrée soirée
as Self - Les Rita Mitsouko
1987
TV
Taratata
as Self
1993
Movie
Countryside Girls in Heat
as Julie
1981
Movie
Bizarre Marilyn
as Françoise, la maîtresse
1982
Movie
Rien ne vaut la première fois
1981
TV
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
as Self
2021
Movie
Greta, Monica, Suzel...
as Une partouzeuse
1980
Movie
Teenage Emanuelle
as Emy (Angela in other versions)
1981
TV
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
TV
Le Late avec Alain Chabat
as Self
2022
