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Sœur Sourire
Acting
17 Oct 1933
† 29 Mar 1985
Bruxelles, Belgium
Biography
Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers (17 October 1933 – 29 March 1985), better known as Sœur Sourire (French for 'Smiling Sister') and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian singer-songwriter and a member of the Dominican Order in Belgium as Sister Luc Gabriel. She acquired widespread fame in 1963 with the release of the Belgian French song "Dominique", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and other charts. Owing to confusion over the terms of the recording c...
Also Known As
Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers, Sœur Sourire, Jeanine Deckers, Jeannine Deckers, Luc Dominique
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