JB
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Female
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Birth:
26 October 1897(Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Death:
1975
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Jane Bos (born Jane Malka-Meunier) was a French composer of film scores between 1927 and 1946, an era when it was very rare for women to do so.
Born October 26, 1897 in Marseille, she was a French composer and lyricist known by several pen names she used: Jane Bos (her preferred pseudonym) Jeanne Bos, Jane Boss and Paul Chantelauze.
Apart from her work in film, Jane Bos also authored many pieces for piano, as well as songs, including some for Charles Trénet, during decades from the 1920s to the 1940s.
She died April 16, 1975 at 77.
Selected filmography
She has been credited with 51 compositions for film and one soundtrack from 1931 to 1946. Selected works include the following.
- The Wonderful Day (1932)
- Toto (1933)
- 600,000 Francs a Month (1933)
- The Dying Land (1936)
- The Mysterious Lady (1936)
- Jacques and Jacotte (1936)
- The Men Without Names (1937)
- The Club of Aristocrats (1937)
- The West (1938)
- Troubled Heart (1938)
- Miquette (1940)