Lee Payant
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Lee Payant was an actor
and film director perhaps best known for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
in English.
From 1949 until his death in 1976 he and his musical associate and life partner
Gordon Heath
ran a cafe and nightclub named L'Abbaye on the Rive Gauche
in Paris. Here they both regularly played American and French folk
, gospel
and blues
songs - being the only performers at the Abbaye. L'Abbaye was the namesake of their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye (1954), Encores From The Abbaye (1955), and An Evening at L'Abbaye
(1957) on the Elektra
label. Payant died of cancer in Paris in 1976.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film director perhaps best known for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV series)
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was a French children's television drama series made by Franco London Films . The show was first aired in Germany in October 1964 under the title Robinson Crusoe as four 90 minute episodes by co-producers ZDF television, and syndicated in the USA the same year...
in English.
From 1949 until his death in 1976 he and his musical associate and life partner
Life partner
A life partner is a romantic or otherwise very close friend for life. The partners can be of the same or opposite sexes, married or unmarried, and monogamous or polyamorous....
Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath was an African-American actor and musician who appeared in feature film Animal Farm, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson. Together with his lover Lee Payant, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life...
ran a cafe and nightclub named L'Abbaye on the Rive Gauche
Rive Gauche
La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two: looking downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank is to the right....
in Paris. Here they both regularly played American and French folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
songs - being the only performers at the Abbaye. L'Abbaye was the namesake of their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye (1954), Encores From The Abbaye (1955), and An Evening at L'Abbaye
An Evening at L'Abbaye
An Evening at L'Abbaye is an album of duets by Gordon Heath and Lee Payant , released by Elektra Records in 1957...
(1957) on the Elektra
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
label. Payant died of cancer in Paris in 1976.