Reda Caire (real name: Joseph Gandhour) (1908–1963) was a popular singer of operettes in Paris in the 1930s and 1950s.David Bret, The Mistinguett legend, Robson, 1990, p. 199Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Petit futé: Var, 2010, p. 223 Michel Souvais, Arletty, confidences à son secrétaire, Editions Publibook, 2007
Gandhour was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1908. He took his stage name from his hometown. He starred in the movie, L'enfant de minuit.Sharon Smith, Women Who Make Movies, Hopkinson & Blake, 1975, p. 115
During the Second World War, he was accused of being Jewish.Robert Zaretsky, Nîmes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938–1944, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994, p. 106 He was gay, though closeted.
He was buried in Saint-Zacharie, France in 1963.
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