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Reda Caire (real name: Joseph Gandhour) (1908–1963) was a popular singer of 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 [2]Michel Souvais, Arletty, confidences à son secrétaire, Editions Publibook, 2007 [3]
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 [4]
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 [5] He was gay, though closeted.
He was buried in Saint-Zacharie, France in 1963.
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