Shirley and Dino

Shirley and Dino

Shirley and Dino at the 30th César Awards
Occupation Comedian
Years active 1988–present

Corinne Benizio (1962) and Gilles Benizio (1957), stagename Shirley et Dino, are a French comic duo.

Debut

Gilles was born on 1 June 1957 in Villerupt in Meurthe-et-Moselle and Corinne February 12th, 1962 in Dugny, Seine-Saint-Denis.

The couple met at university in 1982, married in 1985, and made their stage debut the same year as the "Achilles Tonic". The duo interprets touching stories of little naïve clowns, this in several shows.[1] These same years, they create the characters "Shirley and Dino" during an improvisation internship with Ariane Mnouchkine.

Theater

Year Title Author Director Notes
1988-89 Vive le Music-Hall Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
1990-94 Les Étoiles de Monsieur Edmond Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
1993-94 Shirley et Dino Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
1996 Le Cabaret du Cinquantenaire Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
1997-99 Cabaret Citrouille Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
1999 Le Retour de Shirley & Dino Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
Nouveau Cabaret de Shirley & Dino Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2000 Shirley et Dino présentent Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2000-01 Variéta Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2002 Le duo Shirley and Dino Robert Hossein Molière Award for Best one man show or Sketches show
2003-04 Les fantaisistes Shirley and Dino Robert Hossein (2)
2004-05 Les Dimanches et Lundis de Shirley et Dino Shirley and Dino Robert Hossein (3)
2006 Le soldat rose Louis Chedid Shirley and Dino
2006-07 30 Exceptionnelles Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2007-09 Les Caméléons d'Achille Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2009 King Arthur Henry Purcell Shirley and Dino
2010 Et ReVOILÀ! Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2013-16 Dino fait son Crooner, Shirley fait sa crâneuse Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino
2015 Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Shirley and Dino

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
2006 Cabaret Paradis Shirley and Dino Shirley and Dino

Television

Year Show Host Notes
2001-06 Le plus grand cabaret du monde Patrick Sébastien Every month

References

  1. Philippe Rège - Encyclopedia of French Film Directors - Volume 1 2009 081086939X- Page 77 "They wrote and directed several shows, including Les Étoiles de Monsieur Édmond (I990), Cabaret Citrouille (I997), Varieta (2000), and Shirley and Dino (2002). They got their big break on TV in Patrick Sébastien's TV show Le plus grand Cabaret du Monde ..."
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