History Main / TheChanteuse

A stock character in anything even very loosely inspired by FilmNoir. Every lounge will have a sultry female singer singing a sultry song. Her favourite outfit is a long evening gown, usually red, slit high up on the leg. If she becomes a named character, she will often be the Veronica in a BettyAndVeronica romantic subplot. She could just there in the background because every lounge that has anything approaching a FilmNoir feel must have this trope.

This character may frequently be seen SittingSexyOnAPiano. Compare GlamorousWartimeSinger.

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* ''StarTrekVoyager''. Seven of Nine was made one in a holoprogram set in [[WorldWarII German-occupied France]].
** And in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Odo was coached in flirting by Vic Fontaine, who created for this purpose a holo-version of Kira, who fulfilled this trope. [[spoiler: She was in the end swapped for the ''real'' Kira.]]

* Jessica Rabbit in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

* Sugar Kane in ''{{Some Like It Hot}}'', played by Marilyn Monroe. Again, this is a comedy, not film noir per se.

* The singer at the Blue Note in ''TheNakedGun 2 1/2 The Smell of Fear'' played by singer Colleen Fitzpatrick a.k.a. Vitamin C.

* ''CastADeadlySpell''. When we first see Connie Stone (JulianneMoore), she's singing a song in Harry Bordon's nightclub. You can watch her performance [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCp2-fbsm2Y#t=6m55s here]].

** Parodied in ''HotShots''.

* Parodied in ''HotShots''.
* The singer at the Blue Note in ''TheNakedGun 2 1/2 The Smell of Fear'' played by singer Colleen Fitzpatrick a.k.a. Vitamin C.

* Uschi, the heroine of ''DerSchuhDesManitu'', is introduced that way. The film doesn't have anything to do with the FilmNoir, though; it's just {{Troperiffic}}.

* Tina in ''TheMask''.

* Jan Levinson makes a cameo appearance as one of these in ''TheOffice'' (US) episode "Threat Level Midnight" [[ShowWithinAShow movie-within-a-movie]] possibly a [[ActorAllusion nod]] to Melora Hardin's cameo as one in ''TheRocketeer'' (or maybe simply because [[TheCastShowoff she can sing]]).

* In ''{{Follies}}'', Sally takes on this look for her Loveland number, "Losing My Mind."

* ''StarTrekVoyager''. Seven of Nine was made one in a holoprogram set in [[WW2 German-occupied France]].
** And in ''DeepSpaceNine'', Odo was coached in flirting by Vic Fontaine, who created for this purpose a holo-version of Kira, who fulfilled this trope. [[spoiler: She was in the end swapped for the ''real'' Kira.]]

* The unnamed background version of this trope appears in the game AliceIsDead. She sings a [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/361366 song that is a mixture of Wonderland surrealism and an attempt to seduce the listener]].

* Seven of Nine was made one in a holoprogram on ''StarTrekVoyager''.

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* The unnamed background version of this trope appears in the game AliceIsDead. She sings a song that is a mixture of Wonderland surrealism and an attempt to seduce the listener.

* Carol [=MacLaine=] in ''DeadlyPremonition''.