Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'.
In the late 1970s, Luv' scored a string of international hit records such as "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do" on the charts.
She hosted the Candid Camera-like TV programs such as De Bananasplit Show and Gaan met die Banaan as well as the 1985 edition of the San Remo Festival and the 2001 version of Big Brother.
Since February 2020 Patty Brard has launched collections of household items, jewellery and skincare lines in association with Kruidvat shops in the Netherlands.
In 1976, she was recruited by Hans van Hemert to be part of a girl group called Luv' with José Hoebee and Marga Scheide.
[4][5] The trio scored a string of hit records in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mexico.
She collaborated with sought-after session musicians (including Billy Preston, Paulinho Da Costa, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Jai Winding).
She is used to record duets: In 1997, as the Spice Girls world phenomenon reached its peak, Brard hired five young women to form a short-lived female pop group Patty Cash.
In 2010, NRGY Music released Brard's Schlager oriented single "Het leven is een feest" (Life is a party)[18] for the Carnival festivities in the Netherlands, which peaked at No.
Two years later, a reality TV programme Patty's Posse featured her domestic life, her friends and her family (her daughter Priscilla, and her third husband René).
Later that year RTL 5 broadcast Lieve Patty, in which Brard helped desperate candidates to solve their love problems.
Her funny performance in Sterren Dansen op het IJs (the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities) in January 2007 was a heavily covered media event.
[27] Soon after, RTL Nederland announced that Brard would appear in September 2011 on a reality program Diva's draaien door,[28] with former rivals Patricia Paay and Tatjana Simic.
She appeared on the following TV programs: Moreover, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the daily talk show she was supposed to co-host with Gordon was shelved.
As the main host: As a co-host, contestant, jury member, panellist: One-off appearances: Brard's life was made into a television series.
Brard appeared in Odyssée d'amour, a movie directed by Pim de la Parra in 1987 as well as in An Amsterdam Tale in 1999 and Costa!
[34] Since 2010, Brard has been voicing characters for the Dutch versions of 3-D animated comedies and children's films: How to Train Your Dragon and Sammy's Adventures in 2010, Heksje Lilly en de reis naar Mandolan (the sequel of Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book) in 2011,[35] Legends of Valhalla: Thor in 2012, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip in 2015, The Emoji Movie in 2017 and Minions: The Rise of Gru in 2022.
Since February 2020, Patty Brard's products (including household items) have been available in Kruidvat shops in the Netherlands, as part of the "From PB with love" campaign.
[44] The Luv' singer got married four times: Due to the flop of Hello/Brard (a magazine she had launched with Eric Peute and that focused on women's fashion, beauty, health and entertainment), Brard went bankrupt in December 1993.