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Catherine Hiegel
Catherine Hiegel (born 10 December 1946) is a French actress, comedian and director.
Catherine Hiegel | |
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Hiegel in 2013 | |
| Born | 10 December 1946 Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, director |
| Years active | 1965- |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Pierre Bellemare (uncle) |
Personal life edit
Catherine Hiegel is the daughter of Pierre Hiegel, radio host, music critic, radio producer and artistic director of French houses of discs. She is also the niece of Pierre Bellemare.
Career edit
At ten, she played Cosette in a radio adaptation of Les Misérables, where her father played Jean Valjean. She sang in 1956 with André Claveau, Viens danser avec papa.
On the advice of her father, she stopped school to learn comedy. She took lessons with Raymond Girard and Jacques Charon, and began her career on stage to the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens with Cactus Flower, alongside Jean Poiret and Sophie Desmarets. She joined the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in the classes of Jean Marchat then Lise Delamare, and also attended classes of Jean-Laurent Cochet.
She joined the Comédie-Française in 1969. She worked with directors as varied as Philippe Adrien, Patrice Chéreau, Dario Fo, Jorge Lavelli, Jean-Paul Roussillon, in the classical and contemporary repertoire. She became Dean of the troupe after the death of Christine Fersen in 2008.
Catherine Hiegel is also a professor to the CNSAD for thirteen years.
She have won 2 Molière Award on 5 nominations.
Theater edit
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Fleur de cactus | Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy | Jacques Charon | |
| 1968 | Gugusse | Marcel Achard | Michel Roux | |
| L'Amour propre | Marc Camoletti | Marc Camoletti | ||
| 1969 | Le Dépit amoureux | Molière | Robert Manuel | |
| The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Robert Manuel (2) | ||
| The Game of Love and Chance | Pierre de Marivaux | Maurice Escande | ||
| Les Italiens à Paris | Charles Charras & André Gille | Jean Le Poulain | ||
| 1970-73 | George Dandin ou le Mari confondu | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1970-71 | Dom Juan | Molière | Antoine Bourseiller | |
| 1971-72 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Jean Meyer | |
| 1971-73 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Jean-Laurent Cochet | |
| L'Impromptu de Versailles | Molière | Pierre Dux | ||
| 1972 | The Miser | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon (2) | |
| Cœur à deux | Guy Foissy | Jean-Pierre Miquel | ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Jacques Charon (2) | ||
| La Troupe du Roy Hommage à Molière | Molière | Paul-Émile Deiber | ||
| Les Fausses Confidences | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean Piat | ||
| Le Dindon | Georges Feydeau | Jean Meyer (2) | ||
| Electra | Jean Giraudoux | |||
| 1972-74 | Le Ouallou | Jacques Audiberti | André Reybaz | |
| 1973 | Amphitryon | Molière | Jean Meyer (3) | |
| Chez les Titch | Louis Calaferte | Jean-Pierre Miquel (2) | ||
| Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Jean Piat (2) | ||
| Port-Royal | Henry de Montherlant | Jean Meyer (4) | ||
| L'Île des esclaves | Pierre de Marivaux | Simon Eine | ||
| Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jean-Louis Thamin | ||
| 1974 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | William Shakespeare | Terry Hands | |
| Ondine | Jean Giraudoux | Raymond Rouleau | ||
| Henry IV | Luigi Pirandello | Raymond Rouleau (2) | ||
| 1975 | Cinna | Molière | Catherine Hiegel & Jean-Luc Boutté | |
| The Misanthrope | Pierre Corneille | Simon Eine (2) | ||
| 1976 | Hommage à Jean Cocteau | Jean Cocteau | André Fraigneau | |
| Mr Puntila and his Man Matti | Bertolt Brecht | Guy Rétoré | ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Jean-Paul Roussillon (3) | ||
| Exit the King | Eugène Ionesco | Jorge Lavelli | ||
| 1977 | Les Fourberies de Scapin | Molière | Jacques Échantillon | |
| La Navette | Henry Becque | Simon Eine (3) | ||
| Les Acteurs de bonne foi | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean-Luc Boutté (2) | ||
| 1978-79 | La villeggiatura | Carlo Goldoni | Giorgio Strehler | |
| 1979 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Jean-Paul Roussillon (4) | |
| La Tour de Babel | Fernando Arrabal | Jorge Lavelli (2) | ||
| 1980 | Creditors | August Strindberg | Jacques Baillon | |
| Exit the King | Eugène Ionesco | Jorge Lavelli | ||
| Simul et singulis | Jacques Destoop | |||
| 1981 | Les Corbeaux | Henry Becque | Jean-Pierre Vincent | |
| La Dame de chez Maxim | Georges Feydeau | Jean-Paul Roussillon (5) | ||
| 1981-83 | The Mistress of the Inn | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 1982 | The Enchanted | Jean Giraudoux | Jacques Sereys | |
| 1983 | Les Estivants | Maxime Gorki | Jacques Lassalle (2) | |
| The Madwoman of Chaillot | Jean Giraudoux | Michel Fagadau | ||
| 1984 | Sarcasme | Yves Laplace | Hervé Loichemol | |
| 1985 | L'Impresario de Smyrne | Carlo Goldoni | Jean-Luc Boutté (3) | |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Molière | Jean-Luc Boutté (4) | ||
| 1986 | Quai Ouest | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Patrice Chéreau | |
| 1987 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Catherine Hiegel (2) | |
| 1988 | Une visite inopportune | Copi | Jorge Lavelli (4) | |
| 1989 | Michelet ou le Don des larmes | Jules Michelet | Simone Benmussa | |
| La Veillée | Lars Norén | Jorge Lavelli (5) | Prix du Syndicat de la critique - Best Actress Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress | |
| Torquato Tasso | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Bruno Bayen | ||
| 1990 | Le Médecin malgré lui | Molière | Dario Fo | |
| 1990-92 | Greek | Steven Berkoff | Jorge Lavelli (6) | |
| 1991 | The Father | August Strindberg | Patrice Kerbrat | |
| 1992 | La Serva amorosa | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle (3) | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| Au salon des orchidées | Mona Thomas | Catherine Hiegel (3) | ||
| 1993 | Le Faiseur | Honoré de Balzac | Jean-Paul Roussillon (6) | |
| 1994 | Maman revient pauvre orphelin | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Philippe Adrien | |
| Purgatoire | Philippe Minyana | Catherine Hiegel (4) | ||
| 1995 | Le Shaga | Marguerite Duras | Christian Rist | |
| 1996 | La Demoiselle de la poste | Ewa Pokas | Catherine Hiegel (5) | |
| Arloc | Serge Kribus | Jorge Lavelli (7) | ||
| 1997 | Les Reines | Normand Chaurette | Joël Jouanneau | |
| The Maids | Jean Genet | Philippe Adrien (2) | ||
| 1998 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Bertolt Brecht | Jorge Lavelli (8) | |
| Le Petit Maroc | Daniel Besnehard | Georges Werler | ||
| L'Âge d'or | Georges Feydeau | Catherine Hiegel (6) | ||
| Les Présidentes | Werner Schwab | Marcela Salivarova-Bideau | ||
| 1999 | Le Chant de la baleine | Yves Lebeau | Jacques Rosner | |
| La Bataille de Vienne | Peter Turrini | Catherine Hiegel (7) | ||
| George Dandin ou le Mari confondu | Molière | Catherine Hiegel (8) | ||
| 1999-2000 | La Concession Pilgrim | Pablo Bergel & Yves Ravey | Joël Jouanneau (2) | |
| 2000 | The Homecoming | Harold Pinter | Catherine Hiegel (9) | |
| 2001 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Claude Stratz | |
| Anne-Marie | Philippe Minyana | Philippe Minyana | ||
| 2002 | Le Théâtre de... | Bertrand Tavernier | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 2002-04 | Les Papiers d'Aspern | Jean Pavans | Jacques Lassalle (4) | |
| Savannah bay | Marguerite Duras | Éric Vigner | ||
| 2003 | Homebody/Kabul | Tony Kushner | Jorge Lavelli (9) | |
| 2005 | Embrasser les ombres | Lars Norén | Joël Jouanneau (3) | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| Tartuffe | Molière | Marcel Bozonnet | ||
| J'étais dans ma maison et j'attendais que la pluie vienne | Jean-Luc Lagarce | Joël Jouanneau (4) | Prix du Syndicat de la critique - Best Actress | |
| 2006 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Claude Stratz (2) | |
| La Maison des morts | Philippe Minyana | Robert Cantarella | ||
| Objet perdu | Daniel Keene | Didier Bezace | ||
| 2007 | Le Retour au désert | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Muriel Mayette | Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Une confrérie de farceurs | Bernard Faivre | François Chattot & Jean-Louis Hourdin | ||
| 2007-09 | Il campiello | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle (5) | |
| Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Dan Jemmett | ||
| 2008 | Bonheur ? | Emmanuel Darley | Andrés Lima | |
| La Petite dans la forêt profonde | Ovid | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | ||
| 2009 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Andrés Lima (2) | |
| The Miser | Molière | Catherine Hiegel (10) | ||
| 2010 | Mystère Bouffe et fabulages | Dario Fo | Muriel Mayette (2) | |
| The Birds | Aristophanes | Alfredo Arias | ||
| La Mère | Florian Zeller | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (2) | Molière Award for Best Actress | |
| 2011 | The Sweet Hereafter | Russell Banks | Emmanuel Meirieu | |
| Tout doit disparaître | Éric Pessan | Frédéric Maragnani | ||
| Le Babil des classes dangereuses | Valère Novarina | Denis Podalydès | ||
| Je danse comme Jésus Christ sur le vaste océan | Alfred de Musset | Catherine Hiegel (11) | ||
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Molière | Catherine Hiegel (12) | ||
| 2012 | Moi je crois pas ! | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Charles Tordjman | |
| Le Fils | Jon Fosse | Jacques Lassalle (6) | ||
| 2013 | Whistling psyche | Sebastian Barry | Julie Brochen | |
| Le prix des boîtes | Frédéric Pommier | Jorge Lavelli (10) | ||
| 2013-14 | Dramuscules | Thomas Bernhard | Catherine Hiegel (13) | |
| 2014 | Anna et Martha | Dea Loher | Robert Cantarella (2) | |
| Une femme | Philippe Minyana | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (3) | ||
| 2014-15 | La mère | Florian Zeller | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (4) |
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Le théâtre de la jeunesse | Fanny | Marcel Cravenne | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1967 | Spéciale dernière | Peggy Grant | Alain Dhénaut | TV movie |
| 1968 | Le bourgeois gentilhomme | Nicole | Pierre Badel | TV movie |
| 1970 | Au théâtre ce soir | Catherine | Pierre Sabbagh | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1971 | It Only Happens to Others | Nadine Trintignant | ||
| 1972 | Les précieuses ridicules | Cathos | Jean-Marie Coldefy | TV movie |
| 1973 | Georges Dandin | Angélique | Jean Dewever | TV movie |
| 1974 | Chez les Titch | Titchie | Jacques Audoir | TV movie |
| La confession d'un enfant du siècle | Mme Daniel | Claude Santelli | TV movie | |
| 1975 | Ondine | Grete and an Ondine | Raymond Rouleau | TV movie |
| 1978 | Le roi se meurt | Juliette | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1979 | Les acteurs de bonne foi | Lisette | François Chatel | TV movie |
| 1980 | La folle de Chaillot | Irma | Georges Paumier | TV movie |
| Les trois soeurs | Natacha | Jean-Marie Coldefy (2) | TV movie | |
| Une page d'amour | Pauline | Élie Chouraqui | TV movie | |
| 1981 | Créanciers | Tekla | Jean-Marie Coldefy (3) | TV movie |
| 1982 | La locandiera | Mirandoline | Yves-André Hubert (2) | TV movie |
| 1986 | State of Grace | Sylvie | Jacques Rouffio | |
| 1987 | Noyade interdite | Dr. Chauveau | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| Les keufs | Dany | Josiane Balasko | ||
| 1988 | Life Is a Long Quiet River | Josette | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| La petite amie | Odile | Luc Béraud | ||
| 1991 | My Life Is Hell | Lilith | Josiane Balasko (2) | |
| 1992 | Méchant garçon | Ronald's mother | Charles Gassot | |
| Le médecin malgré lui | Martine | Yves-André Hubert (3) | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes | Régine | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann | |
| 1994 | Le mangeur de lune | Mathilde | Dai Sijie | |
| Ferbac | Mme Girard | Christian Faure | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La corruptrice | Marcelle | Bernard Stora | TV movie | |
| 1995 | French Twist | Dany | Josiane Balasko (3) | |
| 1996 | La serva amorosa | Coraline | Jean Douchet | |
| Julie Lescaut | Jeanne Lesage | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Mylène | Marianne | Claire Devers | TV movie | |
| Jeunesse sans Dieu | Catherine Corsini | TV movie | ||
| 1997 | Fred | Madame Mandor | Pierre Jolivet | |
| L'autre côté de la mer | Maria | Dominique Cabrera | ||
| 1998 | Man Is a Woman | Hannah Baumann | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann (2) | |
| 1999 | Hygiène de l'assassin | Catherine | François Ruggieri | |
| 2000 | Les après-midi de Laura | Paolo Trotta | Short | |
| 2002 | Le malade imaginaire | Toinette | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2003 | Les Côtelettes | Death | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2005 | La vie est à nous ! | Lucie Chevrier | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | The Orphanage's director | Thomas Gilou | |
| 2008 | Cliente | Maggy | Josiane Balasko (4) | |
| Secret Defense | Pierre's mother | Philippe Haïm | ||
| 2009 | Les précieuses ridicules | Magdelon | Vincent Bataillon | |
| La folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy | Arlette | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann (3) | ||
| 2011 | Un baiser papillon | Marie's mother | Karine Silla | |
| 2012 | Granny's Funeral | Suzanne | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2013 | Violette | Berthe Leduc | Martin Provost | |
| 2014 | Le sang de la vigne | Janny Verniaud | Régis Musset | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2015 | Neuf Jours En Hiver | Alain Tasma | TV movie | |
| Malaterra | Rose Olivesi | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade & Laurent Herbiet | TV mini-series |
References edit
External links edit
- Catherine Hiegel at IMDb