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) |
Catherine Hiegel (born 10 December 1946) is a French actress, comedian and director.
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.
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 9 nominations.
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cinna | Molière | |
| 1987 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | |
| 1992 | Au salon des orchidées | Mona Thomas | |
| 1994 | Purgatoire | Philippe Minyana | |
| 1996 | La Demoiselle de la poste | Ewa Pokas | |
| 1998 | L'Âge d'or | Georges Feydeau | |
| 1999 | La Bataille de Vienne | Peter Turrini | |
| George Dandin ou le Mari confondu | Molière | ||
| 2000 | The Homecoming | Harold Pinter | |
| 2009 | The Miser | Molière | |
| 2011 | Je danse comme Jésus Christ sur le vaste océan | Alfred de Musset | |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Molière | ||
| 2013-14 | Dramuscules | Thomas Bernhard | |
| 2016 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Prix du Brigadier for Best Direction |
| 2018 | The Game of Love and Chance | Pierre de Marivaux | |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | L'homme qui a perdu son ombre | Fanny | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie |
| 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 | ||
| 1974 | La confession d'un enfant du siècle | Mme Daniel | Claude Santelli | TV movie |
| 1980 | Une page d'amour | Pauline | Élie Chouraqui | TV movie |
| 1986 | State of Grace | Sylvie | Jacques Rouffio | |
| 1987 | Les keufs | Dany | Josiane Balasko | |
| Noyade interdite | Dr. Chauveau | Pierre Granier-Deferre | ||
| 1988 | La petite amie | Odile | Luc Béraud | |
| Life Is a Long Quiet River | Josette | Étienne Chatiliez | ||
| 1991 | My Life Is Hell | Lilith | Josiane Balasko | |
| 1992 | Méchant garçon | Ronald's mother | Charles Gassot | |
| 1993 | Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents | Régine | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann | |
| 1994 | Le mangeur de lune | Mathilde | Dai Sijie | |
| La corruptrice | Marcelle | Bernard Stora | TV movie | |
| Ferbac | Mme Girard | Christian Faure | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995 | French Twist | Dany | Josiane Balasko | |
| 1996 | La serva amorosa | Coraline | Jean Douchet | |
| Mylène | Marianne | Claire Devers | TV movie | |
| Jeunesse sans Dieu | Catherine Corsini | TV movie | ||
| Julie Lescaut | Jeanne Lesage | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 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 | |
| 1999 | Hygiène de l'assassin | Catherine | François Ruggieri | |
| 2000 | Les après-midi de Laura | Paolo Trotta | Short | |
| 2003 | Les Côtelettes | Death | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2005 | It's Our Life! | Lucie Chevrier | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | The Orphanage's director | Thomas Gilou | |
| 2008 | Secret Defense | Pierre's mother | Philippe Haïm | |
| A French Gigolo | Maggy | Josiane Balasko | ||
| 2009 | La folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy | Arlette | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann | |
| 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 | Mado | Alain Tasma | TV movie |
| Malaterra | Rose Olivesi | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade & Laurent Herbiet | TV mini-series | |
| 2017 | Jamais contente | Agathe | Émilie Deleuze | |
| 2019 | 2 ou 3 choses de Marie Jacobson | Anne Azoulay | Short | |
| 2021 | Le Grand Restaurant 3 | Victor's mother | Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade | TV movie |
| 2022 | Les engagés | Anne | Emilie Frèche | |
| 2023 | La grande magie | Charles's mother | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2024 | Capitaine Marleau | Alba de Bernac | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
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