Catherine Hiegel

Catherine Hiegel (born 10 December 1946) is a French actress, comedian and director.

Personal life 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 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.

Theater As actress

As director 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

Filmography 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)