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Catherine Hiegel

Born
Dec 10, 1946 · Age 79
Place of birth
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Gender
Female
Movie credits
47
TV credits
7

Biography

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…