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Mireille Mathieu

Born
Jul 22, 1946 · Age 80
Place of birth
Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Gender
Female
Movie credits
17
TV credits
84
Also known as (1)
  • Мирей Матьё

Biography

Mireille Mathieu (born 22 July 1946), is a French singer. She has recorded over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide. Mireille Mathieu was born on 22 July 1946 in Avignon, France, the eldest daughter of a family of fourteen children; the youngest brother was born after she moved to Paris. Her father Roger and his family were native to Avignon, while her mother Marcelle-Sophie (née Poirier) was from Dunkirk. She arrived in Avignon in 1944 as a refugee from World War II after her grandmother had died, and her mother went missing. Roger, with his…