Acting
Mireille Mathieu
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 father Arcade, ran the family stonemason shop just outside the Saint-Véran cemetery main gate. The Mathieu family have been stonemasons for four generations. Today the shop is named Pompes Funèbres Mathieu-Mardoyan, owned and managed by her sister Réjane's family. The Mathieu family lived in poverty, with a huge improvement in their living conditions in 1954, when subsidized housing was built in the Malpeigné quarter near the cemetery. Then again in 1961 they moved to a large tenement in the Croix des Oiseaux quarter southeast of the city. Roger had once dreamed of becoming a singer, but his father Arcade disapproved, inspiring him to have one of his children learn to sing with him in church. Mireille included her father's operatic voice on her 1968 Christmas album, where it was mixed in with the Minuit Chrétiens song. Mireille's first paid performance before an audience, at age four, was rewarded with a lollipop when she sang on Christmas Eve 1950 during Midnight Mass. A defining moment was seeing Édith Piaf sing on television. Mireille performed poorly in elementary school because of dyslexia, requiring an extra year to graduate. She was born left-handed, and her teachers used a ruler to strike her hand each time she was caught writing with it. She became right-handed, although her left hand remains quite animated while singing. She has a fantastic memory, and never uses a prompter on stage. Abandoning higher education, at age 14 (1961), and after moving to Croix des Oiseaux, she began work in a local factory in Montfavet (a suburb southeast of town) where she helped with the family income and paid for her singing lessons. Popular at work, she often sang songs at lunch, or while working. Like her parents, she is a short woman at 1.52 m (5 feet) in height. Her sister Monique, born on 8 July 1947, began work at the same factory a few months later. Both were given bicycles on credit to commute with, making for very long days, and many bad memories of riding against the mistral winds. The factory went out of business, so Mireille and two sisters (Monique, and Christiane) became youth counselors at a summer camp before her rise to fame, a summer where she had her fortune told by Tarot cards by an old Gypsy woman, saying she would soon mingle with kings and queens. ... Source: Article "Mireille Mathieu" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
Film · 2025
Mireille Mathieu, la mystérieuse demoiselle d'Avignon
Film · 2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Film · 2023
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Series · 2022
Die Beatrice Egli Show
Series · 2022
Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons
Film · 2021
Die Schlagerparty der 70er
Film · 2021
Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen
Film · 2021
Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019
Film · 2019
Schlager nonstop Die 60er – Merci, Cherie
Film · 2018
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Film · 2014
Musikgeschichten
Series · 2014
Denk ich an Weihnacht
Series · 2011
Musikalische Reise
Series · 2010
C à vous
Series · 2009
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Series · 2004
Die ultimative Chartshow
Series · 2003
Star Academy
Series · 2001
Starnacht am Wörthersee
Series · 2000
Beckmann
Series · 1999
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Film · 1998
Vivement dimanche prochain
Series · 1998
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Die Krone der Volksmusik
Series · 1998
Leute heute
Series · 1997
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
Series · 1994
Musik liegt in der Luft
Series · 1991
Stars 90
Series · 1990
Flitterabend
Series · 1988
Super-Chancen
Series · 1988
Le monde est à vous
Series · 1987
Lahaye d'honneur
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
40° à l'ombre
Series · 1987
Téléthon
Series · 1987
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Series · 1986
Victoires de la musique
Series · 1985
Melodien für Millionen
Series · 1985
Show & Co. mit Carlo
Series · 1984
Die verflixte 7
Series · 1984
Wie wär’s heut’ mit Revue?
Series · 1983
Na sowas!
Series · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Reporters
Film · 1981
Tag des deutschen Schlagers
Series · 1981
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Series · 1980
Show-Express
Series · 1980
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren
Series · 1979
Die Pyramide
Series · 1979
Auf los geht's los
Series · 1977
Fan School
Series · 1977
Peter Alexander presents Walt Disney's World
Film · 1976
30 millions d'amis
Series · 1976
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Musik ist Trumpf
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Le Petit Rapporteur
Series · 1975
Système 2
Series · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Die Montagsmaler
Series · 1974
Der große Preis
Series · 1974
Happy New Year
Film · 1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Film · 1973
Don-Lurio-Show
Series · 1972
Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?
Series · 1972
Ein Kessel Buntes
Series · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971
Disco
Series · 1971
Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971
Cadet Rousselle
Series · 1971
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
Series · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Drei mal neun
Series · 1970
France, Song
Film · 1969
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Series · 1969
Die ZDF-Hitparade
Series · 1969
Wünsch dir was
Series · 1969
Das Sonntagskonzert
Series · 1969
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Series · 1969
Starparade
Series · 1968
The Journalist
Film · 1967
Die Rudi Carrell Show
Series · 1965
Dim Dam Dom
Series · 1965
Einer wird gewinnen
Series · 1964
Der goldene Schuß
Series · 1964
Vergißmeinnicht
Series · 1964
Die Drehscheibe
Series · 1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Musik aus Studio B
Series · 1961
Discorama
Series · 1959
Zum blauen Bock
Series · 1957
Was bin ich?
Series · 1955
Bambi
Series · 1948