Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1946-07-22 (77 years old)

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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. ...


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Filmography

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self 77

TV Shows 68

Movies 12

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Mireille Mathieu, la mystérieuse demoiselle d'Avignon

Mireille Mathieu, la mystérieuse demoiselle d'Avignon (2023)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)

TV
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons

Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons (2021)

Movie
Self
Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019

Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019 (2019)

Movie
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)

Movie
Self
Denk ich an Weihnacht

Denk ich an Weihnacht (2011)

TV
Self
Musikalische Reise

Musikalische Reise (2010)

TV
Self
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004)

TV
Self
Die ultimative Chartshow

Die ultimative Chartshow (2003)

TV
Self
Star Academy

Star Academy (2001)

TV
10
Self
Starnacht am Wörthersee

Starnacht am Wörthersee (2000)

TV
Self
Beckmann

Beckmann (1999)

TV
Self
Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche (1998)

TV
Self
Vivement dimanche prochain

Vivement dimanche prochain (1998)

TV
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur (1998)

Movie
Self
Leute heute

Leute heute (1997)

TV
Self
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen (1994)

TV
Self - Singer
Musik liegt in der Luft

Musik liegt in der Luft (1991)

TV
self
Stars 90

Stars 90 (1990)

TV
Self - Singer
Flitterabend

Flitterabend (1988)

TV
Self
Lahaye d'honneur

Lahaye d'honneur (1987)

TV
Self
Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée (1987)

TV
Self
Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous (1987)

TV
Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten

ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1986)

TV
Self
Victoires de la musique

Victoires de la musique (1985)

TV
Self
Melodien für Millionen

Melodien für Millionen (1985)

TV
Self
Na sowas!

Na sowas! (1982)

TV
Self
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées (1982)

TV
Self / Self - Host
Formule un

Formule un (1982)

TV
Self
Reporters

Reporters (1981)

Movie
Self
Tag des deutschen Schlagers

Tag des deutschen Schlagers (1981)

TV
Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980)

TV
Self
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren

Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren (1979)

TV
Self - Musician
Die Pyramide

Die Pyramide (1979)

TV
Self
Fan School

Fan School (1977)

TV
Self
Auf los geht's los

Auf los geht's los (1977)

TV
Self - Singer
Peter Alexander presents Walt Disney's World

Peter Alexander presents Walt Disney's World (1976)

Movie
Self
30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis (1976)

TV
Self / Self - Host
Numéro un

Numéro un (1975)

TV
Self
Système 2

Système 2 (1975)

TV
Self
Le Petit Rapporteur

Le Petit Rapporteur (1975)

TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)

TV
Self
Midi Première

Midi Première (1975)

TV
Self
Musik ist Trumpf

Musik ist Trumpf (1975)

TV
Self
Der große Preis

Der große Preis (1974)

TV
Self
Die Montagsmaler

Die Montagsmaler (1974)

TV
Herself
A Slightly Pregnant Man

A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)

Movie
Self
Happy New Year

Happy New Year (1973)

Movie
Self
Don-Lurio-Show

Don-Lurio-Show (1972)

TV
Self
Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?

Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich? (1972)

TV
Self
Midi trente

Midi trente (1972)

TV
Self - Musician
A Kettle of Colour

A Kettle of Colour (1972)

TV
Self / Self - Main Guest
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier (1972)

TV
Self
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre (1971)

TV
Self
Cadet Rousselle

Cadet Rousselle (1971)

TV
Self / Self - Singer
Dalli Dalli

Dalli Dalli (1971)

TV
Self
Disco

Disco (1971)

TV
Self
Samedi soir

Samedi soir (1971)

TV
Self
Drei mal neun

Drei mal neun (1970)

TV
Self
Wünsch dir was

Wünsch dir was (1969)

TV
Self / Self - Sängerin
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)

TV
Self
Die ZDF-Hitparade

Die ZDF-Hitparade (1969)

TV
Self
Starparade

Starparade (1968)

TV
Self
The Journalist

The Journalist (1967)

Movie
Die Rudi Carrell Show

Die Rudi Carrell Show (1965)

TV
Self
Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom (1965)

TV
Self
Der goldene Schuß

Der goldene Schuß (1964)

TV
Self
Vergißmeinnicht

Vergißmeinnicht (1964)

TV
Self
Die Drehscheibe

Die Drehscheibe (1964)

TV
Self
Einer wird gewinnen

Einer wird gewinnen (1964)

TV
Self
The Danny Kaye Show

The Danny Kaye Show (1963)

TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show (1962)

TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

TV
Self
Musik aus Studio B

Musik aus Studio B (1961)

TV
Self
Discorama

Discorama (1959)

TV
Self
Zum blauen Bock

Zum blauen Bock (1957)

TV
self
Was bin ich?

Was bin ich? (1955)

TV
Self
Bambi Awards

Bambi Awards (1948)

TV

Ratings

Average 4.43
Based on 7.44 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1946-07-22 (77 years old)

Birth Name
Mireille Mathieu

Birth Place
Avignon, France

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Мирей Матьё

Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour, Goldene Stimmgabel, Berliner Bär, Order of Friendship, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany


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