# 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

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1965 | Cactus Flower | Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy | Jacques Charon | |
| 1968 | Gugusse | Marcel Achard | Michel Roux | |
| 1968 | L'Amour propre | Marc Camoletti | Marc Camoletti | |
| 1969 | Le Dépit amoureux | Molière | Robert Manuel | |
| 1969 | Les Italiens à Paris | Charles Charras & André Gille | Jean Le Poulain | |
| 1969 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Robert Manuel | |
| 1969 | The Game of Love and Chance | Pierre de Marivaux | Maurice Escande | |
| 1970-73 | George Dandin ou le Mari confondu | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1970-71 | Dom Juan | Molière | Antoine Bourseiller | |
| 1971-72 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Jean Meyer | |
| 1971-73 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Jean-Laurent Cochet | |
| 1971-73 | L'Impromptu de Versailles | Molière | Pierre Dux | |
| 1972 | Electra | Jean Giraudoux | | |
| 1972 | The Miser | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1972 | Le Dindon | Georges Feydeau | Jean Meyer | |
| 1972 | Cœur à deux | Guy Foissy | Jean-Pierre Miquel | |
| 1972 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Jacques Charon | |
| 1972 | Les Fausses Confidences | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean Piat | |
| 1972 | La Troupe du Roy Hommage à Molière | Molière | Paul-Émile Deiber | |
| 1972-74 | Le Ouallou | Jacques Audiberti | André Reybaz | |
| 1973 | Port-Royal | Henry de Montherlant | Jean Meyer | |
| 1973 | Amphitryon | Molière | Jean Meyer | |
| 1973 | L'Île des esclaves | Pierre de Marivaux | Simon Eine | |
| 1973 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Jean Piat | |
| 1973 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jean-Louis Thamin | |
| 1973-74 | Chez les Titch | Louis Calaferte | Jean-Pierre Miquel | |
| 1974 | Henry IV | Luigi Pirandello | Raymond Rouleau | |
| 1974 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | William Shakespeare | Terry Hands | |
| 1974-75 | Ondine | Jean Giraudoux | Raymond Rouleau | |
| 1975 | The Misanthrope | Pierre Corneille | Simon Eine | |
| 1976 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1976 | Hommage à Jean Cocteau | Jean Cocteau | André Fraigneau | |
| 1976 | Mr Puntila and his Man Matti | Bertolt Brecht | Guy Rétoré | |
| 1976-80 | Exit the King | Eugène Ionesco | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1977 | La Navette | Henry Becque | Simon Eine | |
| 1977 | Les Fourberies de Scapin | Molière | Jacques Échantillon | |
| 1977-79 | Les Acteurs de bonne foi | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean-Luc Boutté | |
| 1978-79 | La villeggiatura | Carlo Goldoni | Giorgio Strehler | |
| 1979 | La Tour de Babel | Fernando Arrabal | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1979-80 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1980 | Simul et singulis | | Jacques Destoop | |
| 1980 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Jean Giraudoux | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1980-81 | Creditors | August Strindberg | Jacques Baillon | |
| 1981 | Les Corbeaux | Henry Becque | Jean-Pierre Vincent | |
| 1981 | La Dame de chez Maxim | Georges Feydeau | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1981-83 | The Mistress of the Inn | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 1982 | The Enchanted | Jean Giraudoux | Jacques Sereys | |
| 1983 | Les Estivants | Maxime Gorki | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 1983 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Jean Giraudoux | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1984 | Sarcasme | Yves Laplace | Hervé Loichemol | |
| 1985 | L'Impresario de Smyrne | Carlo Goldoni | Jean-Luc Boutté | |
| 1985 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Molière | Jean-Luc Boutté | |
| 1986 | Quai Ouest | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Patrice Chéreau | |
| 1988 | Une visite inopportune | Copi | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1989 | La Veillée | Lars Norén | Jorge Lavelli | Prix du Syndicat de la critique - Best Actress Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 1989 | Torquato Tasso | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Bruno Bayen | |
| 1989 | Michelet ou le Don des larmes | Jules Michelet | Simone Benmussa | |
| 1990-92 | Greek | Steven Berkoff | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1990-92 | Le Médecin malgré lui | Molière | Dario Fo | |
| 1991 | The Father | August Strindberg | Patrice Kerbrat | |
| 1992 | La Serva amorosa | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 1992 | Au salon des orchidées | Mona Thomas | Catherine Hiegel | |
| 1993 | Le Faiseur | Honoré de Balzac | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1994 | Maman revient pauvre orphelin | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Philippe Adrien | |
| 1995 | Le Shaga | Marguerite Duras | Christian Rist | |
| 1996 | Arloc | Serge Kribus | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1997 | The Maids | Jean Genet | Philippe Adrien | |
| 1997 | Les Reines | Normand Chaurette | Joël Jouanneau | |
| 1998 | Le Petit Maroc | Daniel Besnehard | Georges Werler | |
| 1998 | Les Présidentes | Werner Schwab | Marcela Salivarova-Bideau | |
| 1998 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Bertolt Brecht | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1999 | Le Chant de la baleine | Yves Lebeau | Jacques Rosner | |
| 1999-2000 | La Concession Pilgrim | Pablo Bergel & Yves Ravey | Joël Jouanneau | |
| 2001 | Anne-Marie | Philippe Minyana | Philippe Minyana | |
| 2001-02 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Claude Stratz | |
| 2002 | Le Théâtre de... | Bertrand Tavernier | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 2002-04 | Savannah bay | Marguerite Duras | Éric Vigner | |
| 2002-04 | Les Papiers d'Aspern | Jean Pavans | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 2003 | Homebody/Kabul | Tony Kushner | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 2005 | Tartuffe | Molière | Marcel Bozonnet | |
| 2005 | Embrasser les ombres | Lars Norén | Joël Jouanneau | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2005 | J'étais dans ma maison et j'attendais que la pluie vienne | Jean-Luc Lagarce | Joël Jouanneau | Prix du Syndicat de la critique - Best Actress |
| 2006 | Objet perdu | Daniel Keene | Didier Bezace | |
| 2006 | La Maison des morts | Philippe Minyana | Robert Cantarella | |
| 2006 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Claude Stratz | |
| 2007 | Le Retour au désert | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Muriel Mayette | Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2007 | Une confrérie de farceurs | Bernard Faivre | François Chattot & Jean-Louis Hourdin | |
| 2007-09 | Il campiello | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 2007-09 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Dan Jemmett | |
| 2008 | Bonheur ? | Emmanuel Darley | Andrés Lima | |
| 2008 | La Petite dans la forêt profonde | Ovid | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | |
| 2009 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Andrés Lima | |
| 2010 | La Mère | Florian Zeller | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2010 | The Birds | Aristophanes | Alfredo Arias | |
| 2010 | Mystère Bouffe et fabulages | Dario Fo | Muriel Mayette | |
| 2011 | Tout doit disparaître | Éric Pessan | Frédéric Maragnani | |
| 2011 | The Sweet Hereafter | Russell Banks | Emmanuel Meirieu | |
| 2011 | Le Babil des classes dangereuses | Valère Novarina | Denis Podalydès | |
| 2012 | Le Fils | Jon Fosse | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 2012 | Moi je crois pas ! | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Charles Tordjman | |
| 2013 | Whistling psyche | Sebastian Barry | Julie Brochen | |
| 2013 | Le prix des boîtes | Frédéric Pommier | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 2013-14 | Dramuscules | Thomas Bernhard | Catherine Hiegel | |
| 2014 | Une femme | Philippe Minyana | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | |
| 2014 | Anna et Martha | Dea Loher | Robert Cantarella | |
| 2014-15 | La mère | Florian Zeller | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | |
| 2015 | Retour au désert | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Arnaud Meunier | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2017 | Votre maman | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Charles Tordjman | |
| 2017 | Family Resemblances | Agnès Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri | Agnès Jaoui | |
| 2017-18 | La Nostalgie des blattes | Pierre Notte | Pierre Notte | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2019 | Le Lien | François Bégaudeau | Panchika Velez | |
| 2019 | Trois femmes | Catherine Anne | Catherine Anne | |
| 2020 | Avant la retraite | Thomas Bernhard | Alain Françon | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2021-22 | Les règles du savoir vivre dans la société moderne | Jean-Luc Lagarce | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | |
| 2022 | Music-hall | Jean-Luc Lagarce | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2023 | Les Gratitudes | Delphine de Vigan | Fabien Gorgeart | |

### 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 | |
| 1999 | 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 | |
| 2011 | 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 | |
| 1987 | Noyade interdite | Dr. Chauveau | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1988 | La petite amie | Odile | Luc Béraud | |
| 1988 | 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 | |
| 1994 | La corruptrice | Marcelle | Bernard Stora | TV movie |
| 1994 | Ferbac | Mme Girard | Christian Faure | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | French Twist | Dany | Josiane Balasko | |
| 1996 | La serva amorosa | Coraline | Jean Douchet | |
| 1996 | Mylène | Marianne | Claire Devers | TV movie |
| 1996 | Jeunesse sans Dieu | | Catherine Corsini | TV movie |
| 1996 | Julie Lescaut | Jeanne Lesage | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Fred | Madame Mandor | Pierre Jolivet | |
| 1997 | 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 | |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2015 | 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) |