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Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou ( French: [mjumju] ), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore.
She was nicknamed Miou-Miou by Coluche because she was always nice, quiet, and clean as a kitty. In 1971, Miou-Miou made her film debut in La vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur (1971) (The Sentimental Life of George Le Tueur 1971).
- January 1, 1
- 1.64 m
- Paris, France
Jan 24, 1999 · BY then, already nicknamed Miou-Miou by Coluche (the name has no particular meaning, but it sounds affectionate in French), she was all of 21 and within two years had appeared in six movies.
1950- Biography: life and films. M iou-Miou's real name is Sylvette Héry. She was born in Paris on 22nd February 1950. A trainee carpet maker, she began her acting career when she joined Romain Bouteille's troupe of assorted lunatics at the Café de la Gare, a popular dinner theatre in Paris.
Miou-Miou's most recent award winning performance was in 1997 in Anne Fontaine's Nettoyage à sec ( Dry Cleaning ). Anne Fontaine hand-picked Miou-Miou for the role of Marie Kunstler, the wife of a dry-cleaner.
Sylvette Herry, known professionally as Miou-Miou, is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore.
Apr 16, 1989 · Over the coffee and madeleines, Miou-Miou is remembering: By 1973, she had been discovered not just by Michel Deville but also by a director named Bertrand Blier, who offered her her first ...
