Mireille Mathieu

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 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 fat…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Happy New Year (1973) — Self
2. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) — Mireille Mathieu
3. Star Academy (2001) — Self
4. Reporters (1981) — Self
5. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
6. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
7. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
8. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
9. L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) — Self (archive footage)
10. The Journalist (1967) — Self
11. Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980) — Self
12. La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — Self (archive footage)
13. Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur (1998)
14. Vivement dimanche prochain (1998) — Self
15. Leute heute (1997) — Self
16. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
17. ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1986) — Self
18. Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022) — Self (archive footage)
19. The Danny Kaye Show (1963) — Self
20. C à vous (2009) — Self - Guest
21. Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen (2021) — Self
22. Victoires de la musique (1985) — Self
23. Dalli Dalli (1971) — Self - Singer
24. Ein Kessel Buntes (1972) — Self
25. Die Rudi Carrell Show (1965) — Self
26. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
27. Die ultimative Chartshow (2003) — Self
28. Zum blauen Bock (1957) — Self
29. Le Petit Rapporteur (1975) — Self
30. Beckmann (1999) — Self
31. Die Drehscheibe (1964) — Self
32. Der große Preis (1974) — Self
33. Was bin ich? (1955) — Self
34. 30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
35. Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
36. Numéro un (1975) — Self
37. Die Montagsmaler (1974) — Self
38. Einer wird gewinnen (1964) — Self
39. Na sowas! (1982) — Self
40. Die Pyramide (1979) — Self