His pretty face has melted more than one. The actress Sylvette Herry, alias Miou-Miou, almost 71 years old, on February 22, 2021, has had several romantic relationships that have marked her life. Most of his loves are known to the general public. And for good reason. The men in her life are not ordinary people. His first love is called Coluche. They are young. At the end of the 1960s, she was barely 19 and he was 25. He already had stage desires. For her part, she begins in a tapestry workshop, without much conviction. "He sang in cabarets, but no one knew who Michel Colucci was. He lived in Montrouge with his mother", confides Miou-Miou in an interview with Full life. She then discovered the world of entertainment when Coluche opens, with Romain Bouteille and a group of friends, the famous Café de la Gare, in Paris, in 1969. Exit the tapestry.
A free woman above all
It is also Coluche who finds him his nickname, Miou-Miou, because of his high-pitched voice. Among the friends of the Café de la Gare, figure a man who gradually attracts the attention of the young beginner: Patrick Dewaere. The couple, with the stammering career, explodes both, alongside Gérard Depardieu, in The valseuses by Bertrand Blier, in 1974. The same year, they have together a daughter named Angèle Herry. From the maiden name of Miou-Miou. "When I wanted children, I said to the future parents: ' please i would like to have a baby, this is my strongest desire, but don't worry. It will bear my name and I will take care of everything '", she said in Full life.
But the relationship with Patrick Dewaere fades when the actress meets on the set of the film Love and fresh water by Jean-Pierre Blanc, a singer who made his film debut: Julien clerc. On the set, an idyll is tied between the two actors, to the great despair of Angela's father. Between the singer and the actress, love lasts a few years. They have a daughter, in 1978, whom they named Jeanne. The couple finally separated in 1981, but remained on very good terms. Since 1998, Miou-Miou has been in a loving relationship with the novelist Jean Teulé. In love and above all discreet.
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