was she friends with Sheila O’Connor, alias Penelope, in La Boum?

In 1980, many teenagers discovered The party by Claude Pinoteau, a film that marked an entire generation with Sophie Marceau in the skin of Vic Beretton, a 13-year-old girl who discovers the first outings and the first emotions. A touching and sometimes mischievous heroine, she forms a most comical duo with her best friend Penelope, played by Sheila O’Connor, who seduced the spectators. On screen, the two actresses indeed share a great bond despite their sometimes very different characters. But what was really about their friendship, once the cameras were turned off? Guest of the show They knew the glory : What have they become ? broadcast on TFX, Sheila O’Connor lifted the veil on his real relationship with Sophie Marceauwith whom she no longer has any contact.

For the two actresses, no argument or jealousy. Sophie Marceau and Sheila O’Connor never, according to the latter, shared such a strong friendship than that of Vic and Penelope. “We were accomplices, colleGuessbut we weren’t not so complicit vshas in life. We were accomplices at the‘enotch”, thus confided the actress, reviewing images of the time. If they didn’t “never bitten”they simply appeared “mimes” together, that is to say cute, because, at the time, “it was well seen”. “I understand that vsdid it rain when meme”admits Sheila O’Connor, who can however congratulate herself, with Sophie Marceau, for having embodied their characters to perfection to the point of making the spectators feel an immense complicity between them.

What happened to Sheila O’Connor after La Boum?

Now 56, Sheila O’Connor has had no after The party a career as flamboyant as that of Sophie Marceau. After a few roles in cinema and television, it was as a screenwriter that she found her way by writing for feature films, or even episodes of series. Discovered at the age of 13, the actress also went through difficult times, with a strong addiction to alcohol. “I underage entered places that were forbidden to minors. And I‘lovemakes me evenings at the Palace, unforgettable. […] Between 17 and 22 years old, I‘have eyoué addict, but really. I drank a lot of‘alcohol”she confided.