Constance in the Underworld (France 2): why is Miou-Miou called that?

Miou-Miou is this Wednesday, February 1, the headliner of the new TV movie Constance in the Underworld. But by the way, do you know where this nickname comes from? We will explain everything to you.

It has been several decades since Miou-Miou takes center stage in the media. Whether in the cinema – where we will find her on March 29 in I will always see your faces of her daughter, Jeanne Herry (who are her two daughters?) – or on television like this Wednesday, February 1, where she plays the leading role in Constancy in Hell (our opinion). In this new TV movie, she plays a single and whimsical antique dealer, whose fate will change the day her path crosses that of Amine (Salim Kechiouche)… A successful unit, which should bring together a large number of fans of the actress , which will celebrate its 73rd birthday on February 22. And if we know a lot of things about her, not everyone knows that her pseudonym, Miou-Miou, was given to her by a huge star.

A nickname given by Coluche

Indeed, it was at the very beginning of her career, when she took her first steps on the Café de la Gare cult scene, that she met the man who would change her life: Coluche. With him, she lives a passionate love story and it was he who gave her her nickname, according to our colleagues from TV Star : the comedian would have launched “you’re all soft, all soft, all miou-miou!” A nickname that also referred to his voice, which was reminiscent of a cat’s meow: “If I thought I was famous, I wouldn’t have chosen it, told in an interview for L’Obs the one whose real name is Sylvette Herry. “But when I saw that it bothered the producers, I kept it.

“I like it because it can’t be more ridiculous”

A nickname she cherishes today, as she confided to our colleagues from The New Republic. When the latter asked her if she had thought of changing it, she replied: “They would not have let me do it. That said, I like it because you can’t do more ridiculous or add a nickname. And then it sounds like a caress. At the hotel, at the restaurant, they only call me “Mme Miou-Miou” and I love it.” And to add, mischievously: “Apart from the madam side which underlines the aging!”