Marthe Mercadier (23 October 1928 – 15 September 2021) was a French actress.
Filmography
Awards
* In 1974, she was named
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...
.
* In 1989, she won the ''
Molière Award
The Molière Award recognises achievement in live French theatre and is the national theatre award of France. The awards are presented and decided by the ''Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre'' (APAT) and supported by the Min ...
'' of the Best Comic Show.
* In 2007, she was named
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...
.
Other
In 2011, she participated in ''
Danse avec les stars'' (French version of ''
Dancing with the Stars
''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...
'') and in the
Balajo's anniversary, the famous night-club rue de Lappe in Paris.
In April 2014, her daughter Véronique announced her mother's
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...
.
Dancing with the Stars
She was one of the contestants during the
First season of
Danse avec les stars. With her partner Grégoire Lyonnet, she finished in the 6th position.
She participated in 2011, aged 82 years old which made her the oldest participant ever, to date, in the French version of Danse Avec Les Stars.
This table shows the route of Marthe Mercadier and Grégoire Lyonnet in Danse Avec Les Stars.
References
Biography
External links
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1928 births
2021 deaths
French film actresses
French stage actresses
French television actresses
People from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
Recipients of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Deaths from dementia in France
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
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