Muriel Robin
Muriel Robin is a French humorist, actress, director, and stage director born on August 2, 1955, in Montbrison (Loire). Her parents, Antoine Robin and Aimée Marie Joséphine Rimbaud, were shoe merchants. She was the youngest of three daughters, with two sisters, Nydia and Martine. After struggling with school and failing her baccalaureate twice, she worked selling shoes in her family's store from 1975 to 1976. In 1977, she moved to Paris to study acting at the Cours Florent, and was subsequently accepted into the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris, graduating in 1980 with honors. She briefly returned to selling shoes in Saint-Étienne after graduating from the conservatory. Her career gained momentum when she joined Roger Louret’s theatre company, Les Baladins en Agenais, in Monclar in 1981, where she met Elie Semoun and Annie Grégorio. Muriel Robin's comedy style has involved collaborations with Pierre Palmade, whom she considered her male alter ego. She co-wrote and performed in 'Maman ou Donne-moi ton linge, je fais une machine' in 1987, and gained wider public recognition through the television program 'La Classe' towards the end of the 1980s. Her first one-woman show, 'Les majorettes se cachent pour mourir,' premiered in 1988, directed by Roger Louret. She appeared in plays such as 'Tout m’Enerve', 'Bedos-Robin', 'Feu la Ma La Mère', and 'On purge Bébé' during the 1990s, and starred in films like 'Les Visiteurs 2' in 1997. In 2007, she won an International Emmy Award for her role in the television film "Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse." She has been involved with 'La Chaine de l’Espoir' starting in 2001 and supported concerts by the Enfoirés from 1992 to 2007. She is currently preparing a new show that blends surreal fantasy with sensitive poetry, aiming to 're-enchant' life.
