Muriel
Mayette-Holtz

Sociétaire honoraire

Acting as the general administrator of the Comédie-Française between August 2006 and July 2014, Muriel Mayette-Holtz has also worked as both an actress and a director. She attended the classes of Michel Bouquet, Claude Régy and Bernard Dort, and taught at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris) between 2000 and 2006.

Subsequent to her training at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, she joined the Comédie-Française in 1985 and was appointed as its 477th sociétaire in 1988.
Muriel Mayette-Holtz has performed numerous roles, most notably under the direction of Antoine Vitez in Roja’s La Celestina (1989), of Claude Régy in Sartre’s Behind Closed Doors (1990), of Jacques Lassalle in Marivaux’s The False Servant, (1991), in Molière’s George Dandin, or Confused Husband (1992), and in Chekhov’s Platonov or Fatherlessness (2003), of Matthias Langhoff in Strindberg’s The Dance of Death (1996), and in Büchner’s Lenz, Leonce and Lena (2002).
She has also been directed by Alain Françon in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard (1998), by Philippe Adrien in Genet’s The Maids (1997), by Catherine Hiegel in Molière’s Les Femmes savantes and in Pinter’s The Homecoming (2000), by Claude Stratz in Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid (2001) and in Pirandello’s Les Grelots du fou (Cap and Bells, 2005).

During the 2007/2008 season, she performed at the Comédie-Française and on tour Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid staged by Claude Stratz and La Fontaine’s Les Fables put on stage by Robert Wilson. At the Théâtre national de l’Odéon, she staged, in 1990, Oh, mais où est la tête de Victor Hugo? At the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, she directed in 1993 Crommelynck’s Les Amants puérils, in 1998 Feydeau’s Chat en poche, in 2001 Karin Mainwaring’s The Rain Dancers, and Marivaux’s La Dispute in 2009. At the Studio-Théâtre, she staged Shakespeare’s The Winter Tale in 2004 and Thomas Bernhard’s Dramalettes in 2005. At the Salle Richelieu, she directed Corneille’s Clitandre in 1996, Bernard Marie-Koltès’ Return to the Desert in 2007, L’Hommage à Molière in 2008, Dario Fo’s Mistero Buffo, and Jean Racine’s Andromache in 2010. Her staging of Bérénice toured during the 2010/2011 season.

Outside the realm of the Comédie-Française, she has played roles in The Misanthrope staged by André Engel, in Gogol’s L’Inspecteur général (The government Inspector), in Heiner Müller’s Quartet and in Garcia Lorca’s Dona Rosita (Doña Rosita The Spinster), all three plays put on stage by Matthias Langhoff, and in La Leçon de M. Pantalone, along with Mario Gonzalez, staged by Christophe Patty (on tour in 2006).
She was conferred the title of a Chevalier (knight) in the Order of Arts and Letters and in the National Order of Merit and a Chevalier (knight) in the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

At the Comédie-Française

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

2010-2011

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Toinette (22 et 24 juillet 2011)

    Richelieu

2009-2010

2008-2009

  • Il Campiello

    by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Donna Catte la Crâneuse, vielle femme

    Richelieu

2007-2008

2006-2007

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Toinette (alternating)

    Richelieu

2005-2006

  • Les Grelots du Fou

    by Luigi Pirandello Directed by Claude Stratz

    Signorae Beatrice Fiorica

    Vx-Colombier

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Toinette

    Richelieu

  • Dramuscules

    by Thomas Bernhard Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Deuxième Femme, Deuxième Voisine, Kroll

    Studio

2004-2005

2003-2004

  • Le Conte d'hiver

    The Winter Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Mopsa, Deuxième Dame de compagnie en alternance, Figuration

    Studio

  • Platonov ou le Fléau de l'absence de...

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Anna Pétrovna Voïnitzeva

    Richelieu

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Toinette

    Richelieu

2002-2003

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Toinette

    Richelieu

2001-2002

2000-2001

  • Le Retour

    The Homecoming by Harold Pinter Directed by Catherine Hiegel

    Ruth

    Richelieu

  • Les Bonnes

    The Maids by Jean Genet Directed by Philippe Adrien

    Madam

    Richelieu

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    Frosine (en alternance)

    Richelieu

1999-2000

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    Frosine (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • L'Incorruptible

    by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Directed by Philippe Adrien

    Hermine

    Vx-Colombier

  • La Cerisaie

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Varia

    Richelieu

1998-1999

  • La Cerisaie

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Varia

    Richelieu

1997-1998

  • La Cerisaie

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Varia

    Richelieu

  • Les Bonnes

    The Maids by Jean Genet Directed by Philippe Adrien

    Madam

    Vx-Colombier

1996-1997

  • L'Échange

    by Paul Claudel Directed by Jean Dautremay

    Marthe

    Richelieu

  • Les Bonnes

    The Maids by Jean Genet Directed by Philippe Adrien

    Madam

    Vx-Colombier

  • Danse de mort

    by August Strindberg Directed by Matthias Langhoff

    Alice

    Richelieu

1995-1996

  • Danse de mort

    by August Strindberg Directed by Matthias Langhoff

    Alice

    Richelieu

  • Le Prince de Hombourg

    The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist Directed by Alexander Lang

    Natalie

    Richelieu

  • L'Échange

    by Paul Claudel Directed by Jean Dautremay

    Marthe

    Richelieu

1994-1995

1993-1994

  • Le Prince de Hombourg

    The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist Directed by Alexander Lang

    Natalie

    Odéon

  • La Fausse suivante

    The False Servant by Marivaux Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    le Chevalier

    Richelieu

  • Le Faiseur

    by Honoré de Balzac Directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon

    Julie Mercadet

    Richelieu

  • Antigone

    by Sophocle Directed by Otomar Krejca

    Antigone

    Richelieu

1992-1993

  • La Fausse suivante

    The False Servant by Marivaux Directed Jacques Lassalle

    le Chevalier

    Richelieu

  • Le Faiseur

    by Honoré de Balzac Directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon

    Julie Mercadet

    Richelieu

  • Le Roi s'amuse

    by Victor Hugo Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté

    Dame Bérarde

    Richelieu

  • George Dandin

    by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Angélique

    Richelieu

  • Antigone

    by Sophocle Directed by Otomar Krejca

    Antigone

    Richelieu

1991-1992

  • George Dandin

    by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Angélique

    Richelieu

  • Le Roi s'amuse

    by Victor Hugo Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté

    Dame Bérarde

    Richelieu

  • La Fausse suivante

    The False Servant by Marivaux Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    le Chevalier

    Richelieu

1990-1991

  • La Fausse suivante

    The False Servant by Marivaux Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    le Chevalier

    Richelieu

  • Huis clos

    No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Directed by Claude Régy

    Estelle

    Richelieu

1989-1990

  • Huis clos

    No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Directed by Claude Régy

    Estelle

    Richelieu

  • Torquato Tasso

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Directed by Bruno Bayen

    Léonore d'Este

    Odéon

  • La Célestine

    by Fernando de Rojas Directed by Antoine Vitez

    Aréuse

    Odéon

1988-1989

1987-1988

  • La Poudre aux yeux

    by Eugène Labiche and Edouard Martin Directed by Pierre Mondy

    Emmeline

    Richelieu

  • Turcaret

    by Alain-René Lesage Directed by Yves Gasc

    Lisette

    Richelieu

  • Les Femmes savantes

    by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel

    Henriette

    Richelieu

1986-1987

1985-1986

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

    The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté

    Lucile

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc Michel Directed by Bruno Bayen

    Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis

    Richelieu

  • Le Balcon

    by Jean Genet Directed by Georges Lavaudant

    la Femme

    Richelieu

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  • Découvrez

    la saison 24-25

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