Boyer, Myriam

(May 23, 1948, Lyon, Rhône, France - )

   Born into a poor family, she began working as an invoice clerk-typist at age sixteen before making it onstage in the late 1960s. Spotted by Agnès Varda, she landed an uncredited part in Jacques Demy's Peau d'Âne / UK: Once upon a Time / USA: Donkey Skin). She played supporting and sometimes leading roles in more than eighty films and TV movies, including those she directed. Her son is actor Clovis Cornillac (b. 1968). From 1975 to 1999, she was the compan­ion of American film director and actor John Berry (1917-1999). Their son is stage director and actor Arny Berry (b. 1982).

 Filmography

1998 ◘ La Mère Christain (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor)

2004 ◘ Peurs (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)