Isabelle Mergault
Isabelle Mergault (11 May 1958 – 20 March 2026) was a French actress, director, writer, and television and radio personality.
Isabelle Mergault

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- Name
- Isabelle Mergault
- Born
- 11 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 20 March 2026
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Occupation
- Actress, director, writer, television and radio personality
- Full name
- Isabelle Anne Gabrielle Mergault.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit.
- Languages
- French.
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Isabelle Mergault (11 May 1958 – 20 March 2026) was a French actress, director, writer, and television and radio personality.
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Isabelle Mergault (1958–2026) was a French actor, actress and film actor, among other activities. Born Isabelle Anne Gabrielle Mergault in 14th arrondissement of Paris, the actor died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Languages used include French. Isabelle Mergault received Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Isabelle Mergault • Born — 11 May 1958 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 20 March 2026 • Place of death — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Years Active — 1979–2026 • Occupation — Actress, director, writer, television and radio personality • Children — 2
Life and career
Life and career
Isabelle Mergault was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, on 11 May 1958. She died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in the morning on 20 March 2026, at the age of 67, following a battle against cancer. She was a regular participant of the widely popular radio show Les Grosses Têtes with Philippe Bouvard, between 1988 and 1998 and with Laurent Ruquier since 2014.
Actress
Actress
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1979 — Memoirs of a French Whore — A prostitute — Daniel Duval • 1980 — L'entourloupe — Jeanine — Gérard Pirès • Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au Bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les hommes? — The waitress — Jan Saint-Hamont • La grossesse de Madame Bracht — Vevette — Jean-Roger Cadet — TV film • Les amours de la belle époque — Blanche — Jean-Paul Roux — TV series (1 episode) • 1981 — Diva — The game girl — Jean-Jacques Beineix • Men Prefer Fat Girls — Paul's lover — Jean-Marie Poiré • On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus — The stewardess — Michel Lang • Samantha — Victor Vicas — TV film • 1982 — Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien... — Ginette — Édouard Molinaro • Le Choc — The bank employee — Robin Davis • Ça va faire mal — Gina — Jean-François Davy • Le divan — The friend — Lazare Iglesis — TV film • Toutes griffes dehors — Michel Boisrond — TV mini-series • Les brigades du Tigre — Dolly — Victor Vicas (2) — TV series (1 episode) • 1983 — Vous habitez chez vos parents? — Andromaque — Michel Fermaud • Ça va pas être triste — Zsa-Zsa — Pierre Sisser • 1984 — Asphalt Warriors — The prostitute — Sergio Gobbi • Stress — Isabelle — Jean-Louis Bertucelli • 1985 — Next Summer — Isabelle — Nadine Trintignant • Blanche et Marie — Odette — Jacques Renard • P.R.O.F.S. — Caroline — Patrick Schulmann • L'amour ou presque — Patrice Gautier • Cinéma de minuit — The girl — Patricia Bardon — Short • Les amours des années 50 — Carole — Jean-Paul Roux (2) — TV series (1 episode) • Les Bargeot — Jean-Pierre Barizien — TV series (1 episode) • 1986 — Sauve-toi, Lola — Michel Drach • Espionne et tais-toi — Claude Boissol — TV series (1 episode) • 1987 — Agent trouble — The waitress — Jean-Pierre Mocky • Club de rencontres — Bunny — Michel Lang (2) • Lévy et Goliath — Charlotte — Gérard Oury • Il est génial papy! — Zaza — Michel Drach (2) • Sale destin — Sylvain Madigan • Septième ciel — Jean-Louis Daniel • La lettre perdue — Annie — Jean-Louis Bertucelli (2) — TV film Also writer • L'heure Simenon — Marie-Lou — Michel Mitrani — TV series (1 episode) • Marie Pervenche — Dany — Claude Boissol (2) — TV series (1 episode) • 1988 — Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale — Fernande — Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) • L'autre nuit — The cop — Jean-Pierre Limosin • 1989 — À deux minutes près — Tristan's maid — Éric Le Hung • 1989–91 — Navarro — Miss Lulu — Patrick Jamain, Denys Granier-Deferre & Serge Leroy — TV series (8 episodes) • 1990 — Pacific Palisades — Sandrine — Bernard Schmitt • 1991 — A Day to Remember — Elisa — Jean-Louis Bertucelli (3) — Also writer • Les clés du paradis — The florist — Philippe de Broca • 1992 — Le cerf-volant — Alexandra — Jean-Paul Roux (3) — TV film • 2005 — Je vous trouve très beau — The taxi driver — Isabelle Mergault • 2011 — Le grand restaurant II — The prostitute — Gérard Pullicino — TV film • 2017 — C'est beau la vie quand on y pense — Gérard Jugnot
Theater
Theater
• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 1981 — Le divan — Remo Forlani — Max Douy — Théâtre La Bruyère • 1985 — Impasse-Privé — Christian Charmetant & Antoine Duléry — Michel Berto — Théâtre de l'Athénée • 2003 — La presse est unanime — Laurent Ruquier — Agnès Boury — Théâtre des Variétés • 2005 — Si c'était à refaire — Laurent Ruquier — Jean-Luc Moreau — Théâtre des Variétés • 2008 — Croque-monsieur — Marcel Mithois — Alain Sachs — Théâtre des Variétés • 2011 — L'Amour sur un plateau — Isabelle Mergault — Agnès Boury (2) — Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin • 2012–13 — Adieu je reste! — Isabelle Mergault — Alain Sachs (2) — Théâtre des Variétés • 2014 — Ouh Ouh — Isabelle Mergault & Daive Cohen — Patrice Leconte — Théâtre des Variétés • 2015 — Ne me regardez pas comme ça! — Isabelle Mergault — Christophe Duthuron — Théâtre des Variétés
Radio/television
Radio/television
• Year — Show — Radio/television — Notes • 1988–98 — Les Grosses Têtes — RTL — with Philippe Bouvard • 1998–99 — Rien à cirer — France Inter — with Laurent Ruquier • 1999–2014 — On va s'gêner — Europe 1 — with Laurent Ruquier • 2000–07 — On a tout essayé — France 2 — with Laurent Ruquier • 2011–13 — On n'demande qu'à en rire — France 2 — with Laurent Ruquier • 2014–2026 — Les Grosses Têtes — RTL — with Laurent Ruquier

Isabelle Mergault et Gérard Jugnot au théâtre en 2019 ("La Raison d'Aymé")
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Life and career
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Life and career
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2026
Isabelle Mergault died at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
Birth place
Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Death place
Director / writer
• Year — Title — Role — Box office — Notes • 1987 — La lettre perdue — Writer — TV film directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli • 1988 — Souris noire — TV series (1 episode) directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (2) • 1989 — Les Aventures de Franck et Foo-Yang — TV mini-series directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (3) • 1990 — Série rose — TV series (1 episode) directed by Etienne Leduc • 1991 — A Day to Remember — Directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (4) • 1992 — Voyage à Rome — $1.5 million — Directed by Michel Lengliney • 1993 — Classe mannequin — TV series (3 episodes) directed by Dominique Masson • 1996 — Sans mentir — TV film directed by Joyce Buñuel • 1997 — Un printemps de chien — TV film directed by Alain Tasma • 2000 — Most Promising Young Actress — $14.4 million — Directed by Gérard Jugnot • 2002 — L'envolé — TV film directed by Philippe Venault • 2005 — Je vous trouve très beau — Director & writer — $24.7 million — César Award for Best First Feature Film Nominated - César Award for Best Original Screenplay • 2007 — The Merry Widow — $22.7 million • 2010 — Donnant donnant — $4.5 million
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3154982: Isabelle Mergault
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- “Isabelle Mergault”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Un escargot tout chaud par Isabelle Mergault, The French Review, 2018
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2018
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- 1.Isabelle Mergault. www.allocine.fr.
- 2.Isabelle Mergault, réalisatrice, comédienne et chroniqueuse, est morte à l'âge de 67 ans. Le Monde. 20 March 2026.
- 3.Voyage À Rome (1992) - JPBox-Office.
- 4.Meilleur Espoir féminin (2000) - JPBox-Office.
- 5.Je vous trouve très beau (2006) - JPBox-Office.
- 6.Enfin veuve (2008) - JPBox-Office.
- 7.Donnant, Donnant (2010) - JPBox-Office.
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