Sotha
Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer. Her real name is Catherine Sigaux. She was one of the founders of the Café de la Gare where she acted and co-wrote many of the plays.
Also recorded as Sotha Dumoulin · Catherine Sigaux · Catherine Marie Pierrette Sigaux
Sotha

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- Name
- Sotha
- Birth Name
- Catherine Sigaux
- Occupation
- Actress, playwright, screenwriter, director, composer
- Birthplace
- Rozay-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne
- Born
- 1944
- Spouse
- * Romain Bouteille Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer.
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer. Her real name is Catherine Sigaux. She was one of the founders of the Café de la Gare where she acted and co-wrote many of the plays.
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She was twice married, both times to fellow actors from the Café de la Gare, first to Romain Bouteille, and then for 11 years to Patrick Dewaere. She is the daughter of novelist and journalist Gilbert Sigaux. In 1981 Sotha published a novel in comic book format whose title roughly translates as "Look to the sky, it's going to rain." In 2002, she wrote a play, Le Brave Soldat Chvéïk s'en va au Ciel (The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven), based on the famous satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek.
• Name — Sotha • Birth Name — Catherine Sigaux • Occupation — Actress, playwright, screenwriter, director, composer • Birthplace — Rozay-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne • Born — 1944 • Spouse — * Romain Bouteille Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer. Her real name is Catherine Sigaux. She was one of the founders of the Café de la Gare where she acted and co-wrote many of the plays. She was twice married, both times to fellow actors from the Café de la Gare, first to Romain Bouteille, and then for 11 years to Patrick Dewaere. She is the daughter of novelist and journalist Gilbert Sigaux. In 1981 Sotha published a novel in comic book format whose title roughly translates as "Look to the sky, it's going to rain." In 2002, she wrote a play, Le Brave Soldat Chvéïk s'en va au Ciel (The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven), based on the famous satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek.
Actress
Actress
• Themroc (directed by Claude Faraldo, 1973) • Le Graphique de Boscop (directed by Georges Dumoulin and Sotha, 1976) • Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine (directed by Coluche and Marc Monnet, 1977) • Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres (directed by Raymond Lewin, 1978) • Les Diplômés du dernier rang (directed by Christian Gion, 1982) • Cross (directed by Philippe Setbon, 1987) • Patrick Dewaere (as herself in a documentary directed by Marc Esposito, 1992)
Director
Director
• Au long de rivière Fango (1974) • Les matous sont romantiques (1974) • Le graphique de boscop (co-directed with Georges Dumoulin, 1976) • Pas besoin de valises (short film, 1983) • Les œufs sur le plat (short film, 1984) • Tant pis si je meurs (1988)
Writer
• Mon bel amour, ma déchirure (directed by José Pinheiro, 1987) • La Chica (directed by Bruno Gantillon, 1996)
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- 1.Entretien avec Jacky Sigaux. theatre-danse.fluctuat.net.
- 2.Anthony. Palou. Sotha ou la mémoire vive du Café de la Gare. Le Figaro. 2023-10-25. 2025-01-25.
- 3.Sandrine. Blanchard. Théâtre : le Café de la Gare revoit des nains partout. Le Monde. 2019-06-13. 2025-01-25.
- 4.Jean-Luc. Jeener. L'art de Sotha dans le cadre idéal du Café de la Gare. Le Figaro. 2018-11-22. 2025-01-25.
- 5.CAFÉ DE LA GARE - Paris THEATREonline.com. www.theatreonline.com.
- 6.Télérama, 19 avril 2017 : “Au long de rivière Fango” : l'amour libre version 68 a son film
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