Death of actress and humorist Sylvie Joly – Le Figaro

DISAPPEARANCE – Reaching Parkinson’s disease for several years, the actress died Friday at age 80, said her husband told AFP <. /> p>

The actress and humorist Sylvie Joly, with Parkinson’s disease for several years, died Friday at the age of 80 years, announced his husband AFP.

“Sylvie was suffering from severe Parkinson’s disease, which is not necessarily fatal. She died of heart failure late in the night at our home in Paris, “said Pierre Vitry. Sylvie Joly was first a lawyer before turning to comic career, with one woman show where it stood out by a ferocious humor.

Going Places Bertrand Blier Jean-Pierre Mocky ( The Miraculé, Agent Trouble ) through Claude Lelouch with whom she toured Les Miserables , not forgetting The Visitors 2 the corridors of time , the comic actress with undeniable talent has an impressive filmography. It was even nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miraculé his friend Mocky.

There are 4 years old, his autobiography C ‘ your real name? , Sylvie Joly public made her neurodegenerative disease irreversible, and wanted by this revelation, within days of his 76 years, help to make it better known.

Even ill, she had kept her comic vein: “While driving on a paved bike path, I can not help but put twenty times the dismount. “Is what you’ve forgotten whether cycling,” tell me my companions (…) I consult, and general specialist, a grave diagnosis: Parkinson syndrome. As the sky was still threatening to fall on the head of the Gauls!

“Rest assured it’s not contagious!”, Had indicated him as a specialist. “Ah, it’s still a crap!” Allegedly replied Sylvie Joly has nevertheless assured the final performances of his show The Best of and the film L’Auberge Red Gérard Krawczyk in 2007.