Actress Biyouna has died | Premiere.fr
The Algerian actress had left her mark on French comedy. She was 73 years old.
She was a well-known face of French comedy.
Algerian actress Biyouna died this Tuesday from lung cancer. She was 73 years old.
The Algerian channel Ennahar TV specifies that the actress returned to Beni Messous hospital in Algiers on November 4: “She was first admitted to Beni Messous hospital in the pulmonology department, before being transferred to Aïnoum hospital in the capital. The actress Baya Bouzar (her real name, editor’s note) suffered from acute respiratory distress, in addition to difficulty properly oxygenating her brain due to a drop in her respiratory capacity. She also suffered from complications related to the cancer she had suffered from since 2016.
Real name Baya Bouzar, Biyouna was an unclassifiable figure on the Franco-Algerian scene, appearing in cinema, television and singing with the energy that characterized her.
Revealed in 1973 in the soap opera The Big Housewhere her character of Fatma became cult in Algeria, she then established herself in the cinema in Madame Osmane’s Harem, Viva Laldjérie or even Délice Palomawhere she portrays an unforgettable Madame Aldjeria. In France, she became known to the general public through popular comedies and had some big successes with The Three Brothers: The Return — its biggest success in theaters with more than 2.2 million admissions — or Neuilly his mother, his mother!without forgetting The Source of Women by Radu Mihaileanu. His last notable role dates back to 2018 in The Belleville Copalongside Omar Sy.
