72 springs for Evelyne Leclercq. This July 11 is a symbolic date for the former ORTF speaker who is celebrating her birthday. From her beginnings on television between the 1960s and 1970s, she became a leading face of animation among the French.
Many viewers follow Evelyne Leclercq when she arrives on TF1 where she officiates as an announcer. Many of you will also remember the programs she co-hosted such as the French Song Contest for Eurovision (with Yves Lecoq between 1976-1977), Turn manège (with Fabienne Egal and Simone Garnier from 1985 to 1993) or even Intervilles (with Guy Lux and Denise Fabre in 1991).
With this notoriety, Evelyne Leclercq was a popular figure on the small screen. A popularity that has turned the personal life of the presenter upside down. From her first union with the host Jacques Olive, “a marriage of convenience to please our two families”, she will say in France Sunday, supported by Gala, she becomes the mother of a girl named Céline, born in 1972, stayed out of the spotlight.
“She always wanted to remain discreet. My daughter is someone very discreet”, confided in particular the ex-host to Faustine Bollaert in April 2022 in It starts today on France 2. “For example, in high school, she categorically refused to let me accompany him. So I had to stay 50 meters from the door so that I wouldn’t be seen. It was forbidden to enter the courtyard”.
However, the singer and ex-member of the Big heads admitted to having a very close relationship with her offspring. “My daughter is my double, my friend, my sister, my mother and my daughter. She is everything to me! I am very proud of her”, according to remarks made to the magazine Jour de France in 2014. And the family c is sacred for the former star of the PAF.
Now retired from the air, Evelyne Leclercq is the proud grandmother of three grandchildren. “I see Tom, Benjamin and Ondine as often as possible. I find it difficult to spend more than two months without seeing them. With them, I do everything! Skiing, tennis”, assured the eternal bachelor to our colleagues . “We laugh! I gave them a taste for music and theater”, according to comments relayed by the Purepeople.com site.
Despite her absence from the small screen, Evelyne Leclercq gives her news on social networks and shares rare snapshots with those close to her. Planet gives you his family album in pictures.
