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name: "Marie-Claude Heys"
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fi1m_id: "marie-claude-heys"
imdb_id: "nm10921607"
tmdb_id: 2529656
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reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:54:51.677686+00:00"
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# Marie-Claude Heys

## Identity

Marie-Claude Heys

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marie-claude-heys
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marie-claude-heys
- **IMDb ID:** nm10921607
- **TMDB ID:** 2529656
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10921607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2529656

Actor. Born in Brest, Brittany, France.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10921607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2529656

## Biography

Marie-Claude Heys (also known as Marie-Claude Kieffer Heys) is a French sailor who competed in several all-female crews in ocean races. Born in Brest, Brittany, she began sailing as a child and entered single-handed and crewed events from the early 1980s, including the Figaro race and the Tour de France à la Voile.

In 1986 she joined the yacht *Maiden* as first mate during its preparation for the Whitbread Round the World Race. She later raced the Whitbread on *Heineken* (1993–94) and *EF Education* (1997–98). Heys appears as herself in the 2019 documentary *Maiden*, which recounts the original all-female campaign. After retiring from professional sailing she co-founded Key Yachting in Hamble, UK.

*Sources: themaidenfactor.org, s3.amazonaws.com, moviemeter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Maiden* (2019), Fi1m 80, as Herself — [page](https://film.one/film/maiden.md)

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