Kalthoum Sarrai
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Kalthoum Sarrai was a Tunisia
n-born French
, television presenter, anchorwoman and television personality. She was known to many French and Belgian television viewers for her role in the French version of Super Nanny, which began airing on M6 on 1 February 2005.
Sarrai was born in Tunis
, Tunisia
, on 25 September 1962, as one of seven children. She moved to France
in 1979, where she studied child psychology before pursuing a successful career as an anchorwoman and television presenter. She was the anchorwoman of M6's main news program, which shares the same name as the channel. Sarrai also authored three books, including an autobiography
.
She began appearing on the French version of Super Nanny in 2005. The show, in which she taught parents basic child care and parenting
techniques, attracted 3.7 million viewers in Belgium
and France, making her a familiar personality on M6.
Kalthoum Sarrai died in Paris
on Tuesday 19 January 2010, of cancer at the age of 47. She was buried in Tunis
.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n-born French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, television presenter, anchorwoman and television personality. She was known to many French and Belgian television viewers for her role in the French version of Super Nanny, which began airing on M6 on 1 February 2005.
Sarrai was born in Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, on 25 September 1962, as one of seven children. She moved to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1979, where she studied child psychology before pursuing a successful career as an anchorwoman and television presenter. She was the anchorwoman of M6's main news program, which shares the same name as the channel. Sarrai also authored three books, including an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
.
She began appearing on the French version of Super Nanny in 2005. The show, in which she taught parents basic child care and parenting
Parenting
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...
techniques, attracted 3.7 million viewers in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and France, making her a familiar personality on M6.
Kalthoum Sarrai died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on Tuesday 19 January 2010, of cancer at the age of 47. She was buried in Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
.