Claire Maurier

Claire Maurier

Acting • Born 1929-03-27

Acting1Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

Biography

Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; March 27, 1929) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 films since 1947. Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on March 27, 1929 in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, which is in the southwest of France. She started her acting career in small film roles at the end of the 1940s. Her first 'main' role came when she portrayed Gilberte Doinel, the mother of the main character in François Truffaut's 1959 film The 400 Blows. Another notable early role of hers was as Christiane Colombey, the bigamist wife of the main character in the 1963 film La Cuisine au beurre. In 1978, she had a notable role in Édouard Molinaro's film La Cage aux Folles as Simone. In 1981, she was nominated the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for A Bad Son. She played Madeleine, a seductive older woman. In 2001, she gained international recognition when she starred as Mme. Suzanne, the owner of the Café des 2 Moulins, the Montmartre bistro where the titular character Amélie Poulain works as a waitress in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain). The film became the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States. The film won four César Awards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards. In 2005, she starred as Maryse Berthelot in the French comedy series Faites comme chez vous!. In 2010, she played the neglectful mother of Gérard Dépardieu's character Germain in Jean Becker's film My Afternoons with Margueritte. Source: Article "Claire Maurier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

64 credits
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

Movie • 1959

Gilberte Doinel

Amélie

Amélie

Movie • 2001

Suzanne

La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles

Movie • 1978

Simone Deblon

Blanche and Marie

Blanche and Marie

Movie • 1985

Neighbor (uncredited)

Le Rabat-joie

Le Rabat-joie

Movie • 1978

Armance Dupon

Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

Movie • 1996

La mère

A Bad Son

A Bad Son

Movie • 1980

Madeleine

Take Me As I Am

Take Me As I Am

Movie • 1960

June Chalmers

My Afternoons with Margueritte

My Afternoons with Margueritte

Movie • 2010

La mère

A Very Curious Girl

A Very Curious Girl

Movie • 1969

Irène

My Wife's Husband

My Wife's Husband

Movie • 1963

Christiane Colombey

The Car Keys

The Car Keys

Movie • 2003

Old lady in the park

When the Pheasants Pass

When the Pheasants Pass

Movie • 1965

Micheline Camus

Ambitious

Ambitious

Movie • 2007

Mme Zahn

This Rascal of Anatole

This Rascal of Anatole

Movie • 1952

Germaine de la Boëtie

Family Hero

Family Hero

Movie • 2006

Colette

Rayés des vivants

Rayés des vivants

Movie • 1952

A girl

La Vie d'artiste

La Vie d'artiste

Movie • 2007

l'agent d'Alice

A Caprice of Darling Caroline

A Caprice of Darling Caroline

Movie • 1953

Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid

Back to the Wall

Back to the Wall

Movie • 1958

Ghislaine

La belle de Cadix

La belle de Cadix

Movie • 1953

Alexandrine Dupont

TOC TOC

TOC TOC

Movie • 2008

Marie

Cash-Cash

Cash-Cash

Movie • 1971

Caroline Sinclair

Angelique: The Road To Versailles

Angelique: The Road To Versailles

Movie • 1965

Ninon de Lenclos

Vous habitez chez vos parents ?

Vous habitez chez vos parents ?

Movie • 1983

Alice Martell

Les vacances finissent demain

Les vacances finissent demain

Movie • 1953

The Hostage Gang

The Hostage Gang

Movie • 1973

Nelly Cerutti

Daniella by Night

Daniella by Night

Movie • 1961

Esmerelda

The Adventures of Gil Blas

The Adventures of Gil Blas

Movie • 1956

Paquita

Les Livreurs

Les Livreurs

Movie • 1961

Bédélia

Sweet Ecstasy

Sweet Ecstasy

Movie • 1962

Claire

Requiem pour un caïd

Requiem pour un caïd

Movie • 1964

Jeannette Sorel

A Mistress for the Summer

A Mistress for the Summer

Movie • 1960

Viviane

Paris Express

Paris Express

Movie • 2010

L'experte

La Parisienne

La Parisienne

Movie • 1957

Caroline Herblay

Side Roads

Side Roads

Movie • 1983

Marthe

The City of Silences

The City of Silences

Movie • 1979

Muriel

La Berlue

La Berlue

Movie • 1986

Mathilde

Le Cœur sous le paillasson

Le Cœur sous le paillasson

Movie • 1976

Lise

La vie est trop courte

La vie est trop courte

Movie • 1984

Cécile

Les Filles

Les Filles

Movie • 1977

Paula

L'Amant de Bornéo

L'Amant de Bornéo

Movie • 1981

Régine

La Brune que voilà

La Brune que voilà

Movie • 1970

Christine

La Guerre du Royal Palace

La Guerre du Royal Palace

Movie • 2012

Hortense Verdier

Rendezvous

Rendezvous

Movie • 1960

Claire Médina-Etiévant

Desperate Flight

Desperate Flight

Movie • 1961

Marina Larsen

Impossible Is Not French

Impossible Is Not French

Movie • 1974

Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis

The Birch-Tree Meadow

The Birch-Tree Meadow

Movie • 2003

Ginette

Don Quijote

Don Quijote

Movie • 1965

Die Herzogin

Tonight the Skirts Fly

Tonight the Skirts Fly

Movie • 1956

Le mannequin espagnol

Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur

Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur

Movie • 2001

Appelez-moi Fouks

Appelez-moi Fouks

Movie • 1986

Stella

Granny boom

Granny boom

Movie • 2006

Grand-mère

Man of My Life

Man of My Life

Movie • 1999

Nelly

At Theatre Tonight

At Theatre Tonight

TV • 1966

Christine

Pause-café

Pause-café

TV • 1981

Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.

Midi Première

Midi Première

TV • 1975

Self

La Famille Katz

La Famille Katz

TV • 2013

Milly Cohen

Vive la vie

Vive la vie

TV • 1966

Esther

Don Quijote von der Mancha

Don Quijote von der Mancha

TV • 1965

Die Herzogin / la duchesse

Loft story

Loft story

TV • 1988

Suzy

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

TV • 1958

Jeanne Vermont

Les Énigmes de l'Histoire

Les Énigmes de l'Histoire

TV • 1956

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

TV • 1971

Marion

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