Claire Maurier
Acting • Born 1929-03-27
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
Movie • 1959
Gilberte Doinel
Amélie
Movie • 2001
Suzanne
La Cage aux Folles
Movie • 1978
Simone Deblon
Blanche and Marie
Movie • 1985
Neighbor (uncredited)
Le Rabat-joie
Movie • 1978
Armance Dupon
Family Resemblances
Movie • 1996
La mère
A Bad Son
Movie • 1980
Madeleine
Take Me As I Am
Movie • 1960
June Chalmers
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Movie • 2010
La mère
A Very Curious Girl
Movie • 1969
Irène
My Wife's Husband
Movie • 1963
Christiane Colombey
The Car Keys
Movie • 2003
Old lady in the park
When the Pheasants Pass
Movie • 1965
Micheline Camus
Ambitious
Movie • 2007
Mme Zahn
This Rascal of Anatole
Movie • 1952
Germaine de la Boëtie
Family Hero
Movie • 2006
Colette
Rayés des vivants
Movie • 1952
A girl
La Vie d'artiste
Movie • 2007
l'agent d'Alice
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Movie • 1953
Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
Back to the Wall
Movie • 1958
Ghislaine
La belle de Cadix
Movie • 1953
Alexandrine Dupont
TOC TOC
Movie • 2008
Marie
Cash-Cash
Movie • 1971
Caroline Sinclair
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Movie • 1965
Ninon de Lenclos
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Movie • 1983
Alice Martell
Les vacances finissent demain
Movie • 1953
The Hostage Gang
Movie • 1973
Nelly Cerutti
Daniella by Night
Movie • 1961
Esmerelda
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Movie • 1956
Paquita
Les Livreurs
Movie • 1961
Bédélia
Sweet Ecstasy
Movie • 1962
Claire
Requiem pour un caïd
Movie • 1964
Jeannette Sorel
A Mistress for the Summer
Movie • 1960
Viviane
Paris Express
Movie • 2010
L'experte
La Parisienne
Movie • 1957
Caroline Herblay
Side Roads
Movie • 1983
Marthe
The City of Silences
Movie • 1979
Muriel
La Berlue
Movie • 1986
Mathilde
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Movie • 1976
Lise
La vie est trop courte
Movie • 1984
Cécile
Les Filles
Movie • 1977
Paula
L'Amant de Bornéo
Movie • 1981
Régine
La Brune que voilà
Movie • 1970
Christine
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Movie • 2012
Hortense Verdier
Rendezvous
Movie • 1960
Claire Médina-Etiévant
Desperate Flight
Movie • 1961
Marina Larsen
Impossible Is Not French
Movie • 1974
Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Movie • 2003
Ginette
Don Quijote
Movie • 1965
Die Herzogin
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Movie • 1956
Le mannequin espagnol
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
Movie • 2001
Appelez-moi Fouks
Movie • 1986
Stella
Granny boom
Movie • 2006
Grand-mère
Man of My Life
Movie • 1999
Nelly
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
Christine
Pause-café
TV • 1981
Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
La Famille Katz
TV • 2013
Milly Cohen
Vive la vie
TV • 1966
Esther
Don Quijote von der Mancha
TV • 1965
Die Herzogin / la duchesse
Loft story
TV • 1988
Suzy
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Jeanne Vermont
Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
TV • 1956
Quentin Durward
TV • 1971
Marion