Occupation Actress Years active 1951-present | Name Claire Maurier Role Actress | |
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Born 27 March 1929 (age 95) ( 1929-03-27 ) Ceret, France Nominations Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress, Moliere Award for Best Supporting Actress Movies Similar People Albert Remy, Guy Decomble, Jean‑Pierre Leaud, Serge Merlin, Lorella Cravotta | ||
Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; March 27, 1929) is a César Award-winning French actress. She has appeared in more than ninety films since 1947.
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Life and career
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 south-west 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 Doniel, 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 won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for A Bad Son. She played Madeleine, a seductive yet old 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 went on to become 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.
Filmography
Actress
2013
La famille Katz (TV Series) as
Milly
- Un aller simple (2013) - Milly
- Pièces rapportées (2013) - Milly
- Tout sur la mère (2013) - Milly
- Sentiments Mitigés (2013) - Milly
- Bonne Année (2013) - Milly
- Joyeux Noël (2013) - Milly
2012
La guerre du Royal Palace (TV Movie) as
Hortense Verdier
2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte as
Jacqueline Chazes - La mère de Germain
2010
Coursier as
L'experte
2009
Research Unit (TV Series) as
Tatiana de Clausade
- L'enfance de l'art (2009) - Tatiana de Clausade
2008
TOC TOC (TV Movie) as
Marie
2007
Supergranny.com (TV Movie) as
Grand-mère Françoise
2007
La vie d'artiste as
Jocelyne - l'agent d'Alice
2007
Souffrance (Video) as
Jacqueline
2006
Le héros de la famille as
Colette
2006
Les ambitieux as
Mme Zahn, la mère de Judith
2005
Granny Boom (TV Movie) as
Grand-mère
2005
Faites comme chez vous (TV Series) as
Maryse Berthelot
- La faim justifie les moyens (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Tout doit disparaître (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Y'a t'il un flic pour sauver l'immeuble (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Va y'avoir du sport! (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- La vérité si je vends! (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Un ascenseur nommé désir (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Les nouveaux voisins (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- La bague au doigt (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Douche froide (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Petite soirée entre ennemis (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Ze concierge (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Le loto, la truffe et le truand (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Bail à dé- céder (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Carton rose (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Les envahisseurs (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Sexe, mensonges- et coming-out (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Poubelle Connexion (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Tapage nocturne (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
- Bienvenue en enfer (2005) - Maryse Berthelot
2004
Nuit noire as
La mère
2004
Illustre inconnue (Short) as
Jocelyne, l'agent artistique
2003
Les clefs de bagnole as
La vieille dame dans le parc
2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow as
Ginette
2001
Les deux vieilles dames et l'Accordeur (Short)
2001
Amélie as
Madame Suzanne - la patronne du café
2001
Un homme à défendre (TV Movie) as
Denise Cassenti
1999
Man of My Life as
Nelly
1998
Jean-Michel (Short) as
La mère
1998
Riches, belles, etc. as
La femme fauve
1996
Family Resemblances as
Madame Ménard - la mère
1996
Les chiens ne font pas des chats (TV Movie) as
Mamouchka
1994
Chêques en boîte (TV Movie) as
Odette
1992
Coiffure pour dames (TV Movie) as
Malou
1978
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) as
Clotilde / Valérie Krebbs / Armance Dupon
- Adieu Don Juan (1989) - Clotilde
- Les jardins secrets (1979) - Valérie Krebbs
- Le rabat-joie (1978) - Armance Dupon
1988
Loft story (TV Series) as
Suzy
1987
La liberté Stéphanie (TV Series) as
Mme Darsonville
1986
La berlue (TV Movie) as
Mathilde
1958
Les cinq dernières minutes (TV Series) as
Jeanne Vermont / Hélène / Geneviève Bourgoin
- Histoire d'os (1985) - Jeanne Vermont
- C'était écrit- (1962) - Hélène
- Un sang d'encre (1958) - Geneviève Bourgoin
1985
Le vent du large (TV Series) as
Constance
1985
Blanche and Marie as
La Voisine (uncredited)
1970
Au théâtre ce soir (TV Series) as
Cécile / Régine / Paula / ...
- La vie est trop courte (1984) - Cécile
- L'amant de Bornéo (1981) - Régine
- Les filles (1977) - Paula
- Le coeur sous le paillasson (1976) - Lise
- Cash-Cash (1971) - Caroline Sinclair
- La brune que voilà (1970) - Christine
1983
Vous habitez chez vos parents? as
Alice Martell
1983
Dessin sur un trottoir (TV Movie) as
Josepha
1983
Side Roads as
Marthe
1983
Merci Sylvestre (TV Series) as
La psy
- Le psychothérapunk (1983) - La psy
1982
Joëlle Mazart (TV Mini Series) as
Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.6 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.5 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.4 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Mme Chemaye, la proviseure
1981
Ange, gardien (TV Movie) as
Mme de Castro
1980
Il n'y a plus de héros au numéro que vous demandez (TV Movie) as
L'antiquaire
1980
A Bad Son as
Madeleine
1979
C'est à c't'heure-ci que tu rentres? (TV Movie) as
La mère
1979
La ville des silences as
Muriel
1979
Les amours de la belle époque (TV Series) as
Mathilde
- Le mariage de Chiffon (1979) - Mathilde
1979
The Three Musketeers or Fencing Does Not Pay (TV Movie) as
Anne d'Autriche / La supérieure
1978
La Cage aux Folles as
Simone Deblon
1978
Les petits câlins as
Mère de Sophie
1977
Banlieue Sud-Est (TV Mini Series) as
Rose
- La source (1977) - Rose
1976
Erreurs judiciaires (TV Series) as
Maïté Legrand
- Un mystère insoluble dans l'alcool (1976) - Maïté Legrand
1976
3 de coeur (TV Series) as
La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.25 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.24 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.23 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.22 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.21 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.20 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
- Episode #1.19 (1976) - La baronne des Couronnes
1975
Les Mohicans de Paris (TV Series) as
Léonore
- Episode #2.5 (1975) - Léonore
- Episode #2.3 (1975) - Léonore
1974
Impossible... pas français as
Mauricette Brisset
1974
La conciliation ou anatomie d'un otage (TV Movie) as
Cécile
1973
Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui (TV Series) as
Sophie Rambaud
- Episode #1.11 (1973) - Sophie Rambaud
- Episode #1.10 (1973) - Sophie Rambaud
- Episode #1.9 (1973) - Sophie Rambaud
1973
L'espion dormant (TV Movie) as
Doris
1973
Le provocateur (TV Series) as
Suzanne Ternant
1973
The Hostage Gang as
Nelly Cerutti
1973
Témoignages (TV Series) as
Mme Léonore
- La consultation (1973) - Mme Léonore
1971
Quentin Durward (TV Series) as
Marion
1970
Le service des affaires classées (TV Series) as
Catherine
- Le bonheur parfait (1970) - Catherine
1966
Vive la vie (TV Series) as
Esther Vincent / Esther Mercier
1969
A Very Curious Girl as
Irène
1969
Laure (TV Series) as
Sabine
1969
Allô police (TV Series) as
Françoise Vernon
- Au diable la malice (1969) - Françoise Vernon
1968
Le théâtre de la jeunesse (TV Series) as
Soeur Marguerite
- Ambroise Paré (1968) - Soeur Marguerite
1968
Bouclage (TV Movie) as
Cécile
1966
Sacrés fantômes (TV Movie)
1966
Les fables de La Fontaine (TV Series) as
Eva
- Les animaux malades de la peste (1966) - Eva
1965
Promenade en landau (TV Movie) as
Dolly Evans
1965
Don Quijote von der Mancha (TV Mini Series) as
Die Herzogin / Herzogin
- Teil 4 (1965) - Die Herzogin
- Teil 3 (1965) - Die Herzogin
- Teil 2 (1965) - Die Herzogin
- Teil 1 (1965) - Herzogin
1965
When the Pheasants Pass as
Micheline Camus
1965
Merveilleuse Angélique as
Ninon de Lenclos
1965
Bob Morane (TV Series) as
Elsa
- Rafales en méditerranée (1965) - Elsa
1964
325 000 Francs (TV Movie) as
Cordélia
1964
Requiem pour un caïd as
Jeannette Sorel
1964
Vol 272 (TV Mini Series) as
Laura
1963
My Wife's Husband as
Christiane Colombey - ex Jouvin, la femme d'André
1962
L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (TV Series) as
Mme Garnier / Mme Meyer
- Feu Monsieur Serley (1962) - Mme Garnier
- Vengeance (1962) - Mme Meyer
1962
Sweet Violence as
Claire
1961
On vous écrira (TV Movie)
1961
Les livreurs as
Bédélia
1961
La caméra explore le temps (TV Series) as
Albine de Montholon
- Le drame de Sainte-Hélène (1961) - Albine de Montholon
1961
Daniella by Night as
Esmerelda
1961
Fuga desesperada as
Marina
1960
Rendezvous as
Claire Médina-Etiévant
1960
A Mistress for the Summer as
Viviane
1960
Les canailles as
June Chalmers
1959
The 400 Blows as
Gilberte Doinel - la mère d'Antoine
1959
En votre âme et conscience (TV Series) as
Marguerite Steinheil
- L'affaire Steinheil (1959) - Marguerite Steinheil
1958
Back to the Wall as
Ghislaine
1957
La Parisienne as
Caroline Herblay
1956
Ce soir les jupons volent... as
Le mannequin espagnol
1956
Énigmes de l'histoire (TV Series)
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas as
Paquita
1956
L'amour est quelque part as
Lili
1953
La belle de Cadix as
Alexandrine Dupont
1953
Les vacances finissent demain as
Anne-Marie
1953
Caroline Cherie as
Jeannette - la camériste de Caroline
1952
Rayés des vivants as
Une fille
1951
Ce coquin d'Anatole as
Germaine de la Boëtie
1947
Un sourire dans la nature (Short)
Self
2013
Un jour, un destin (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- André Bourvil, la rage de vaincre (2013) - Self
2004
La fiancée du pirate: Nelly Kaplan raconte (Video documentary short) as
Self
1985
L'académie des 9 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 29 April 1985 (1985) - Self
1981
Midi-Première (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 October 1981 (1981) - Self
1960
Réveillon surprise (TV Special) as
Self (segment "Le pays merveilleux")
1959
Reflets de Cannes (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 May 1959 (1959) - Self
1956
Trente-Six Chandelles (TV Series) as
Nana
- Episode dated 10 December 1956 (1956) - Nana
Archive Footage
2016
Invitation au voyage (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #1.685 - Self
1985
Vivement Truffaut (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Gilberte
References
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