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Claire Maurier | |
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| Born | Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon 27 March 1929 Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1947–2013 |
Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; 27 March 1929) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 films since 1947.
Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on 27 March 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 . [1] [2] [3] 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. [4] 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). [1] [2] 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 .
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1947 | Un sourire dans la nature | The woman | Émile Couzinet | Short |
| 1951 | Ce coquin d'Anatole | Germaine de la Boëtie | Émile Couzinet (2) | |
| 1952 | Rayés des vivants | A girl | Maurice Cloche | |
| 1953 | The Beauty of Cadiz | Alexandrine Dupont | Raymond Bernard & Eusebio Fernández Ardavín | |
| A Caprice of Darling Caroline | Jeannette | Jean-Devaivre | ||
| Les vacances finissent demain | Anne-Marie | Yvan Noé | ||
| 1956 | The Adventures of Gil Blas | Paquita | Ricardo Muñoz Suay & René Jolivet | |
| Ce soir les jupons volent | The model | Dimitri Kirsanoff | ||
| L'amour est quelque part | Lili | Gaston Schoukens | ||
| Énigmes de l'histoire | Stellio Lorenzi | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| Trente-Six Chandelles | Nana | Marcel Cravenne | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1957 | La Parisienne | Caroline Herblay | Michel Boisrond | |
| 1958 | Le Dos au mur | Ghislaine | Édouard Molinaro | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Geneviève Bourgoin | Claude Loursais | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows | Gilberte Doinel | François Truffaut | |
| En votre âme et conscience | Jean Prat | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 1960 | Une fille pour l'été | Viviane | Édouard Molinaro (2) | |
| Une gueule comme la mienne | Claire Médina-Etiévant | Frédéric Dard | ||
| Les canailles | June Chalmers | Maurice Labro | ||
| 1961 | Daniella by Night | Esmerelda | Max Pécas | |
| Les livreurs | Bedelia | Jean Girault | ||
| Fuga desesperada | Marina Larsen | Robert Vernay & José Antonio de la Loma | ||
| On vous écrira | François Chatel | TV Movie | ||
| La caméra explore le temps | Albine de Montholon | Guy Lessertisseur | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1962 | Douce violence | Claire | Max Pécas (2) | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Hélène | Claude Loursais (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête | Madame Garnier / Meyer | Marcel Bluwal & Jean Laviron | TV Series (2 Episodes) | |
| 1963 | La Cuisine au Beurre | Christiane Colombey | Gilles Grangier | |
| 1964 | Requiem pour un caïd | Jeannette Sorel | Maurice Cloche (2) | |
| 325 000 Francs | Cordélia | Jean Prat (2) | TV Movie | |
| Vol 272 | Laura | Jean-Jacques Vierne & Michio Koga | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1965 | Marvelous Angelique | Ninon de l'Enclos | Bernard Borderie | |
| Quand passent les faisans | Micheline Camus | Édouard Molinaro (3) | ||
| Don Quixote | The Duchess | Carlo Rim, Jacques Bourdon & Louis Grospierre | TV Mini-Series | |
| Bob Morane | Elsa | Robert Vernay (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1966 | Sacrés fantômes | Stellio Lorenzi (2) | TV Movie | |
| Les fables de La Fontaine | Eva | Hervé Bromberger | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Vive la vie | Esther | Joseph Drimal | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1968 | Bouclage | Cécile | Alain Boudet | TV Movie |
| Le théâtre de la jeunesse | Sister Marguerite | Eric Le Hung & Jacques Trébouta | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1969 | A Very Curious Girl | Irène | Nelly Kaplan | |
| Laure | Sabine | Moshé Mizrahi | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Allô police | Françoise Vernon | Adonis Kyrou | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1970 | Le service des affaires classées | Catherine | Yannick Andréi | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1971 | Quentin Durward | Marion | Gilles Grangier (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1973 | Le gang des otages | Nelly Cerutti | Édouard Molinaro (4) | |
| L'espion dormant | Doris | Agnès Delarive | TV Movie | |
| Témoignages | Madame Léonore | Jean-Marie Périer | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Le provocateur | Suzanne Ternant | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Les Mohicans de Paris | Léonore | Gilles Grangier (3) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1974 | Impossible Is Not French | Mauricette Brisset | Robert Lamoureux | |
| La conciliation ou anatomie d'un otage | Cécile | Alain Boudet (2) | TV Movie | |
| Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui | Sophie Rambaud | Michel Fermaud | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1975 | Erreurs judiciaires | Maïté Legrand | Jean Laviron (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1976 | Trois de coeur | Baroness Crowns | Roger Andrieux | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1977 | Banlieue Sud-Est | Gilles Grangier (4) | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Simone Deblon | Édouard Molinaro (5) | |
| The Little Wheedlers | Sophie's mother | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Armance Dupon | Jean Larriaga | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1979 | La ville des silences | Muriel | Jean Marboeuf | |
| Les trois mousquetaires | Anne of Austria | Pierre Neel | TV Movie | |
| Les amours de la belle époque | Mathilde | Agnès Delarive (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Cinéma 16 | Valérie Krebbs | Jean Marboeuf (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1980 | A Bad Son | Madeleine | Claude Sautet | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Il n'y a plus de héros au numéro que vous demandez | The antiquarian | Pierre Chabartier | TV Movie | |
| 1981 | Ange, gardien | Madame de Castro | Joseph Drimal (2) | TV Movie |
| Pause-café | The director | Serge Leroy | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1983 | Itinéraire bis | Marthe | Christian Drillaud | |
| Vous habitez chez vos parents? | Alice Martell | Michel Fermaud (2) | ||
| Dessin sur un trottoir | Josepha | Maurice Cloche (3) | TV Movie | |
| Merci Sylvestre | The psy | Serge Korber | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1985 | Blanche et Marie | The neighbor | Jacques Renard | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Jeanne Vermont | Jean-Jacques Goron | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Le vent du large | Constance | Marlène Bertin | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1987 | La liberté Stéphanie | Madame Darsonville | Marlène Bertin (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1988 | Loft story | Suzy | Stéphane Bertin & Boramy Tioulong | TV Series (2 Episodes) |
| 1989 | Cinéma 16 | Clotilde | Jean Larriaga (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1994 | Chêques en boîte | Odette | Nicolas Gessner | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Family Resemblances | Madame Ménard | Cédric Klapisch | |
| Les chiens ne font pas des chats | Mamouchka | Ariel Zeitoun | TV Movie | |
| 1998 | Riches, belles, etc. | The tawny woman | Bunny Godillot | |
| Jean-Michel | The mother | Alexandre Zanetti | Short | |
| 1999 | L'homme de ma vie | Nelly | Stéphane Kurc | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Madame Suzanne | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| Un homme à défendre | Denise Cassenti | Laurent Dussaux | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | The old lady | Laurent Baffie | |
| La petite prairie aux bouleaux | Ginette [5] | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | ||
| 2004 | Nuit noire | The mother | Daniel Colas | |
| Illustre inconnue | Jocelyne | Marc Fitoussi | Short | |
| 2005 | Granny Boom | Grandma | Christiane Lehérissey | TV Movie |
| Faites comme chez vous | Maryse Berthelot | Several | TV Series (19 Episodes) | |
| 2006 | Les ambitieux | Madame Zahn | Catherine Corsini | |
| Le héros de la famille | Colette | Thierry Klifa | ||
| 2007 | La Vie d'artiste | Jocelyne | Marc Fitoussi (2) | |
| Supergranny.com | Françoise | Christiane Lehérissey (2) | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Section de recherches | Tatiana de Clausade | Olivier Barma | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2010 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | Jacqueline | Jean Becker | |
| Coursier | The expert | Hervé Renoh | ||
| 2012 | La guerre du Royal Palace | Hortense Verdier | Claude-Michel Rome | TV Movie |
| 2013 | La Famille Katz | Milly | Arnauld Mercadier | TV Series (6 Episodes) |
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
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| 1952 | Sans cérémonie | Jacques Vilfrid & Jean Girault | Pierre Mondy | |
| 1954 | Lysistrata | Aristophanes & Maurice Donnay | Raymond Hermantier | |
| 1955 | Elle est folle, Carole | Jean de Létraz | Simone de Létraz | |
| 1956 | Virginie | Michel André | Christian-Gérard | |
| 1957 | Le monsieur qui a perdu ses clefs | Michel Perrin | Raymond Gérôme | |
| 1959 | De sept heures à sept heures | Guillaume Hanoteau , Philippe Georges & R. C. Sherriff | Max Mégy | |
| 1960 | Le Comportement des époux Bredburry | François Billetdoux | François Billetdoux | |
| 1962 | Château en Suède [6] | Françoise Sagan | André Barsacq | |
| 1968 | La brune que voilà | Robert Lamoureux | Robert Lamoureux | |
| 1969 | Cash-Cash | Anthony Marriott & Alistair Foot | Michel Vocoret | |
| 1970 | Une poignée d'orties | Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon | Jacques-Henri Duval | |
| 1971 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Tennessee Williams | André Barsacq (2) | |
| 1972 | Duos sur canapé | Marc Camoletti | Marc Camoletti | |
| 1976 | Le coeur sous le paillasson | Kay Bannerman & Harold Brooke | Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| 1978 | Les Filles | Jean Marsan | Jean Marsan | |
| 1979 | C'est à c't'heure ci que tu rentres ? | Michel Fermaud | Jean-Luc Moreau (2) | |
| 1981 | L'amant de Bornéo | Roger Ferdinand & José Germain | José Germain | |
| 1981-84 | La vie est trop courte | André Roussin | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1985-86 | La Berlue | Jean-Jacques Bricaire & Maurice Lasaygues | René Clermont | |
| 1990-92 | Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling | Stéphane Hillel | |
| 1992 | Marie Tudor | Victor Hugo | Jean-Renaud Garcia | |
| 1993 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tennessee Williams | Michel Fagadau (2) | |
| 1994 | Family Resemblances | Jean-Pierre Bacri & Agnès Jaoui | Stephan Meldegg | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2004 | Crise de mères | Martial Courcier | Éric Le Roch | |
| 2006-08 | Toc toc | Laurent Baffie | Laurent Baffie | |
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