Claire Maurier
Acteur
27 mars 1929 (97 ans)
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.
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.
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Filmographie
| 2013 | The Katz Family · as Milly Cohen |
| 2012 | La guerre du Royal Palace · as Hortense Verdier |
| 2010 | My Afternoons with Margueritte · as La Mère |
| 2010 | Coursier · as L'experte |
| 2008 | TOC TOC · as Marie |
| 2007 | Supergranny.com · as Grand-Mère Françoise |
| 2007 | La vie d'artiste · as L'agent D'alice |
| 2006 | So Ambitious · as Mme Zahn |
| 2006 | Family Hero · as Colette |
| 2006 | Granny boom · as Grand-Mère |
| 2006 | Research Unit · as Tatiana De Clausade |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Old Lady In The Park |
| 2003 | The Birch-Tree Meadow · as Ginette |
| 2001 | Amélie · as Suzanne |
| 1998 | Riches, belles, etc. · as La Femme Fauve |
| 1996 | Family Resemblances · as La Mère |
| 1985 | Blanche and Marie · as Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Vous habitez chez vos parents? · as Alice Martell |
| 1981 | Joëlle Mazart · as Mme Le Proviseur Du L.e.p. |
| 1980 | A Bad Son · as Madeleine |
| 1979 | La ville des silences · as Muriel |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles · as Simone DeblonSur Plex |
| 1978 | Les petits câlins · as Mère De Sophie |
| 1974 | Impossible Is Not French · as Mauricette Brisset, L'épouse De Louis |
| 1973 | The Hostage Gang · as Nelly Cerutti |
| 1971 | Quentin Durward · as Marion |
| 1969 | A Very Curious Girl · as Irène |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as Christine |
| 1965 | Don Quijote von der Mancha · as Die Herzogin / La Duchesse |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass · as Micheline Camus |
| 1965 | Merveilleuse Angélique · as Ninon De Lenclos |
| 1964 | Requiem pour un caïd · as Jeannette Sorel |
| 1963 | My Wife's Husband · as Christiane Colombey |
| 1962 | Sweet Violence · as Claire |
| 1961 | Daniella by Night · as Esmerelda |
| 1960 | The Youth Theater · as Soeur Marguerite |
| 1960 | A Mistress for the Summer · as Viviane |
| 1960 | Les canailles · as June Chalmers |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows · as Gilberte DoinelSur Plex |
| 1958 | Back to the Wall · as Ghislaine |
| 1958 | Les Cinq dernières minutes · as Jeanne Vermont |
| 1957 | The Parisian · as Caroline Herblay |
| 1957 | The camera explores time · as Albine De Montholon |
| 1956 | |
| 1953 | La belle de Cadix · as Alexandrine Dupont |
| 1953 | Caroline Cherie · as Jeannette, Caroline's Chambermaid |
| 1952 | Rayés des vivants · as A Girl |
| 2007 | One Day, One Fate · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes · as Self |