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Jacqueline Maillan
Actor
Born January 11, 1923Died May 12, 1992 (69 years)
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult Gramps Is in the Resistance (French: Papy fait de la résistance,1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier (French: Knight) of the Légion d'honneur and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Known For
Filmography
| 1992 | Ville à vendre · as Delphine Martinet, La Pharmacienne |
| 1990 | La femme fardée · as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche |
| 1988 | Palace (TV Series) · as Docteur Hélène Swift |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale · as Henriette Brulard |
| 1988 | À notre regrettable époux · as Hermione |
| 1988 | Les saisons du plaisir · as Jacqueline |
| 1986 | La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque · as Mammy |
| 1985 | Coup de soleil · as Valentine |
| 1983 | Potiche · as Suzanne Pujol |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance · as Héléna Bourdelle Dit « La Bourdelle » |
| 1982 | Is There a Frenchman in the House? · as Madame Fluck |
| 1976 | La facture · as Noëlle |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde · as Mathilde De Blanzac |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Amanda |
| 1963 | Squeak-squeak · as Cynthia Monestier, La Femme De Léonard |
| 1963 | People in Luck · as Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht ») |
| 1963 | Who Stole the Body? · as Gin, English |
| 1962 | Tartarin de Tarascon · as Mme Bézuquet |
| 1961 | On purge bébé · as Julie Follavoine |
| 1960 | The Door Slams · as Jacqueline |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century · as Mrs. Jim, La Mère Puritaine |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Archimède, le clochard · as Mme Marjorie |
| 1958 | Honey, Scare Me · as The Spy Natacha Dubrovno |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 | The Grand Maneuver · as Jeanne Duverger, Sister Of Victor |
| 1954 | Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus · as Mme Maillan, La Directrice De La Salle |
| 1954 | The Sheep Has Five Legs · as Figurante |
| 1954 | The Scheming Women · as Une Danseuse |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Visitor (uncredited) |