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Aliases: Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
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Movie Involvements: 18
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The 400 Blows
(1959) Gilberte DoinelAngelique: The Road To Versailles
(1965) Ninon de LenclosA Bad Son
(1980) MadeleineBack to the Wall
(1958) GhislainePause-café
(1981) Madame le proviseurFamily Hero
(2006) ColetteDon Quijote von der Mancha
(1965) Die Herzogin / la duchesseUn caprice de Caroline chérie
(1953) Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaidActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2013 | Milly Cohen | |
2012 | Hortense Verdier | |
2010 | La mère | |
L'experte | ||
2007 | l'agent d'Alice | |
Mme Zahn | ||
2006 | Colette | |
Grand-mère | ||
2005 | Marie | |
2003 | La vieille dame dans le parc | |
Ginette | ||
2001 | N/A | |
Suzanne | ||
1996 | La mère | |
1986 | Stella | |
Mathilde | ||
1985 | N/A | |
1984 | Cécile | |
1983 | Marthe | |
Alice Martell | ||
1981 | Régine | |
Madame le proviseur | ||
1980 | Madeleine | |
1979 | Muriel | |
1978 | Simone Deblon | |
Armance Dupon | ||
1977 | Paula | |
1976 | Lise | |
1974 | Mauricette, la femme de Louis | |
1973 | Nelly Cerutti | |
1971 | Caroline Sinclair | |
1970 | Christine | |
1969 | Irène | |
1966 | Esther | |
1965 | Die Herzogin / la duchesse | |
Micheline Camus | ||
Ninon de Lenclos | ||
Die Herzogin | ||
1963 | Christiane Colombey | |
1962 | Claire | |
1961 | Marina Larsen | |
1960 | Claire Médina-Etiévant | |
Viviane | ||
June Chalmers | ||
1959 | Gilberte Doinel | |
1958 | Ghislaine | |
1957 | Caroline Herblay | |
1956 | Le mannequin espagnol | |
1953 | Alexandrine Dupont | |
Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid | ||
1952 | A girl | |
Germaine de la Boëtie | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |