Claire Maurier
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Claire Maurier (born 27 March 1929 - 3 May 2026 ) was a French actress who appeared in more than 90 films since 1947. Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, 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.
Known for
Credits
Amélie (2001)
as Suzanne
The 400 Blows (1959)
as Gilberte Doinel
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
as Simone Deblon
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
as Ninon de Lenclos
My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
as La mère
La Parisienne (1957)
as Caroline Herblay
Don Quijote (1965)
as Die Herzogin
Paris Express (2010)
as L'experte
A Very Curious Girl (1969)
as Irène
A Bad Son (1980)
as Madeleine
Family Resemblances (1996)
as La mère
The Car Keys (2003)
as Old lady in the park
Family Hero (2006)
as Colette
Desperate Flight (1961)
as Marina Larsen
Cash-Cash (1971)
as Caroline Sinclair
A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953)
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
My Wife's Husband (1963)
as Christiane Colombey
When the Pheasants Pass (1965)
as Micheline Camus
La Berlue (1986)
as Mathilde
La Vie d'artiste (2007)
as l'agent d'Alice
Rayés des vivants (1952)
as A girl
TOC TOC (2008)
as Marie
Side Roads (1983)
as Marthe
Impossible Is Not French (1974)
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
The Little Wheedlers (1978)
as La mère de Sophie
Requiem pour un caïd (1964)
as Jeannette Sorel
The Hostage Gang (1973)
as Nelly Cerutti
Ambitious (2007)
as Mme Zahn
Sweet Ecstasy (1962)
as Claire
Les Filles (1977)
as Paula
La Guerre du Royal Palace (2012)
as Hortense Verdier
Le Cœur sous le paillasson (1976)
as Lise
La belle de Cadix (1953)
as Alexandrine Dupont
A Mistress for the Summer (1960)
as Viviane
Tonight the Skirts Fly (1956)
as Le mannequin espagnol
La vie est trop courte (1984)
as Cécile
The City of Silences (1979)
as Muriel
The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
as Ginette
Take Me As I Am (1960)
as June Chalmers
Les vacances finissent demain (1953)
Actor
Back to the Wall (1958)
as Ghislaine
Blanche and Marie (1985)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Man of My Life (1999)
as Nelly
This Rascal of Anatole (1952)
as Germaine de la Boëtie
Les Livreurs (1961)
as Bédélia
La Brune que voilà (1970)
as Christine
Rendezvous (1960)
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
Granny boom (2006)
as Grand-mère
L'Amant de Bornéo (1981)
as Régine
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur (2001)
Actor
Daniella by Night (1961)
as Esmerelda
Appelez-moi Fouks (1986)
as Stella
The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956)
as Paquita
Le Rabat-joie (1978)
as Armance Dupon
Vous habitez chez vos parents ? (1983)
as Alice Martell