Claire Maurier
- Teen actor
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.
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Acted in
La Famille Katz
2013
as Milly Cohen
La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
as Hortense Verdier
My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010
as La mère
Paris Express
2010
as L'experte
TOC TOC
2008
as Marie
La Vie d'artiste
2007
as l'agent d'Alice
Ambitious
2007
as Mme Zahn
Family Hero
2006
as Colette
Granny boom
2006
as Grand-mère
The Car Keys
2003
as Old lady in the park
The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003
as Ginette
Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur
2001
Amélie
2001
as Suzanne
Man of My Life
1999
as Nelly
Family Resemblances
1996
as The mother
Loft story
1988
as Suzy
Appelez-moi Fouks
1986
as Stella
La Berlue
1986
as Mathilde
Blanche and Marie
1985
as Neighbor (uncredited)
La vie est trop courte
1984
as Cécile
Side Roads
1983
as Marthe
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983
as Alice Martell
L'Amant de Bornéo
1981
as Régine
Pause-café
1981
as Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
A Bad Son
1980
as Madeleine
The City of Silences
1979
as Muriel
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Simone Deblon
Le Rabat-joie
1978
as Armance Dupon
Les Filles
1977
as Paula
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976
as Lise
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Impossible Is Not French
1974
as Mauricette, la femme de Louis
The Hostage Gang
1973
as Nelly Cerutti
Cash-Cash
1971
as Caroline Sinclair
La Brune que voilà
1970
as Christine
A Very Curious Girl
1969
as Irène
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Christine
Vive la vie
1966
as Esther
Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965
as Die Herzogin / la duchesse
When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Micheline Camus
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
1965
as Ninon de Lenclos
Don Quijote
1965
as Die Herzogin
Requiem pour un caïd
1964
as Jeannette Sorel
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Christiane Colombey
Sweet Ecstasy
1962
as Claire
Les Livreurs
1961
as Bédélia
Daniella by Night
1961
as Esmerelda
Desperate Flight
1961
as Marina Larsen
Rendezvous
1960
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
A Mistress for the Summer
1960
as Viviane
Take Me As I Am
1960
as June Chalmers
The 400 Blows
1959
as Gilberte Doinel
Back to the Wall
1958
as Ghislaine
La Parisienne
1957
as Caroline Herblay
Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956
as Le mannequin espagnol
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
as Paquita
La belle de Cadix
1953
as Alexandrine Dupont
Les vacances finissent demain
1953
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
Rayés des vivants
1952
as A girl
This Rascal of Anatole
1952
as Germaine de la Boëtie
Cash-Cash
as Caroline Sinclair