Jacqueline Maillan
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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Acted in
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020
as Self
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Ville à vendre
1992
as Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
Pièce montée
1991
as Françoise Lumière
Both Sides of the Street
1991
as Mrs. Yvette
La Femme fardée
1990
as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
Stars 90
1990
as self
Palace
1988
as Docteur Hélène Swift
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
1988
as Henriette Brulard
To Our Late Husband
1988
as Hermione
The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
as Jacqueline
Lily et Lily
1987
as Lily et Déborah Dacosta
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
as Mammy
Croque-monsieur
1984
as Coco Baisos
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
1984
Potiche
1983
as Suzanne Pujol
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Coup de soleil
1982
as Valentine
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Madame Fluck
Féfé de Broadway
1979
as Maria Brémont
Le pont japonais
1978
as Sarah Jacoby
La facture
1976
as Noëlle
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self - Host
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Madame Sans-Gêne
1974
as Catherine Hubscher
Folle Amanda
1974
as Amanda
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Call Me Mathilde
1969
as Mathilde de Blanzac
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
1966
as Thérèse
The Real Bargain
1965
Que personne ne sorte
1964
as Adelia Plunkett
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
as Charlotte Varangeot
Squeak-squeak
1963
as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
People in Luck
1963
as Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
Who Stole the Body?
1963
as Gin, the English
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Mme Bézuquet
How to Succeed in Love
1962
as Edmée Rondeau
On purge bébé
1961
as Julie Follavoine
The Door Slams
1960
as Jacqueline
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
The Heirs
1960
as Chantal
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Gladys Dupont
Julie la rousse
1959
The Magnificent Tramp
1959
as Mme Marjorie
The Motorcycle Cops
1959
as The dance teacher
Vive les vacances
1958
Honey, Scare Me
1958
as The spy Natacha Dubrovno
Burning Fuse
1957
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
as Jeanne Duverger, une sœur de Victor
Villa Sans-Souci
1955
Les deux font la paire
1955
as Olga
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
as Figurante
The Scheming Women
1954
as une danseuse
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954
as Une visiteuse (uncredited)