Claire Maurier
Born
Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon

(1929-03-27) 27 March 1929
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2013

Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; 27 March 1929) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 films since 1947.

Life and career

Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on 27 March 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.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1947 Un sourire dans la nature The woman Émile Couzinet Short
1951 Ce coquin d'Anatole Germaine de la Boëtie Émile Couzinet (2)
1952 Rayés des vivants A girl Maurice Cloche
1953 The Beauty of Cadiz Alexandrine Dupont Raymond Bernard & Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
A Caprice of Darling Caroline Jeannette Jean-Devaivre
Les vacances finissent demain Anne-Marie Yvan Noé
1956 The Adventures of Gil Blas Paquita Ricardo Muñoz Suay & René Jolivet
Ce soir les jupons volent The model Dimitri Kirsanoff
L'amour est quelque part Lili Gaston Schoukens
Énigmes de l'histoire Stellio Lorenzi TV Series (1 Episode)
Trente-Six Chandelles Nana Marcel Cravenne TV Series (1 Episode)
1957 La Parisienne Caroline Herblay Michel Boisrond
1958 Le Dos au mur Ghislaine Édouard Molinaro
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Geneviève Bourgoin Claude Loursais TV Series (1 Episode)
1959 The 400 Blows Gilberte Doinel François Truffaut
En votre âme et conscience Jean Prat TV Series (1 Episode)
1960 Une fille pour l'été Viviane Édouard Molinaro (2)
Une gueule comme la mienne Claire Médina-Etiévant Frédéric Dard
Les canailles June Chalmers Maurice Labro
1961 Daniella by Night Esmerelda Max Pécas
Les livreurs Bedelia Jean Girault
Fuga desesperada Marina Larsen Robert Vernay & José Antonio de la Loma
On vous écrira François Chatel TV Movie
La caméra explore le temps Albine de Montholon Guy Lessertisseur TV Series (1 Episode)
1962 Douce violence Claire Max Pécas (2)
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Hélène Claude Loursais (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête Madame Garnier / Meyer Marcel Bluwal & Jean Laviron TV Series (2 Episodes)
1963 La Cuisine au Beurre Christiane Colombey Gilles Grangier
1964 Requiem pour un caïd Jeannette Sorel Maurice Cloche (2)
325 000 Francs Cordélia Jean Prat (2) TV Movie
Vol 272 Laura Jean-Jacques Vierne & Michio Koga TV Mini-Series
1965 Marvelous Angelique Ninon de l'Enclos Bernard Borderie
Quand passent les faisans Micheline Camus Édouard Molinaro (3)
Don Quixote The Duchess Carlo Rim, Jacques Bourdon & Louis Grospierre TV Mini-Series
Bob Morane Elsa Robert Vernay (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1966 Sacrés fantômes Stellio Lorenzi (2) TV Movie
Les fables de La Fontaine Eva Hervé Bromberger TV Series (1 Episode)
Vive la vie Esther Joseph Drimal TV Series (1 Episode)
1968 Bouclage Cécile Alain Boudet TV Movie
Le théâtre de la jeunesse Sister Marguerite Eric Le Hung & Jacques Trébouta TV Series (1 Episode)
1969 A Very Curious Girl Irène Nelly Kaplan
Laure Sabine Moshé Mizrahi TV Series (1 Episode)
Allô police Françoise Vernon Adonis Kyrou TV Series (1 Episode)
1970 Le service des affaires classées Catherine Yannick Andréi TV Series (1 Episode)
1971 Quentin Durward Marion Gilles Grangier (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1973 Le gang des otages Nelly Cerutti Édouard Molinaro (4)
L'espion dormant Doris Agnès Delarive TV Movie
Témoignages Madame Léonore Jean-Marie Périer TV Series (1 Episode)
Le provocateur Suzanne Ternant Bernard Toublanc-Michel TV Series (1 Episode)
Les Mohicans de Paris Léonore Gilles Grangier (3) TV Series (1 Episode)
1974 Impossible Is Not French Mauricette Brisset Robert Lamoureux
La conciliation ou anatomie d'un otage Cécile Alain Boudet (2) TV Movie
Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui Sophie Rambaud Michel Fermaud TV Series (1 Episode)
1975 Erreurs judiciaires Maïté Legrand Jean Laviron (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1976 Trois de coeur Baroness Crowns Roger Andrieux TV Series (1 Episode)
1977 Banlieue Sud-Est Gilles Grangier (4) TV Mini-Series
1978 La Cage aux Folles Simone Deblon Édouard Molinaro (5)
The Little Wheedlers Sophie's mother Jean-Marie Poiré
Cinéma 16 Armance Dupon Jean Larriaga TV Series (1 Episode)
1979 La ville des silences Muriel Jean Marboeuf
Les trois mousquetaires Anne of Austria Pierre Neel TV Movie
Les amours de la belle époque Mathilde Agnès Delarive (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
Cinéma 16 Valérie Krebbs Jean Marboeuf (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1980 A Bad Son Madeleine Claude Sautet Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
Il n'y a plus de héros au numéro que vous demandez The antiquarian Pierre Chabartier TV Movie
1981 Ange, gardien Madame de Castro Joseph Drimal (2) TV Movie
Pause-café The director Serge Leroy TV Series (1 Episode)
1983 Itinéraire bis Marthe Christian Drillaud
Vous habitez chez vos parents? Alice Martell Michel Fermaud (2)
Dessin sur un trottoir Josepha Maurice Cloche (3) TV Movie
Merci Sylvestre The psy Serge Korber TV Series (1 Episode)
1985 Blanche et Marie The neighbor Jacques Renard
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Jeanne Vermont Jean-Jacques Goron TV Series (1 Episode)
Le vent du large Constance Marlène Bertin TV Series (1 Episode)
1987 La liberté Stéphanie Madame Darsonville Marlène Bertin (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1988 Loft story Suzy Stéphane Bertin & Boramy Tioulong TV Series (2 Episodes)
1989 Cinéma 16 Clotilde Jean Larriaga(2) TV Series (1 Episode)
1994 Chêques en boîte Odette Nicolas Gessner TV Movie
1996 Family Resemblances Madame Ménard Cédric Klapisch
Les chiens ne font pas des chats Mamouchka Ariel Zeitoun TV Movie
1998 Riches, belles, etc. The tawny woman Bunny Godillot
Jean-Michel The mother Alexandre Zanetti Short
1999 L'homme de ma vie Nelly Stéphane Kurc
2001 Amélie Madame Suzanne Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Un homme à défendre Denise Cassenti Laurent Dussaux TV Movie
2003 The Car Keys The old lady Laurent Baffie
La petite prairie aux bouleaux Ginette Marceline Loridan-Ivens
2004 Nuit noire The mother Daniel Colas
Illustre inconnue Jocelyne Marc Fitoussi Short
2005 Granny Boom Grandma Christiane Lehérissey TV Movie
Faites comme chez vous Maryse Berthelot Several TV Series (19 Episodes)
2006 Les ambitieux Madame Zahn Catherine Corsini
Le héros de la famille Colette Thierry Klifa
2007 La Vie d'artiste Jocelyne Marc Fitoussi (2)
Supergranny.com Françoise Christiane Lehérissey (2) TV Movie
2009 Section de recherches Tatiana de Clausade Olivier Barma TV Series (1 Episode)
2010 My Afternoons with Margueritte Jacqueline Jean Becker
Coursier The expert Hervé Renoh
2012 La guerre du Royal Palace Hortense Verdier Claude-Michel Rome TV Movie
2013 La Famille Katz Milly Arnauld Mercadier TV Series (6 Episodes)

Theater

Year Title Author Director Notes
1952 Sans cérémonie Jacques Vilfrid & Jean Girault Pierre Mondy
1954 Lysistrata Aristophanes & Maurice Donnay Raymond Hermantier
1955 Elle est folle, Carole Jean de Létraz Simone de Létraz
1956 Virginie Michel André Christian-Gérard
1957 Le monsieur qui a perdu ses clefs Michel Perrin Raymond Gérôme
1959 De sept heures à sept heures Guillaume Hanoteau, Philippe Georges & R. C. Sherriff Max Mégy
1960 Le Comportement des époux Bredburry François Billetdoux François Billetdoux
1962 Château en Suède Françoise Sagan André Barsacq
1968 La brune que voilà Robert Lamoureux Robert Lamoureux
1969 Cash-Cash Anthony Marriott & Alistair Foot Michel Vocoret
1970 Une poignée d'orties Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Jacques-Henri Duval
1971 Sweet Bird of Youth Tennessee Williams André Barsacq (2)
1972 Duos sur canapé Marc Camoletti Marc Camoletti
1976 Le coeur sous le paillasson Kay Bannerman & Harold Brooke Jean-Luc Moreau
1978 Les Filles Jean Marsan Jean Marsan
1979 C'est à c't'heure ci que tu rentres ? Michel Fermaud Jean-Luc Moreau (2)
1981 L'amant de Bornéo Roger Ferdinand & José Germain José Germain
1981-84 La vie est trop courte André Roussin Michel Fagadau
1985-86 La Berlue Jean-Jacques Bricaire & Maurice Lasaygues René Clermont
1990-92 Steel Magnolias Robert Harling Stéphane Hillel
1992 Marie Tudor Victor Hugo Jean-Renaud Garcia
1993 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams Michel Fagadau (2)
1994 Family Resemblances Jean-Pierre Bacri & Agnès Jaoui Stephan Meldegg Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress
2004 Crise de mères Martial Courcier Éric Le Roch
2006-08 Toc toc Laurent Baffie Laurent Baffie
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