Claire Maurier
Born
March 27, 1929 (96 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
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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Known For
La Famille Katz
Milly Cohen · (6 episodes)
2013
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Hortense Verdier
2012
My Afternoons with Margueritte
La mère
2010
Paris Express
L'experte
2010
TOC TOC
Marie
2008
La Vie d'artiste
l'agent d'Alice
2007
Ambitious
Mme Zahn
2007
Family Hero
Colette
2006
Granny boom
Grand-mère
2006
The Car Keys
Old lady in the park
2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Ginette
2003
Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur
2001
Amélie
Suzanne
2001
Man of My Life
Nelly
1999
Family Resemblances
The mother
1996
Loft story
Suzy · (42 episodes)
1988
Appelez-moi Fouks
Stella
1986
La Berlue
Mathilde
1986
Blanche and Marie
Neighbor (uncredited)
1985
La vie est trop courte
Cécile
1984
Side Roads
Marthe
1983
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Alice Martell
1983
L'Amant de Bornéo
Régine
1981
Pause-café
Mme le proviseur du L.E.P. · (6 episodes)
1981
A Bad Son
Madeleine
1980
The City of Silences
Muriel
1979
La Cage aux Folles
Simone Deblon
1978
Le Rabat-joie
Armance Dupon
1978
Les Filles
Paula
1977
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Lise
1976
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Impossible Is Not French
Mauricette, la femme de Louis
1974
The Hostage Gang
Nelly Cerutti
1973
Cash-Cash
Caroline Sinclair
1971
La Brune que voilà
Christine
1970
A Very Curious Girl
Irène
1969
At Theatre Tonight
Christine · (1 episode)
1966
Vive la vie
Esther · (145 episodes)
1966
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Die Herzogin / la duchesse · (4 episodes)
1965
When the Pheasants Pass
Micheline Camus
1965
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Ninon de Lenclos
1965
Don Quijote
Die Herzogin
1965
Requiem pour un caïd
Jeannette Sorel
1964
My Wife's Husband
Christiane Colombey
1963
Sweet Ecstasy
Claire
1962
Les Livreurs
Bédélia
1961
Daniella by Night
Esmerelda
1961
Desperate Flight
Marina Larsen
1961
Rendezvous
Claire Médina-Etiévant
1960
A Mistress for the Summer
Viviane
1960
Take Me As I Am
June Chalmers
1960
The 400 Blows
Gilberte Doinel
1959
Back to the Wall
Ghislaine
1958
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jeanne Vermont · (1 episode)
1958
La Parisienne
Caroline Herblay
1957
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Le mannequin espagnol
1956
Énigmes de l'histoire
(9 episodes)
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Paquita
1956
La belle de Cadix
Alexandrine Dupont
1953
Les vacances finissent demain
1953
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
1953
Rayés des vivants
A girl
1952
This Rascal of Anatole
Germaine de la Boëtie
1952