
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