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Claire Maurier
Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Claire Maurier (born 27 March 1929 - 3 May 2026 ) was a French actress who appeared in more than 90 films since 1947. Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon in the Fren…
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Claire Maurier (born 27 March 1929 - 3 May 2026 ) was a French actress who appeared in more than 90 films since 1947. Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, 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. Source: Article "Claire Maurier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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2013
La Famille Katz
TV show Milly Cohen
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2012
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Movie Hortense Verdier
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2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Movie La mère
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2010
Paris Express
Movie L'experte
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2008
TOC TOC
Movie Marie
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2007
La Vie d'artiste
Movie l'agent d'Alice
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2007
Ambitious
Movie Mme Zahn
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2006
Family Hero
Movie Colette
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2006
Granny boom
Movie Grand-mère
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2003
The Car Keys
Movie Old Lady in Park
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2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Movie Ginette
- 2001
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2001
Amélie
Movie Suzanne
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1999
Man of My Life
Movie Nelly
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1996
Family Resemblances
Movie La mère
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1988
Loft story
TV show Suzy
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1986
Appelez-moi Fouks
Movie Stella
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1986
La Berlue
Movie Mathilde
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1985
Blanche and Marie
Movie Neighbor (uncredited)
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1984
La vie est trop courte
Movie Cécile
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1983
Side Roads
Movie Marthe
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1983
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Movie Alice Martell
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1981
L'Amant de Bornéo
Movie Régine
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1981
Pause-café
TV show Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
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1980
A Bad Son
Movie Madeleine
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1979
The City of Silences
Movie Muriel
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1978
La Cage aux Folles
Movie Simone Deblon
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1978
The Little Wheedlers
Movie La mère de Sophie
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1978
Le Rabat-joie
Movie Armance Dupon
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1977
Les Filles
Movie Paula
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1976
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Movie Lise
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1975
Midi Première
TV show Self
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1974
Impossible Is Not French
Movie Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
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1973
The Hostage Gang
Movie Nelly Cerutti
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1971
Cash-Cash
Movie Caroline Sinclair
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1971
Quentin Durward
TV show Marion
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1970
La Brune que voilà
Movie Christine
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1969
A Very Curious Girl
Movie Irène
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1966
At Theatre Tonight
TV show Christine
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1966
Vive la vie
TV show Esther
