Claire Maurier
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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Acting
Movie
Amélie
as Suzanne
2001
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The 400 Blows
as Gilberte Doinel
1959
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La Cage aux Folles
as Simone Deblon
1978
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Family Resemblances
as La mère
1996
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My Afternoons with Margueritte
as La mère
2010
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Paris Express
as L'experte
2010
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Angelique: The Road to Versailles
as Ninon de Lenclos
1965
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My Wife's Husband
as Christiane Colombey
1963
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The Car Keys
as Old lady in the park
2003
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A Bad Son
as Madeleine
1980
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A Very Curious Girl
as Irène
1969
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Back to the Wall
as Ghislaine
1958
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La Parisienne
as Caroline Herblay
1957
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Family Hero
as Colette
2006
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Ambitious
as Mme Zahn
2007
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Impossible Is Not French
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
1974
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When the Pheasants Pass
as Micheline Camus
1965
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Blanche and Marie
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1985
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La belle de Cadix
as Alexandrine Dupont
1953
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Sweet Ecstasy
as Claire
1962
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TOC TOC
as Marie
2008
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La Vie d'artiste
as l'agent d'Alice
2007
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A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
1953
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Daniella by Night
as Esmerelda
1961