Claire Maurier

Biography

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.

Known For

Midi Première

Amélie

At Theatre Tonight

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

The 400 Blows

Pause-café

Angelique: The Road to Versailles

Quentin Durward

All Movies (55)

• La Guerre du Royal Palace2012 · as Hortense Verdier
• My Afternoons with Margueritte2010 · as La mère
• Paris Express2010 · as L'experte
• TOC TOC2008 · as Marie
• La Vie d'artiste2007 · as l'agent d'Alice
• Ambitious2007 · as Mme Zahn
• Family Hero2006 · as Colette
• Granny boom2006 · as Grand-mère
• The Car Keys2003 · as Old lady in the park
• The Birch-Tree Meadow2003 · as Ginette
• Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur2001
• Amélie2001 · as Suzanne
• Man of My Life1999 · as Nelly
• Family Resemblances1996 · as La mère
• Appelez-moi Fouks1986 · as Stella
• La Berlue1986 · as Mathilde
• Blanche and Marie1985 · as Neighbor (uncredited)
• La vie est trop courte1984 · as Cécile
• Side Roads1983 · as Marthe
• Vous habitez chez vos parents ?1983 · as Alice Martell
• L'Amant de Bornéo1981 · as Régine
• A Bad Son1980 · as Madeleine
• The City of Silences1979 · as Muriel
• La Cage aux Folles1978 · as Simone Deblon
• The Little Wheedlers1978 · as La mère de Sophie
• Le Rabat-joie1978 · as Armance Dupon
• Les Filles1977 · as Paula
• Le Cœur sous le paillasson1976 · as Lise
• Impossible Is Not French1974 · as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
• The Hostage Gang1973 · as Nelly Cerutti
• Cash-Cash1971 · as Caroline Sinclair
• La Brune que voilà1970 · as Christine
• A Very Curious Girl1969 · as Irène
• When the Pheasants Pass1965 · as Micheline Camus
• Angelique: The Road to Versailles1965 · as Ninon de Lenclos
• Don Quijote1965 · as Die Herzogin
• Requiem pour un caïd1964 · as Jeannette Sorel
• My Wife's Husband1963 · as Christiane Colombey
• Sweet Ecstasy1962 · as Claire
• Les Livreurs1961 · as Bédélia
• Daniella by Night1961 · as Esmerelda
• Desperate Flight1961 · as Marina Larsen
• Rendezvous1960 · as Claire Médina-Etiévant
• A Mistress for the Summer1960 · as Viviane
• Take Me As I Am1960 · as June Chalmers
• The 400 Blows1959 · as Gilberte Doinel
• Back to the Wall1958 · as Ghislaine
• La Parisienne1957 · as Caroline Herblay
• Tonight the Skirts Fly1956 · as Le mannequin espagnol
• The Adventures of Gil Blas1956 · as Paquita
• La belle de Cadix1953 · as Alexandrine Dupont
• Les vacances finissent demain1953
• A Caprice of Darling Caroline1953 · as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
• Rayés des vivants1952 · as A girl
• This Rascal of Anatole1952 · as Germaine de la Boëtie

All TV Shows (10)

• La Famille Katz2013 · as Milly Cohen
• Loft story1988 · as Suzy
• Pause-café1981 · as Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Quentin Durward1971 · as Marion
• At Theatre Tonight1966 · as Christine
• Vive la vie1966 · as Esther
• Don Quijote von der Mancha1965 · as Die Herzogin / la duchesse
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Jeanne Vermont
• Les Énigmes de l'Histoire1956