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Claire Maurier

Claire Maurier

Acting

March 27, 1929 – May 3, 2026 (died at 97)
Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Female
55 Movies
10 TV Shows

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. Source: Article "Claire Maurier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959 8.0

as Gilberte Doinel

Age 30 (now 97)
Amélie
Amélie

Amélie

2001 7.9

as Suzanne

Age 72 (now 97)
La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles

1978 6.8

as Simone Deblon

Age 49 (now 97)
Family Resemblances
Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

1996 7.3

as La mère

Age 67 (now 97)
My Wife's Husband
My Wife's Husband

My Wife's Husband

1963 6.6

as Christiane Colombey

Age 34 (now 97)
My Afternoons with Margueritte
My Afternoons with Margueritte

My Afternoons with Margueritte

2010 7.0

as La mère

Age 81 (now 97)
A Bad Son
A Bad Son

A Bad Son

1980 7.4

as Madeleine

Age 51 (now 97)
A Very Curious Girl
A Very Curious Girl

A Very Curious Girl

1969 6.2

as Irène

Age 40 (now 97)
Back to the Wall
Back to the Wall

Back to the Wall

1958 6.5

as Ghislaine

Age 28 (now 97)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Angelique: The Road to Versailles

Angelique: The Road to Versailles

1965 6.6

as Ninon de Lenclos

Age 36 (now 97)
Paris Express
Paris Express

Paris Express

2010 5.1

as L'experte

Age 80 (now 97)
TOC TOC
TOC TOC

TOC TOC

2008 7.5

as Marie

Age 79 (now 97)
La Parisienne
La Parisienne

La Parisienne

1957 5.7

as Caroline Herblay

Age 28 (now 97)
Impossible Is Not French
Impossible Is Not French

Impossible Is Not French

1974 6.6

as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis

Age 45 (now 97)
When the Pheasants Pass
When the Pheasants Pass

When the Pheasants Pass

1965 6.6

as Micheline Camus

Age 36 (now 97)
Ambitious
Ambitious

Ambitious

2007 4.8

as Mme Zahn

Age 77 (now 97)