Claire Maurier
55 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 27, 1929
- Died
- May 3, 2026 (age 97)
- Place of birth
- Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Also known as
- Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
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.
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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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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Amélie
2001 · Film
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★ 8.0 The 400 Blows
1959 · Film
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★ 6.8 La Cage aux Folles
1978 · Film
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★ 7.3 Family Resemblances
1996 · Film
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★ 7.0 My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 · Film
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★ 5.1 Paris Express
2010 · Film
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★ 6.6 Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965 · Film
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★ 6.7 My Wife's Husband
1963 · Film
Claire Maurier: movies and TV shows
Acting (64)
- 2013
- 2012 La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Hortense Verdier
- 2010 My Afternoons with Margueritte
as La mère
- 2010 Paris Express
as L'experte
- 2008 TOC TOC
as Marie
- 2007 La Vie d'artiste
as l'agent d'Alice
- 2007 Ambitious
as Mme Zahn
- 2006 Family Hero
as Colette
- 2006 Granny boom
as Grand-mère
- 2003 The Car Keys
as Old Lady in Park
- 2003 The Birch-Tree Meadow
as Ginette
- 2001
- 2001 Amélie
as Suzanne
- 1999 Man of My Life
as Nelly
- 1996 Family Resemblances
as La mère
- 1988
- 1986 Appelez-moi Fouks
as Stella
- 1986 La Berlue
as Mathilde
- 1985 Blanche and Marie
as Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1984 La vie est trop courte
as Cécile
- 1983 Side Roads
as Marthe
- 1983 Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
as Alice Martell
- 1981 L'Amant de Bornéo
as Régine
- 1981
- 1980 A Bad Son
as Madeleine
- 1979 The City of Silences
as Muriel
- 1978 La Cage aux Folles
as Simone Deblon
- 1978 The Little Wheedlers
as La mère de Sophie
- 1978 Le Rabat-joie
as Armance Dupon
- 1977 Les Filles
as Paula
- 1976 Le Cœur sous le paillasson
as Lise
- 1974 Impossible Is Not French
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
- 1973 The Hostage Gang
as Nelly Cerutti
- 1971 Cash-Cash
as Caroline Sinclair
- 1971
- 1970 La Brune que voilà
as Christine
- 1969 A Very Curious Girl
as Irène
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965 When the Pheasants Pass
as Micheline Camus
- 1965 Angelique: The Road to Versailles
as Ninon de Lenclos
- 1965 Don Quijote
as Die Herzogin
- 1964 Requiem pour un caïd
as Jeannette Sorel
- 1963 My Wife's Husband
as Christiane Colombey
- 1962 Sweet Ecstasy
as Claire
- 1961 Les Livreurs
as Bédélia
- 1961 Daniella by Night
as Esmerelda
- 1961 Desperate Flight
as Marina Larsen
- 1960 Rendezvous
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
- 1960 A Mistress for the Summer
as Viviane
- 1960 Take Me As I Am
as June Chalmers
- 1959 The 400 Blows
as Gilberte Doinel
- 1958 Back to the Wall
as Ghislaine
- 1958
- 1957 La Parisienne
as Caroline Herblay
- 1956 Tonight the Skirts Fly
as Le mannequin espagnol
- 1956
- 1956 The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Paquita
- 1953 La belle de Cadix
as Alexandrine Dupont
- 1953
- 1953 A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
- 1952 Rayés des vivants
as A girl
- 1952 This Rascal of Anatole
as Germaine de la Boëtie
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1975 Midi Première
1 episode