
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. Source: Article "Claire Maurier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
65 acting credits
Acting · 65

Midi Première
1975

Amélie
2001

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958

At Theatre Tonight
1966

The 400 Blows
1959

Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965

Quentin Durward
1971

My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010

La Cage aux Folles
1978

Vive la vie
1966

Pause-café
1981

Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965
Loft story
1988

La Famille Katz
2013

La Parisienne
1957

Paris Express
2010

Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956

Family Resemblances
1996

A Very Curious Girl
1969

The Car Keys
2003

My Wife's Husband
1963

Family Hero
2006

A Bad Son
1980

Daniella by Night
1961

Impossible Is Not French
1974

Ambitious
2007

The City of Silences
1979

La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012

Don Quijote
1965

Back to the Wall
1958

Les Livreurs
1961

A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953

The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003

When the Pheasants Pass
1965

The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956

Sweet Ecstasy
1962

The Little Wheedlers
1978

Requiem pour un caïd
1964

La Brune que voilà
1970

Side Roads
1983

Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956

Blanche and Marie
1985

Take Me As I Am
1960

La belle de Cadix
1953

A Mistress for the Summer
1960

This Rascal of Anatole
1952

TOC TOC
2008

Les vacances finissent demain
1953

La Vie d'artiste
2007

La Berlue
1986

Rendezvous
1960

L'Amant de Bornéo
1981

La vie est trop courte
1984

Cash-Cash
1971

Man of My Life
1999

Desperate Flight
1961

Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983

Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001

Granny boom
2006

The Hostage Gang
1973

Rayés des vivants
1952

Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976

Les Filles
1977

Appelez-moi Fouks
1986

Le Rabat-joie
1978