
Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme (18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright. Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and her brother was shot for being a Communist. When her father came back, Pacôme often found herself defending her mother against her father's violence. Maria began her higher education at Le Cours Simon in 1941, when she was 18. She was classmates with Michèle Morgan, Danièle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet. Pacôme married Ronet in 1950. She would set aside her career until their divorce in 1956. She began her stage acting career in 1956 with La Reine et les Insurgés, written by Ugo Betti and directed by Michel Vitold. In 1958, she acted in Oscar, written by Claude Magnier. She acted alongside Pierre Mondy and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the play. Pacôme also appeared in N'écoutez pas, mesdames! by Sacha Guitry in 1962, Les Grosses Têtes by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault in 1969, and Joyeuses Pâques by Poiret in 1981. Pacôme's first appearance on the big screen came in 1959 with Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (Come Dance with Me), directed by Michel Boisrond. She later took on numerous supporting roles, most notably in The Troops of St. Tropez, Up to His Ears, and Le Distrait. Afterwards, she achieved leading roles in La situation est grave… mais pas désespérée by Jacques Besnard, Les Sous-doués by Claude Zidi, and The Crisis (La Crise) by Coline Serreau. Pacôme wrote seven plays: Apprends-moi Céline, Le Jardin d'Éponine, On m'appelle Émilie, Les Seins de Lola, Et moi et moi, Les Désarrois de Gilda Rumeur, and L'Éloge de ma paresse. She wrote her memoirs, titled Maria sans Pacôme, in 2007. Pacôme appeared in several TV movies, most notably starring in Docteur Sylvestre. In 2006, she played the role of Hortense Bertin in the drama Les Secrets du volcan, directed by Michaëla Watteaux. In 2011, she was the voice actor for the character "Granny" in the movie Titeuf. Maria Pacôme died on 1 December 2018 in Ballainvilliers, France following a tumor near the amygdala. Her burial at the Père Lachaise Cemetery on 10 December 2018 was attended by celebrities such as Daniel Auteuil and Bernard Le Coq. Source: Article "Maria Pacôme" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
59 acting credits
Acting · 59

Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Samedi soir
1971

Nulle part ailleurs
1987

At Theatre Tonight
1966

30 millions d'amis
1976

On n'est pas couché
2006

À bout portant
1968

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964

The Under-Gifted
1980

Seule a Paris
1965

A Mouse with the Men
1964

Up to His Ears
1965

The Crisis
1992

Docteur Sylvestre
1995

Titeuf
2011

Come Dance with Me!
1959

Distracted
1970

Tender Scoundrel
1966

Si Perrault m'était conté
1966

The Busybody
1961

Kisses Till Monday
1974

Les Secrets du volcan
2006

Les Gorilles
1964

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009

Mean Spirit
2003

Constance aux enfers
1964

1914 the Glorious Summer
1996

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976

No Problem!
1975

Emma
2011

Que personne ne sorte
1964

An Unlikely Couple
2001

Rien ne va plus
1964

A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love
1997

La Maison de campagne
1969

Une villa pour deux
2003

La Maison du lac
2008

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962

A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968

The Love Game
1960

Silence... We're Shooting
1976

Les Combinards
1966

L'Amant de madame Vidal
1975

Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
2012

Le Dernier Baiser
1977

Le noir te va si bien
1975

Le Garçon d’appartement
1980

Interdit au public
1966

Les Seins de Lola
1987

Le don d'Adèle
1972

L'éloge de ma paresse
2006

Appelez-moi maître
1977

De doux dingues
1972

Le jardin d'Eponine
1984

Et moi... et moi!
1990

Apprends-moi, Céline
1982