Claire Maurier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1929
- Died
- May 3, 2026 (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
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
Filmography
La Famille Katz
TV · as Milly Cohen · 6 eps
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Movie · as Hortense Verdier
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Movie · as La mère
Paris Express
Movie · as L'experte
TOC TOC
Movie · as Marie
Ambitious
Movie · as Mme Zahn
La Vie d'artiste
Movie · as l'agent d'Alice
Family Hero
Movie · as Colette
Granny boom
Movie · as Grand-mère
The Car Keys
Movie · as Old Lady in Park
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Movie · as Ginette
Amélie
Movie · as Suzanne
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
Movie
Man of My Life
Movie · as Nelly
Family Resemblances
Movie · as La mère
Loft story
TV · as Suzy · 42 eps
La Berlue
Movie · as Mathilde
Appelez-moi Fouks
Movie · as Stella
Blanche and Marie
Movie · as Neighbor (uncredited)
La vie est trop courte
Movie · as Cécile
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Movie · as Alice Martell
Side Roads
Movie · as Marthe
L'Amant de Bornéo
Movie · as Régine
Pause-café
TV · as Mme le proviseur du L.E.P. · 6 eps
A Bad Son
Movie · as Madeleine
The City of Silences
Movie · as Muriel
La Cage aux Folles
Movie · as Simone Deblon
Le Rabat-joie
Movie · as Armance Dupon
The Little Wheedlers
Movie · as La mère de Sophie
Les Filles
Movie · as Paula
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Movie · as Lise
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Impossible Is Not French
Movie · as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
The Hostage Gang
Movie · as Nelly Cerutti
Cash-Cash
Movie · as Caroline Sinclair
Quentin Durward
TV · as Marion · 7 eps
La Brune que voilà
Movie · as Christine
A Very Curious Girl
Movie · as Irène
At Theatre Tonight
TV · as Christine · 1 ep
Vive la vie
TV · as Esther · 145 eps
When the Pheasants Pass
Movie · as Micheline Camus
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Movie · as Ninon de Lenclos
Don Quijote
Movie · as Die Herzogin
Don Quijote von der Mancha
TV · as Die Herzogin / la duchesse · 4 eps
Requiem pour un caïd
Movie · as Jeannette Sorel
My Wife's Husband
Movie · as Christiane Colombey
Sweet Ecstasy
Movie · as Claire
Daniella by Night
Movie · as Esmerelda
Les Livreurs
Movie · as Bédélia
Desperate Flight
Movie · as Marina Larsen
Take Me As I Am
Movie · as June Chalmers
A Mistress for the Summer
Movie · as Viviane
Rendezvous
Movie · as Claire Médina-Etiévant
The 400 Blows
Movie · as Gilberte Doinel
Back to the Wall
Movie · as Ghislaine
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV · as Jeanne Vermont · 1 ep
La Parisienne
Movie · as Caroline Herblay
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Movie · as Paquita
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Movie · as Le mannequin espagnol
Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
TV · 9 eps
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Movie · as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
La belle de Cadix
Movie · as Alexandrine Dupont
Les vacances finissent demain
Movie
This Rascal of Anatole
Movie · as Germaine de la Boëtie
Rayés des vivants
Movie · as A girl