Maria Pacôme
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1923
- Died
- December 1, 2018 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
Movie · as Lise
Titeuf
Movie · as Mémé (voice)
Emma
Movie · as Eleonore
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Maison du lac
Movie · as Kate Murphy
L'éloge de ma paresse
Movie · as Self
Les Secrets du volcan
TV · as Hortense Bertin · 4 eps
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mean Spirit
Movie · as Belle-maman
Une villa pour deux
Movie · as Marion
An Unlikely Couple
Movie · as Maryse
A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love
Movie · as Emma
1914 the Glorious Summer
Movie · as Maria
Docteur Sylvestre
TV · as Mlle Raynal · 17 eps
The Crisis
Movie · as Mme Barelle
Et moi... et moi!
Movie · as Joséphine
Les Seins de Lola
Movie · as Lola
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Le jardin d'Eponine
Movie · as Éponine
Apprends-moi, Céline
Movie · as Céline
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Under-Gifted
Movie · as Lucie Jumaucourt, directrice du cours Louis XIV, professeur de philosophie
Le Garçon d’appartement
Movie · as Neighbor (voice)
Le Dernier Baiser
Movie · as L'inconnue
Appelez-moi maître
Movie · as Tamara
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Movie · as Viscountess Sophie de Valrude
Silence... We're Shooting
Movie · as Elisabeth's mother
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 4 eps
No Problem!
Movie · as Mrs. Michalon
Le noir te va si bien
Movie · as Lady Lucy Guilvaillant
L'Amant de madame Vidal
Movie · as Catherine
Kisses Till Monday
Movie · as Myrette
Le don d'Adèle
Movie · as Edmée Veyron-Lafitte
De doux dingues
Movie · as Sophie
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Distracted
Movie · as Glycia Malaquet
La Maison de campagne
Movie · as Véronique
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie · as Aurélia
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
TV · as Madame Trochu, la patronne de La Vanne Rouge · 1 ep
À bout portant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tender Scoundrel
Movie · as Germaine
Les Combinards
Movie · as Lucienne
Interdit au public
Movie · as Gabrielle Tristan
Si Perrault m'était conté
TV · as la marâtre · 4 eps
At Theatre Tonight
TV · as Gabrielle Tristan · 1 ep
Up to His Ears
Movie · as Suzy Ponchabert
Seule a Paris
TV · as Michèle · 52 eps
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Émilie Lareine-Leroy
A Mouse with the Men
Movie · as Tante Emma
Les Gorilles
Movie · as Josépha Dépelouze
Constance aux enfers
Movie · as Marie-Cecile
Rien ne va plus
Movie · as The Countess
Que personne ne sorte
Movie · as Pauline, cook
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Movie · as La journaliste
The Busybody
Movie · as Madame Gonzalès
The Love Game
Movie · as Une cliente
Come Dance with Me!
Movie · as Madame Decauville-Lachenée