Maximilienne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1884
- Died
- August 28, 1978 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
In his sketches, popular French comedian'Fernand Raynaud' was often bullied by a self-righteous sharp-tongued spinster called Mademoiselle Lelongbec, the parish organist. Tall, lean and unattractive, Maximilenne (born Henriette Genty in 1884) seemed born to play the part and she WAS the obvious choice for director Robert Darène when, in 1958, he prepared to film a Fernand Raynaud's vehicle entitled "Houla Houla". Donning the attire of Mlle Lelongbec Maximilenne had the distinguished opportunity to nag poor Fernand, on the big screen this time around. A role that epitomizes a long screen career, spanning the three decades between the advent of the sound period and the birth of the French New Wave. During this time, she embodied innumerable female authority figures such as a mother superior ("La route enchantée"), a school mistress ("Simplet"), the headmistress of a reform school("Prison sans barreaux"), a Salvation Army general ("L'armoire volante") or a princess ("Le disque 1413"). She was rarely married in her films, most of the time she was the narrow-minded old maid. She was at her best as such in the role of one of the boarding house guests in Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1942 masterpiece "L'assassin habite au 21". And when she had indeed married in a movie, she was usually a widow: her late husband had chosen to leave life prematurely to escape her! Occasionally one of the old maids and aunts she was given to play were affectionate, notably in Fritz Lang's "Liliom " (1933). But whether her characters were good or bad, Maximilienne had been one of those colorful character actors and actresses the French cinema of the classic era could not do without. And she will be fondly remembered for that. - IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger
Known For
Filmography
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Movie · as Mrs. Rosenthal
Houla-Houla
Movie · as Mlle Lelongbec
Premier mai
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)
Fric-frac en dentelles
Movie · as Madame Mouilletu
La Cage aux souris
Movie · as Miss Frador aka 'Cul-de-poule'
The Congress of Mother-in-Laws
Movie · as Madame Moucaille
Trois vieilles filles en folie
Movie · as Pervenche
Drôle de noce
Movie · as Cornil's Widow
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Movie · as Madame Bleubois
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Movie · as La soeur du Marquis
Musique en tête
Movie · as The personnel manager
Monsieur Octave
Movie
Pardon My French
Movie · as Madame Bleubois
No More Vacation for the Good Lord
Movie · as Aunt Faguet
Tête blonde
Movie · as Madame Rabichou
The Treasure of Cantenac
Movie · as Blandine
Last Hour, Special Edition
Movie · as Mademoiselle Thomasson
The Cupboard Was Bare
Movie · as Salvation Army commander
Scandals of Clochemerle
Movie · as Justine Putet
Monsieur Vincent
Movie · as Une dévote à l'église (uncredited)
Song of the Clouds
Movie · as Mademoiselle Anaïs
Rooster Heart
Movie · as Mme Estelle
The Ménard Collection
Movie · as Young lady Ménard
Picpus
Movie · as Madame Bertaud (uncredited)
Shop Girls of Paris
Movie · as Madame Cabin
Simple-Minded
Movie · as Mademoiselle Aimée, teacher
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Movie · as Miss Cuq
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Movie · as Machanalli
Parade in 7 Nights
Movie · as Ardouin's governess
Two Women
Movie
Marseille mes amours
Movie · as Aunt Églantine
Cavalcade of Love
Movie · as Old comedienne
Un de la Canebière
Movie
Un meurtre a été commis
Movie · as Madame Phalempin
Clodoche
Movie
The Enchanted Road
Movie · as Mother superior
The Baker's Wife
Movie · as Melle Angèle
Mon curé chez les riches
Movie · as Patroness
Prison Without Bars
Movie · as Madame Appel
The Secrets of the Red Sea
Movie
My Aunts and I
Movie · as Tante Julie
À nous deux, madame la vie
Movie
The Man from Nowhere
Movie · as La tante Scholastique
Coup de vent
Movie
Disk 413
Movie · as Princess
Prête-moi ta femme
Movie
Monsieur est saisi
Movie
Voyage d'agrément
Movie
Gypsy Baron
Movie
Lovers and Thieves
Movie · as Mrs. Doizeau
Incognito
Movie · as Deaf lady
We Found a Naked Woman
Movie
The Daughters of the Concierge
Movie · as Mme Fallempin
Midnight, Place Pigalle
Movie · as Louise
Tartarin of Tarascon
Movie · as Mme Ladevèze
Maria Chapdelaine
Movie · as Azelma Larouche
Liliom
Movie · as Mme. Menoux
Mountain Man
Movie · as Mme Malten
600,000 francs per month
Movie · as Madame Brochet
Étienne
Movie · as Aunt Valérie
Maison hantée
Movie
Les surprises du divorce
Movie
July 14
Movie · as La locataire (uncredited)
For One Cent's Worth of Love
Movie · as Mathilde
To the Polls, Citizens
Movie
Our Lord's Vineyard
Movie
Buridan's Donkey
Movie
Adhémar Lampiot
Movie
Bubble Gum
Movie
À Nous la Liberté
Movie · as Une invitée au diner