Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 60
Movies 51
TV Shows 9
self 1
La Famille Katz (2013)
La Guerre du Royal Palace (2012)
My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
Paris Express (2010)
TOC TOC (2008)
La Vie d'artiste (2007)
Ambitious (2007)
Family Hero (2006)
Granny boom (2006)
Faites comme chez vous (2005)
The Car Keys (2003)
The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur (2001)
Amélie (2001)
Family Resemblances (1996)
Appelez-moi Fouks (1986)
La berlue (1986)
Blanche and Marie (1985)
La vie est trop courte (1984)
Side Roads (1983)
Vous habitez chez vos parents ? (1983)
L'Amant de Bornéo (1981)
Pause-café (1981)
A Bad Son (1980)
The City of Silences (1979)
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
Le Rabat-joie (1978)
Les Filles (1977)
Le Cœur sous le paillasson (1976)
Midi Première (1975)
Impossible Is Not French (1974)
The Hostage Gang (1973)
Cash-Cash (1971)
Quentin Durward (1971)
La Brune que voilà (1970)
A Very Curious Girl (1969)
At Theatre Tonight (1966)
Vive la vie (1966)
Don Quijote von der Mancha (1965)
When the Pheasants Pass (1965)
Angelique: The Road To Versailles (1965)
Bob Morane (1965)
Don Quijote (1965)
My Wife's Husband (1963)
Sweet Ecstasy (1962)
Daniella by Night (1961)
Desperate Flight (1961)
Rendezvous (1960)
A Mistress for the Summer (1960)
Take Me As I Am (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
La Parisienne (1957)
Tonight the Skirts Fly (1956)
The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956)
La belle de Cadix (1953)
Les vacances finissent demain (1953)
Un caprice de Caroline chérie (1953)
Rayés des vivants (1952)
This Rascal of Anatole (1952)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1929-03-27 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceCéret, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsOdette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
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