Claire Maurier
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midi Première
Self
1975
Series
At Theatre Tonight
Christine
1966
Series
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jeanne Vermont
1958
Film
Amélie
Suzanne
2001
Film
The 400 Blows
Gilberte Doinel
1959
Series
Pause-café
Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
1981
Film
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Ninon de Lenclos
1965
Series
Vive la vie
Esther
1966
Film
Les Filles
Paula
1977
Series
Quentin Durward
Marion
1971
Film
La vie est trop courte
Cécile
1984
Film
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Lise
1976
Film
Rayés des vivants
A girl
1952
Film
La Cage aux Folles
Simone Deblon
1978
Series
Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956
Film
My Afternoons with Margueritte
La mère
2010
Film
La Parisienne
Caroline Herblay
1957
Loft story
Suzy
1988
Series
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Die Herzogin / la duchesse
1965
Film
Paris Express
L'experte
2010
Film
Don Quijote
Die Herzogin
1965
Film
My Wife's Husband
Christiane Colombey
1963
Film
Desperate Flight
Marina Larsen
1961
Film
The Car Keys
Old Lady in Park
2003
Film
Family Resemblances
La mère
1996
Film
The Little Wheedlers
La mère de Sophie
1978
Film
La belle de Cadix
Alexandrine Dupont
1953
Film
La Berlue
Mathilde
1986
Film
A Very Curious Girl
Irène
1969
Film
A Bad Son
Madeleine
1980
Film
When the Pheasants Pass
Micheline Camus
1965
Film
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
1953
Film
Impossible Is Not French
Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
1974
Film
Granny boom
Grand-mère
2006
Film
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Ginette
2003
Film
Side Roads
Marthe
1983
Film
Cash-Cash
Caroline Sinclair
1971
Film
Appelez-moi Fouks
Stella
1986
Film
La Vie d'artiste
l'agent d'Alice
2007
Film
Back to the Wall
Ghislaine
1958
Series
La Famille Katz
Milly Cohen
2013
Film
Family Hero
Colette
2006
Film
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Le mannequin espagnol
1956
Film
L'Amant de Bornéo
Régine
1981
Film
TOC TOC
Marie
2008
Film
Les vacances finissent demain
1953
Film
Les Livreurs
Bédélia
1961
Film
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
Film
The City of Silences
Muriel
1979
Film
Ambitious
Mme Zahn
2007
Film
Le Rabat-joie
Armance Dupon
1978
Film
This Rascal of Anatole
Germaine de la Boëtie
1952
Film
Blanche and Marie
Neighbor (uncredited)
1985
Film
A Mistress for the Summer
Viviane
1960
Film
Take Me As I Am
June Chalmers
1960
Film
The Hostage Gang
Nelly Cerutti
1973
Film
Rendezvous
Claire Médina-Etiévant
1960
Film
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Hortense Verdier
2012
Film
Requiem pour un caïd
Jeannette Sorel
1964
Film
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Paquita
1956
Film
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Alice Martell
1983
Film
Sweet Ecstasy
Claire
1962
Film
Man of My Life
Nelly
1999
Film
Daniella by Night
Esmerelda
1961
Film
La Brune que voilà
Christine
1970