Jacqueline Maillan
Known for: Acting
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult Gramps Is in the Resistance (French: Papy fait de la résistance,1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier (French: Knight) of the Légion d'honneur and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Source: Article "Jacqueline Maillan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Midi Première
Self
1975
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Numéro un
Self
1975
Series
Numéro un
Self - Host
1975
Series
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
1987
Series
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Film
Ville à vendre
Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
1992
Series
Stars 90
Self
1990
Series
Palace
Docteur Hélène Swift
1988
Series
Matin Bonheur
Self
1987
Film
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
1983
Film
Squeak-squeak
Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
1963
Film
The Magnificent Tramp
Mme Marjorie
1959
Film
Pièce montée
Françoise Lumière
1991
Film
Féfé de Broadway
Maria Brémont
1979
Film
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Visitor (uncredited)
1953
Film
Peek-a-boo
Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
1954
Film
The Grand Manoeuvre
Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
1955
Film
Potiche
Suzanne Pujol
1983
Film
Who Stole the Body?
Gin, English
1963
Film
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Thérèse
1966
Film
Honey, Scare Me
The spy Natacha Dubrovno
1958
Film
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Figurante
1954
Film
People in Luck
Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
1963
Film
Tartarin de Tarascon
Mrs. Bézuquet
1962
Film
L'échelle
Elise
1964
Film
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Mammy
1987
Film
La facture
Noëlle
1976
Film
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Gladys Dupont
1959
Film
How to Succeed in Love
Edmée Rondeau
1962
Film
Le pont japonais
Sarah Jacoby
1978
Film
The Scheming Women
une danseuse
1954
Film
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
1960
Film
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Madame Fluck
1982
Film
The Door Slams
Jacqueline
1960
Film
Julie la rousse
1959
Film
How Do You Like My Sister?
Charlotte Varangeot
1964
Film
The Real Bargain
Maria Ramirez
1965
Film
On purge bébé
Julie Follavoine
1961
Film
The Seasons of Pleasure
Jacqueline Garibaldi
1988
Film
Burning Fuse
Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
1957
Film
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
La Femme fardée
Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
1990
Film
Villa Sans-Souci
Adélaïde Legardon
1955
Film
Coup de soleil
Valentine
1982
Film
Both Sides of the Street
Mrs. Yvette
1991
Film
Lily et Lily
Lily et Déborah Dacosta
1987
Film
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
Self
1984
Film
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Henriette Brulard
1988
Film
Call Me Mathilde
Mathilde de Blanzac
1969
Film
Vive les vacances
Babette Berkley
1958
Film
Folle Amanda
Amanda
1974
Film
Les deux font la paire
Olga
1955
Film
Croque-monsieur
Coco Baisos
1984
Film
The Motorcycle Cops
Dance teacher
1959
Film
Que personne ne sorte
Adelia Plunkett
1964
Film
Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher
1974
Film
To Our Late Husband
Hermione
1988
Film
The Heirs
Chantal
1960