Claire Maurier
Claire Maurier is known for Amélie (2001), The 400 Blows (1959), La Cage aux Folles (1978).
Biography
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.
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Questions about Claire Maurier
How many Claire Maurier films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 37 films with Claire Maurier, from 1953 to 2012.
What is the best rated Claire Maurier film?
The best rated Claire Maurier film in the catalogue is The 400 Blows (1959), rated 8.0.
What was the first Claire Maurier film?
The first Claire Maurier film in the catalogue is The 400 Blows, from 1959.
Who has Claire Maurier worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Claire Maurier shares the most credits with Michel Galabru (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.9 Amélie
2001
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8.0 The 400 Blows
1959
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6.8 La Cage aux Folles
1978
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6.6 Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965
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7.3 Family Resemblances
1996
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7.0 My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010
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Les Filles
1977
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5.1 Paris Express
2010
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6.7 My Wife's Husband
1963
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5.7 La Parisienne
1957
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7.4 A Bad Son
1980
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5.0 Side Roads
1983
Trivia
- Studied at
- Cours Simon
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
55 films — 37 in the catalogue
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5.0 La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012 · Hortense Verdier
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7.0
My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 · La mère
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5.1
Paris Express
2010 · L'experte
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7.5 TOC TOC
2008 · Marie
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5.0 La Vie d'artiste
2007 · l'agent d'Alice
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4.9 Ambitious
2007 · Mme Zahn
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4.8 Family Hero
2006 · Colette
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8.0 Granny boom
2006 · Grand-mère
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5.2 The Car Keys
2003 · Old Lady in Park
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7.6 The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003 · Ginette
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7.0 Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
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7.9
Amélie
2001 · Suzanne
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10.0 Man of My Life
1999 · Nelly
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7.3
Family Resemblances
1996 · La mère
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Appelez-moi Fouks
1986 · Stella
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La Berlue
1986 · Mathilde
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5.5 Blanche and Marie
1985 · Neighbor (uncredited)
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La vie est trop courte
1984 · Cécile
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5.0
Side Roads
1983 · Marthe
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3.9 Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983 · Alice Martell
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7.8 L'Amant de Bornéo
1981 · Régine
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7.4
A Bad Son
1980 · Madeleine
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5.9 The City of Silences
1979 · Muriel
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6.8
La Cage aux Folles
1978 · Simone Deblon
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5.0 The Little Wheedlers
1978 · La mère de Sophie
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7.0 Le Rabat-joie
1978 · Armance Dupon
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Les Filles
1977 · Paula
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Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976 · Lise
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6.6 Impossible Is Not French
1974 · Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
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6.3 Le Gang des otages
1973 · Nelly Cerutti
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8.0 Cash-Cash
1971 · Caroline Sinclair
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5.2 La Brune que voilà
1970 · Christine
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6.2 A Very Curious Girl
1969 · Irène
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6.7 When the Pheasants Pass
1965 · Micheline Camus
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6.6
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965 · Ninon de Lenclos
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7.0 Don Quijote
1965 · Die Herzogin
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6.3 Requiem pour un caïd
1964 · Jeannette Sorel
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6.7
My Wife's Husband
1963 · Christiane Colombey
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4.1 Sweet Ecstasy
1962 · Claire
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8.0 Les Livreurs
1961 · Bédélia
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4.1 De quoi tu te mêles Daniela!
1961 · Esmerelda
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9.0 Fuga desesperada
1961 · Marina Larsen
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7.0 Une gueule comme la mienne
1960 · Claire Médina-Etiévant
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6.3 A Mistress for the Summer
1960 · Viviane
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7.3 Take Me As I Am
1960 · June Chalmers
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8.0
The 400 Blows
1959 · Gilberte Doinel
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6.5 Back to the Wall
1958 · Ghislaine
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5.7
La Parisienne
1957 · Caroline Herblay
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5.5 Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956 · Le mannequin espagnol
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9.0 The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956 · Paquita
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5.5 La belle de Cadix
1953 · Alexandrine Dupont
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7.0 Les vacances finissent demain
1953
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4.9 A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953 · Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
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9.0 Rayés des vivants
1952 · A girl
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7.5 Ce coquin d'Anatole
1952 · Germaine de la Boëtie
People data: TMDb.
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