đŹ Movies Mates PEOPLE
Claire Maurier
Acting
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 Ădouard Molinaro's film La Cage aux Folles as âŠ
Read full 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 CĂ©ret, in the PyrĂ©nĂ©es-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 Ădouard Molinaro's film La Cage aux Folles as Simone. In 1981, she was nominated the CĂ©sar 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 CafĂ© des 2 Moulins, the Montmartre bistro where the titular character AmĂ©lie Poulain works as a waitress in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's AmĂ©lie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'AmĂ©lie Poulain). The film became the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States. The film won four CĂ©sar 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 GĂ©rard DĂ©pardieu'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.
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Claire Maurier's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Hortense Verdier
My Afternoons with Margueritte
as La mĂšre
Paris Express
as L'experte
TOC TOC
as Marie
La Vie d'artiste
as l'agent d'Alice
Ambitious
as Mme Zahn
Family Hero
as Colette
Granny boom
as Grand-mĂšre
The Car Keys
as Old Lady in Park
The Birch-Tree Meadow
as Ginette
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
Amélie
as Suzanne
Man of My Life
as Nelly
Family Resemblances
as La mĂšre
Appelez-moi Fouks
as Stella
La Berlue
as Mathilde
Blanche and Marie
as Neighbor (uncredited)
La vie est trop courte
as CĂ©cile
Side Roads
as Marthe
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
as Alice Martell
L'Amant de Bornéo
as RĂ©gine
A Bad Son
as Madeleine
The City of Silences
as Muriel
La Cage aux Folles
as Simone Deblon
The Little Wheedlers
as La mĂšre de Sophie
Le Rabat-joie
as Armance Dupon
Les Filles
as Paula
Le CĆur sous le paillasson
as Lise
Impossible Is Not French
as Mauricette Brisset, l'Ă©pouse de Louis
The Hostage Gang
as Nelly Cerutti
Cash-Cash
as Caroline Sinclair
La Brune que voilĂ
as Christine
A Very Curious Girl
as IrĂšne
When the Pheasants Pass
as Micheline Camus
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
as Ninon de Lenclos
Don Quijote
as Die Herzogin
Requiem pour un caĂŻd
as Jeannette Sorel
My Wife's Husband
as Christiane Colombey
Sweet Ecstasy
as Claire
Les Livreurs
as Bédélia
Daniella by Night
as Esmerelda
Desperate Flight
as Marina Larsen
Rendezvous
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
A Mistress for the Summer
as Viviane
Take Me As I Am
as June Chalmers
The 400 Blows
as Gilberte Doinel
Back to the Wall
as Ghislaine
La Parisienne
as Caroline Herblay
Tonight the Skirts Fly
as Le mannequin espagnol
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Paquita
La belle de Cadix
as Alexandrine Dupont
Les vacances finissent demain
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
Rayés des vivants
as A girl
This Rascal of Anatole
as Germaine de la Boëtie