Claire Maurier

Known for ActingBorn 1929-03-27Died 2026-05-03Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Man of My Life

Midi Première

Desperate Flight

The Adventures of Gil Blas

Rayés des vivants

Granny boom

Amélie

Pause-café

Cash-Cash

Vive la vie

The Birch-Tree Meadow

Les Livreurs

The 400 Blows

TOC TOC

L'Amant de Bornéo

Family Resemblances

A Bad Son

Don Quijote von der Mancha

My Afternoons with Margueritte

This Rascal of Anatole

Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur

Take Me As I Am

Loft story

Le Rabat-joie

Quentin Durward

At Theatre Tonight

Don Quijote

Rendezvous

La Cage aux Folles

Les vacances finissent demain

Impossible Is Not French

When the Pheasants Pass

My Wife's Husband

Angelique: The Road to Versailles

Back to the Wall

The Hostage Gang

Requiem pour un caïd

A Mistress for the Summer

A Very Curious Girl

The City of Silences

Blanche and Marie

La Parisienne

The Car Keys

Paris Express

La Guerre du Royal Palace

Tonight the Skirts Fly

La belle de Cadix

La Brune que voilà