Jacqueline Maillan

Known for ActingBorn 1923-01-11Died 1992-05-12Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France

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.Read more

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Croque-monsieur

Le pont japonais

Midi Première

On purge bébé

Lily et Lily

Discorama

Coup de soleil

Numéro un

Call Me Mathilde

Madame Sans-Gêne

Palace

Gramps Is in the Resistance

How Do You Like My Sister?

The Magnificent Tramp

Who Stole the Body?

The Door Slams

The Heirs

Vive les vacances

Champs-Elysées

Villa Sans-Souci

Squeak-squeak

Folle Amanda

Potiche

Royal Affairs in Versailles

La Femme fardée

Stars 90

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Nulle part ailleurs

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

30 millions d'amis

Pièce montée

Que personne ne sorte

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Midi trente

The Grand Manoeuvre

You Have Nothing to Declare?

Sacrée soirée

La facture

The Sheep Has Five Legs

Les deux font la paire

To Our Late Husband

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

People in Luck

The Scheming Women

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

Ville à vendre

The Motorcycle Cops

Both Sides of the Street