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Claire Maurier

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Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; March 27, 1929) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 films since 1947.

Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on March 27, 1929 in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, which is in the 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.

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Claire Maurier, née Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon le 27 mars 1929 à Céret (Pyrénées-Orientales), est une actrice française.

La carrière de Claire Maurier est aussi importante au théâtre qu'à la télévision. Après des petits rôles au cinéma depuis la fin des années 1940, elle est remarquée en 1959 en mère inconstante de Jean-Pierre Léaud dans Les Quatre Cents Coups de François Truffaut, puis en épouse provençale bigame de Bourvil et Fernandel en 1963 dans La Cuisine au beurre. À partir de 1966, elle incarne pendant 4 ans Esther dans le feuilleton à succès Vive la vie de Joseph Drimal.

Elle fait un retour notable au cinéma en 1978 dans La Cage aux Folles puis, deux ans plus tard, dans le rôle plus étoffé de Madeleine, femme séduisante mais vieillissante, d'Un mauvais fils de Claude Sautet.

En 1994 et 1996, elle est une mère revêche dans les versions théâtrale et cinématographique d'Un air de famille d'Agnès Jaoui et Jean-Pierre Bacri.

Elle apparaît en bistrotière parigote dans Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain réalisé par Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2001). En 2005, elle est Maryse Berthelot, l'une des protagonistes de la série télévisée Faites comme chez vous! réalisée par Arnaud Gidoin.

En 2010, elle incarne la terrible mère de Gérard Depardieu dans La Tête en friche de Jean Becker.

Source: Article "Claire Maurier" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Claire Maurier

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