Claire Maurier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1929
- Died
- May 3, 2026
- Birthplace
- Ceret, 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.
Filmography
La Guerre du Royal Palace 2012
as Hortense Verdier
My Afternoons with Margueritte 2010
as La mère
Paris Express 2010
as L'experte
TOC TOC 2008
as Marie
La Vie d'artiste 2007
as l'agent d'Alice
Ambitious 2007
as Mme Zahn
Family Hero 2006
as Colette
Granny boom 2006
as Grand-mère
The Car Keys 2003
as Old Lady in Park
The Birch-Tree Meadow 2003
as Ginette
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur 2001
Actor
Amélie 2001
as Suzanne
Man of My Life 1999
as Nelly
Family Resemblances 1996
as La mère
Appelez-moi Fouks 1986
as Stella
La Berlue 1986
as Mathilde
Blanche and Marie 1985
as Neighbor (uncredited)
La vie est trop courte 1984
as Cécile
Side Roads 1983
as Marthe
Vous habitez chez vos parents ? 1983
as Alice Martell
L'Amant de Bornéo 1981
as Régine
A Bad Son 1980
as Madeleine
The City of Silences 1979
as Muriel
La Cage aux Folles 1978
as Simone Deblon
The Little Wheedlers 1978
as La mère de Sophie
Le Rabat-joie 1978
as Armance Dupon
Les Filles 1977
as Paula
Le Cœur sous le paillasson 1976
as Lise
Impossible Is Not French 1974
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
The Hostage Gang 1973
as Nelly Cerutti
Cash-Cash 1971
as Caroline Sinclair
La Brune que voilà 1970
as Christine
A Very Curious Girl 1969
as Irène
When the Pheasants Pass 1965
as Micheline Camus
Angelique: The Road to Versailles 1965
as Ninon de Lenclos
Don Quijote 1965
as Die Herzogin
Requiem pour un caïd 1964
as Jeannette Sorel
My Wife's Husband 1963
as Christiane Colombey
Sweet Ecstasy 1962
as Claire
Les Livreurs 1961
as Bédélia
Daniella by Night 1961
as Esmerelda
Desperate Flight 1961
as Marina Larsen
Rendezvous 1960
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
A Mistress for the Summer 1960
as Viviane
Take Me As I Am 1960
as June Chalmers
The 400 Blows 1959
as Gilberte Doinel
Back to the Wall 1958
as Ghislaine
La Parisienne 1957
as Caroline Herblay
Tonight the Skirts Fly 1956
as Le mannequin espagnol
The Adventures of Gil Blas 1956
as Paquita
La belle de Cadix 1953
as Alexandrine Dupont
Les vacances finissent demain 1953
Actor
A Caprice of Darling Caroline 1953
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
Rayés des vivants 1952
as A girl
This Rascal of Anatole 1952
as Germaine de la Boëtie
Credits from TMDB.