Acting · Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France · Born March 27, 1929
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.
TVLa Famille Katz
2013
as Milly Cohen
MovieLa Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
as Hortense Verdier
MovieMy Afternoons with Margueritte
2010
as La mère
MovieParis Express
2010
as L'experte
MovieTOC TOC
2008
as Marie
MovieLa Vie d'artiste
2007
as l'agent d'Alice
MovieAmbitious
2007
as Mme Zahn
MovieFamily Hero
2006
as Colette
MovieGranny boom
2006
as Grand-mère
MovieThe Car Keys
2003
as Old lady in the park
MovieThe Birch-Tree Meadow
2003
as Ginette
MovieLes Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
MovieAmélie
2001
as Suzanne
MovieMan of My Life
1999
as Nelly
MovieFamily Resemblances
1996
as La mère
Loft story
1988
as Suzy
MovieAppelez-moi Fouks
1986
as Stella
MovieLa Berlue
1986
as Mathilde
MovieBlanche and Marie
1985
as Neighbor (uncredited)
MovieLa vie est trop courte
1984
as Cécile
MovieSide Roads
1983
as Marthe
MovieVous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983
as Alice Martell
MovieL'Amant de Bornéo
1981
as Régine
TVPause-café
1981
as Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
MovieA Bad Son
1980
as Madeleine
MovieThe City of Silences
1979
as Muriel
MovieLa Cage aux Folles
1978
as Simone Deblon
MovieThe Little Wheedlers
1978
as La mère de Sophie
MovieLe Rabat-joie
1978
as Armance Dupon
MovieLes Filles
1977
as Paula
MovieLe Cœur sous le paillasson
1976
as Lise
TVMidi Première
1975
as Self
MovieImpossible Is Not French
1974
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
MovieThe Hostage Gang
1973
as Nelly Cerutti
MovieCash-Cash
1971
as Caroline Sinclair
TVQuentin Durward
1971
as Marion
MovieLa Brune que voilà
1970
as Christine
MovieA Very Curious Girl
1969
as Irène
TVAt Theatre Tonight
1966
as Christine
TVVive la vie
1966
as Esther
TVDon Quijote von der Mancha
1965
as Die Herzogin / la duchesse
MovieWhen the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Micheline Camus
MovieAngelique: The Road to Versailles
1965
as Ninon de Lenclos
MovieDon Quijote
1965
as Die Herzogin
MovieRequiem pour un caïd
1964
as Jeannette Sorel
MovieMy Wife's Husband
1963
as Christiane Colombey
MovieSweet Ecstasy
1962
as Claire
MovieLes Livreurs
1961
as Bédélia
MovieDaniella by Night
1961
as Esmerelda
MovieDesperate Flight
1961
as Marina Larsen
MovieRendezvous
1960
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
MovieA Mistress for the Summer
1960
as Viviane
MovieTake Me As I Am
1960
as June Chalmers
MovieThe 400 Blows
1959
as Gilberte Doinel
MovieBack to the Wall
1958
as Ghislaine
TVLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Jeanne Vermont
MovieLa Parisienne
1957
as Caroline Herblay
MovieTonight the Skirts Fly
1956
as Le mannequin espagnol
TVLes Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956
MovieThe Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
as Paquita
MovieLa belle de Cadix
1953
as Alexandrine Dupont
MovieLes vacances finissent demain
1953
MovieA Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
MovieRayés des vivants
1952
as A girl
MovieThis Rascal of Anatole
1952
as Germaine de la Boëtie
