Claire Maurier
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1929-03-27
- Died
- 2026-05-03
- Place of birth
- Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Also known as
- Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
Biography
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!.
Known For
TV Shows (10)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Christine
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Jeanne Vermont
Vive la vie
1966
as Esther
Loft story
1988
as Suzy
Quentin Durward
1971
as Marion
Pause-café
1981
as Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
La Famille Katz
2013
as Milly Cohen
Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965
as Die Herzogin / la duchesse
Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956
Movies (55)
Amélie
2001
as Suzanne
The 400 Blows
1959
as Gilberte Doinel
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965
as Ninon de Lenclos
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Simone Deblon
My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010
as La mère
La Parisienne
1957
as Caroline Herblay
The Car Keys
2003
as Old lady in the park
Paris Express
2010
as L'experte
The City of Silences
1979
as Muriel
Family Resemblances
1996
as La mère
A Very Curious Girl
1969
as Irène
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Christiane Colombey
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
La belle de Cadix
1953
as Alexandrine Dupont
The Little Wheedlers
1978
as La mère de Sophie
Requiem pour un caïd
1964
as Jeannette Sorel
When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Micheline Camus
Family Hero
2006
as Colette
La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
as Hortense Verdier
A Bad Son
1980
as Madeleine
Back to the Wall
1958
as Ghislaine
Ambitious
2007
as Mme Zahn
Impossible Is Not French
1974
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003
as Ginette
Daniella by Night
1961
as Esmerelda
Don Quijote
1965
as Die Herzogin
Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956
as Le mannequin espagnol
The Hostage Gang
1973
as Nelly Cerutti
Blanche and Marie
1985
as Neighbor (uncredited)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
as Paquita
Side Roads
1983
as Marthe
Sweet Ecstasy
1962
as Claire
Les Livreurs
1961
as Bédélia
La Brune que voilà
1970
as Christine
Granny boom
2006
as Grand-mère
Man of My Life
1999
as Nelly
A Mistress for the Summer
1960
as Viviane
Desperate Flight
1961
as Marina Larsen
Les vacances finissent demain
1953
La Vie d'artiste
2007
as l'agent d'Alice
La Berlue
1986
as Mathilde
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976
as Lise
Cash-Cash
1971
as Caroline Sinclair
Take Me As I Am
1960
as June Chalmers
Appelez-moi Fouks
1986
as Stella
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983
as Alice Martell
Rendezvous
1960
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
TOC TOC
2008
as Marie
This Rascal of Anatole
1952
as Germaine de la Boëtie
Les Filles
1977
as Paula
L'Amant de Bornéo
1981
as Régine
La vie est trop courte
1984
as Cécile
Le Rabat-joie
1978
as Armance Dupon
Rayés des vivants
1952
as A girl
About Claire Maurier
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 ea… With 65 credits spanning from 1952 to 2013, Claire Maurier has appeared in 55 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Claire Maurier Movies
- Amélie (2001) — as Suzanne
- The 400 Blows (1959) — as Gilberte Doinel
- Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) — as Ninon de Lenclos
- La Cage aux Folles (1978) — as Simone Deblon
- My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) — as La mère
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