- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Died
- May 3, 2026
Claire Maurier
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 wh…
Filmography
tvLa Famille Katz
2013 · Milly Cohen
movieLa Guerre du Royal Palace
2012 · Hortense Verdier
movieMy Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 · La mère
movieParis Express
2010 · L'experte
movieTOC TOC
2008 · Marie
movieLa Vie d'artiste
2007 · l'agent d'Alice
movieAmbitious
2007 · Mme Zahn
movieFamily Hero
2006 · Colette
movieGranny boom
2006 · Grand-mère
movieThe Car Keys
2003 · Old lady in the park
movieThe Birch-Tree Meadow
2003 · Ginette
movieLes Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
movieAmélie
2001 · Suzanne
movieMan of My Life
1999 · Nelly
movieFamily Resemblances
1996 · La mère
Loft story
tvLoft story
1988 · Suzy
movieAppelez-moi Fouks
1986 · Stella
movieLa Berlue
1986 · Mathilde
movieBlanche and Marie
1985 · Neighbor (uncredited)
movieLa vie est trop courte
1984 · Cécile
movieSide Roads
1983 · Marthe
movieVous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983 · Alice Martell
movieL'Amant de Bornéo
1981 · Régine
tvPause-café
1981 · Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
movieA Bad Son
1980 · Madeleine
movieThe City of Silences
1979 · Muriel
movieLa Cage aux Folles
1978 · Simone Deblon
movieThe Little Wheedlers
1978 · La mère de Sophie
movieLe Rabat-joie
1978 · Armance Dupon
movieLes Filles
1977 · Paula
movieLe Cœur sous le paillasson
1976 · Lise
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieImpossible Is Not French
1974 · Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
movieThe Hostage Gang
1973 · Nelly Cerutti
movieCash-Cash
1971 · Caroline Sinclair
tvQuentin Durward
1971 · Marion
movieLa Brune que voilà
1970 · Christine
movieA Very Curious Girl
1969 · Irène
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · Christine
tvVive la vie
1966 · Esther
tvDon Quijote von der Mancha
1965 · Die Herzogin / la duchesse
movieWhen the Pheasants Pass
1965 · Micheline Camus
movieAngelique: The Road to Versailles
1965 · Ninon de Lenclos
movieDon Quijote
1965 · Die Herzogin
movieRequiem pour un caïd
1964 · Jeannette Sorel
movieMy Wife's Husband
1963 · Christiane Colombey
movieSweet Ecstasy
1962 · Claire
movieLes Livreurs
1961 · Bédélia
movieDaniella by Night
1961 · Esmerelda
movieDesperate Flight
1961 · Marina Larsen
movieRendezvous
1960 · Claire Médina-Etiévant
movieA Mistress for the Summer
1960 · Viviane
movieTake Me As I Am
1960 · June Chalmers
movieThe 400 Blows
1959 · Gilberte Doinel
movieBack to the Wall
1958 · Ghislaine
tvLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958 · Jeanne Vermont
movieLa Parisienne
1957 · Caroline Herblay
movieTonight the Skirts Fly
1956 · Le mannequin espagnol
tvLes Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956
movieThe Adventures of Gil Blas
1956 · Paquita
movieLa belle de Cadix
1953 · Alexandrine Dupont
movieLes vacances finissent demain
1953
movieA Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953 · Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
movieRayés des vivants
1952 · A girl
movieThis Rascal of Anatole
1952 · Germaine de la Boëtie