Claire Maurier

Biography

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 Un…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Amélie (2001) — Suzanne
2. The 400 Blows (1959) — Gilberte Doinel
3. La Cage aux Folles (1978) — Simone Deblon
4. Family Resemblances (1996) — La mère
5. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) — La mère
6. Paris Express (2010) — L'experte
7. Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) — Ninon de Lenclos
8. My Wife's Husband (1963) — Christiane Colombey
9. The Car Keys (2003) — Old Lady in Park
10. A Bad Son (1980) — Madeleine
11. A Very Curious Girl (1969) — Irène
12. Back to the Wall (1958) — Ghislaine
13. La Parisienne (1957) — Caroline Herblay
14. Ambitious (2007) — Mme Zahn
15. Family Hero (2006) — Colette
16. When the Pheasants Pass (1965) — Micheline Camus
17. Impossible Is Not French (1974) — Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
18. Blanche and Marie (1985) — Neighbor (uncredited)
19. La belle de Cadix (1953) — Alexandrine Dupont
20. Sweet Ecstasy (1962) — Claire
21. TOC TOC (2008) — Marie
22. La Vie d'artiste (2007) — l'agent d'Alice
23. A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953) — Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
24. Daniella by Night (1961) — Esmerelda
25. Vous habitez chez vos parents ? (1983) — Alice Martell
26. Requiem pour un caïd (1964) — Jeannette Sorel
27. The City of Silences (1979) — Muriel
28. The Little Wheedlers (1978) — La mère de Sophie
29. Pause-café (1981) — Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
30. La Brune que voilà (1970) — Christine
31. The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003) — Ginette
32. Quentin Durward (1971) — Marion
33. At Theatre Tonight (1966) — Christine
34. Take Me As I Am (1960) — June Chalmers
35. The Hostage Gang (1973) — Nelly Cerutti
36. A Mistress for the Summer (1960) — Viviane
37. This Rascal of Anatole (1952) — Germaine de la Boëtie
38. Side Roads (1983) — Marthe
39. L'Amant de Bornéo (1981) — Régine
40. Rendezvous (1960) — Claire Médina-Etiévant