Cast
Claire Maurier
Acting
Cast
Claire Maurier
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-03-27
From
Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Died
2026-05-03
Also known as Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
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 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.
★7.9
MOVIE2001
Amélie
as Suzanne
★8.0
MOVIE1959
The 400 Blows
as Gilberte Doinel
★6.6
MOVIE1965
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
as Ninon de Lenclos
MOVIE1977
Les Filles
as Paula
★8.0
MOVIE1971
Cash-Cash
as Caroline Sinclair
MOVIE1976
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
as Lise
★6.8
MOVIE1978
La Cage aux Folles
as Simone Deblon
★6.6
MOVIE1963
My Wife's Husband
as Christiane Colombey
MOVIE1984
La vie est trop courte
as Cécile
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Rayés des vivants
as A girl
★7.0
MOVIE2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte
as La mère
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Desperate Flight
as Marina Larsen
★5.0
MOVIE1983
Side Roads
as Marthe
★5.7
MOVIE1957
La Parisienne
as Caroline Herblay
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Don Quijote
as Die Herzogin
MOVIE1986
La Berlue
as Mathilde
★6.2
MOVIE1969
A Very Curious Girl
as Irène
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Les vacances finissent demain
★7.4
MOVIE1980
A Bad Son
as Madeleine
★5.5
MOVIE1953
La belle de Cadix
as Alexandrine Dupont
★5.1
MOVIE2010
Paris Express
as L'experte
★7.8
MOVIE1981
L'Amant de Bornéo
as Régine
★7.6
MOVIE2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow
as Ginette
★4.8
MOVIE2006
Family Hero
as Colette
★4.8
MOVIE2007
La Vie d'artiste
as l'agent d'Alice
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Le Rabat-joie
as Armance Dupon
★7.3
MOVIE1996
Family Resemblances
as La mère
★7.5
MOVIE2008
TOC TOC
as Marie
★5.9
MOVIE1979
The City of Silences
as Muriel
★5.2
MOVIE2003
The Car Keys
as Old lady in the park
★5.0
MOVIE1978
The Little Wheedlers
as La mère de Sophie
★6.5
MOVIE1958
Back to the Wall
as Ghislaine
★6.6
MOVIE1965
When the Pheasants Pass
as Micheline Camus
★7.5
MOVIE1952
This Rascal of Anatole
as Germaine de la Boëtie
MOVIE1986
Appelez-moi Fouks
as Stella
★6.3
MOVIE1964
Requiem pour un caïd
as Jeannette Sorel
★6.3
MOVIE1973
The Hostage Gang
as Nelly Cerutti
★4.9
MOVIE2007
Ambitious
as Mme Zahn
★5.0
MOVIE2012
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Hortense Verdier
★4.9
MOVIE1953
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
★5.5
MOVIE1985
Blanche and Marie
as Neighbor (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Man of My Life
as Nelly
★4.1
MOVIE1962
Sweet Ecstasy
as Claire
★6.6
MOVIE1974
Impossible Is Not French
as Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
★5.5
MOVIE1956
Tonight the Skirts Fly
as Le mannequin espagnol
★6.3
MOVIE1960
A Mistress for the Summer
as Viviane
★7.3
MOVIE1960
Take Me As I Am
as June Chalmers
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Granny boom
as Grand-mère
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Rendezvous
as Claire Médina-Etiévant
★4.1
MOVIE1961
Daniella by Night
as Esmerelda
★9.0
MOVIE1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Paquita
★5.2
MOVIE1970
La Brune que voilà
as Christine
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Les Livreurs
as Bédélia
★3.9
MOVIE1983
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
as Alice Martell