Cast & creator
Claire Maurier
Best known for Midi Première, Amélie, At Theatre Tonight
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.
Also known as: Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon
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film credits
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television credits
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1952–2013 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Midi Première
Self
1975
Amélie
Suzanne
2001
At Theatre Tonight
Christine
1966
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jeanne Vermont
1958
The 400 Blows
Gilberte Doinel
1959
Pause-café
Mme le proviseur du L.E.P.
1981
Quentin Durward
Marion
1971
La Cage aux Folles
Simone Deblon
1978
Vive la vie
Esther
1966
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Ninon de Lenclos
1965
A Very Curious Girl
Irène
1969
My Afternoons with Margueritte
La mère
2010
Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956
Paris Express
L'experte
2010
Family Resemblances
La mère
1996
My Wife's Husband
Christiane Colombey
1963
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Die Herzogin / la duchesse
1965
La Parisienne
Caroline Herblay
1957
Back to the Wall
Ghislaine
1958
Cash-Cash
Caroline Sinclair
1971Loft story
Suzy
1988
Desperate Flight
Marina Larsen
1961
Family Hero
Colette
2006
Side Roads
Marthe
1983
The Car Keys
Old Lady in Park
2003
La Famille Katz
Milly Cohen
2013
La belle de Cadix
Alexandrine Dupont
1953
Requiem pour un caïd
Jeannette Sorel
1964
A Bad Son
Madeleine
1980
The City of Silences
Muriel
1979
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Lise
1976
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Ginette
2003
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Jeannette, Caroline's chambermaid
1953
When the Pheasants Pass
Micheline Camus
1965
The Little Wheedlers
La mère de Sophie
1978
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Hortense Verdier
2012
L'Amant de Bornéo
Régine
1981
Les Filles
Paula
1977
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Le mannequin espagnol
1956
The Hostage Gang
Nelly Cerutti
1973
La Vie d'artiste
l'agent d'Alice
2007
Les vacances finissent demain
1953
Daniella by Night
Esmerelda
1961
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Paquita
1956
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
Man of My Life
Nelly
1999
Take Me As I Am
June Chalmers
1960
A Mistress for the Summer
Viviane
1960
Don Quijote
Die Herzogin
1965
La vie est trop courte
Cécile
1984
TOC TOC
Marie
2008
This Rascal of Anatole
Germaine de la Boëtie
1952
Le Rabat-joie
Armance Dupon
1978
Rendezvous
Claire Médina-Etiévant
1960
Sweet Ecstasy
Claire
1962
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Alice Martell
1983
Impossible Is Not French
Mauricette Brisset, l'épouse de Louis
1974
Rayés des vivants
A girl
1952
Ambitious
Mme Zahn
2007
Granny boom
Grand-mère
2006
La Brune que voilà
Christine
1970
Blanche and Marie
Neighbor (uncredited)
1985
La Berlue
Mathilde
1986
Appelez-moi Fouks
Stella
1986
Les Livreurs
Bédélia
1961