Claire Maurier
Acting

Claire Maurier

Born 27 March 1929 · Ceret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France · Died 3 May 2026

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.

Known for

Amélie
The 400 Blows
La Cage aux Folles
Family Resemblances
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Paris Express
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
My Wife's Husband
The Car Keys
A Bad Son
A Very Curious Girl
La Parisienne
La Guerre du Royal Palace
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Paris Express
TOC TOC
Ambitious
La Vie d'artiste
Family Hero
Granny boom
The Car Keys
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Amélie
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
Man of My Life
Family Resemblances
La Berlue
Appelez-moi Fouks
La vie est trop courte
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
Side Roads
L'Amant de Bornéo
A Bad Son
The City of Silences
La Cage aux Folles
Le Rabat-joie
The Little Wheedlers
Les Filles
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Impossible Is Not French
The Hostage Gang
Cash-Cash
La Brune que voilà
A Very Curious Girl
When the Pheasants Pass
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Don Quijote
Requiem pour un caïd
My Wife's Husband
Sweet Ecstasy
Daniella by Night
Les Livreurs
Desperate Flight
Take Me As I Am
A Mistress for the Summer
Rendezvous
The 400 Blows
Back to the Wall
La Parisienne
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Tonight the Skirts Fly
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
La belle de Cadix
Les vacances finissent demain
This Rascal of Anatole
Rayés des vivants
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