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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 11, 1923
Place of Birth:
Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
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Jacqueline Maillan
Biography
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult Gramps Is in the Resistance (French: Papy fait de la résistance,1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier (French: Knight) of the Légion d'honneur and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Les 60 ans du one-man-show | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne |
| 1991 | Both Sides of the Street | Mrs. Yvette |
| 1991 | Pièce montée | Françoise Lumière |
| 1990 | La Femme fardée | Edma Bautet-Lebrêche |
| 1988 | The Seasons of Pleasure | Jacqueline Garibaldi |
| 1988 | To Our Late Husband | Hermione |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | Henriette Brulard |
| 1987 | Lily et Lily | Lily et Déborah Dacosta |
| 1987 | The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque | Mammy |
| 1984 | J'ai deux mots à vous dire | Self |
| 1984 | Croque-monsieur | Coco Baisos |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle » |
| 1983 | Potiche | Suzanne Pujol |
| 1982 | Is There a Frenchman in the House? | Madame Fluck |
| 1982 | Coup de soleil | Valentine |
| 1979 | Féfé de Broadway | Maria Brémont |
| 1978 | Le pont japonais | Sarah Jacoby |
| 1976 | La facture | Noëlle |
| 1974 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherine Hubscher |
| 1974 | Folle Amanda | Amanda |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde | Mathilde de Blanzac |
| 1966 | Monsieur le Président Directeur Général | Thérèse |
| 1965 | The Real Bargain | Maria Ramirez |
| 1964 | Que personne ne sorte | Adelia Plunkett |
| 1964 | How Do You Like My Sister? | Charlotte Varangeot |
| 1963 | Squeak-squeak | Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard |
| 1963 | Who Stole the Body? | Gin, English |
| 1963 | People in Luck | Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht ») |
| 1962 | Tartarin de Tarascon | Mrs. Bézuquet |
| 1962 | How to Succeed in Love | Edmée Rondeau |
| 1961 | On purge bébé | Julie Follavoine |
| 1960 | The Door Slams | Jacqueline |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine |
| 1960 | The Heirs | Chantal |
| 1959 | The Magnificent Tramp | Mme Marjorie |
| 1959 | You Have Nothing to Declare? | Gladys Dupont |
| 1959 | Julie la rousse | |
| 1959 | The Motorcycle Cops | Dance teacher |
| 1958 | Honey, Scare Me | The spy Natacha Dubrovno |
| 1958 | Vive les vacances | Babette Berkley |
| 1957 | Burning Fuse | Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper |
| 1955 | Villa Sans-Souci | Adélaïde Legardon |
| 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor |
| 1955 | Les deux font la paire | Olga |
| 1954 | Peek-a-boo | Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle |
| 1954 | The Scheming Women | une danseuse |
| 1954 | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Figurante |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Visitor (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Stars 90 | Self |
| 1988 | Palace | Docteur Hélène Swift |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1987 | Matin Bonheur | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amis | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |