Claire Maurier

Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; March 27, 1929) is a César Award-winning French actress. She has appeared in more than ninety films since 1947. 2Life and career Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on March 27, 1929, in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, which is in the south-west 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 Doniel, 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 won 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 Mm