About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1923-01-11
Place of birth:
Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
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Jacqueline Maillan

Overview

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

Acting
2020 Les 60 ans du one-man-show Actor Self 59
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2009 Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 à 4 Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1992 Ville à vendre Actor Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne 58
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1991 Pièce montée Actor Françoise Lumière 59
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1991 Both Sides of the Street Actor Mrs. Yvette 58
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1990 La Femme fardée Actor Edma Bautet-Lebrêche 58
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1988 Palace Actor Docteur Hélène Swift 69
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1988 Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale Actor Henriette Brulard 58
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1988 To Our Late Husband Actor Hermione 59
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1988 The Seasons of Pleasure Actor Jacqueline 58
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1987 Lily et Lily Actor Lily et Déborah Dacosta 59
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1987 The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque Actor Mammy 58
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1984 Croque-monsieur Actor Coco Baisos N/A
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1984 J'ai deux mots à vous dire Actor 59
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1983 Potiche Actor Suzanne Pujol 59
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1983 Gramps Is in the Resistance Actor Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle » 63
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1982 Coup de soleil Actor Valentine 58
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1982 Is There a Frenchman in the House? Actor Madame Fluck 58
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1979 Féfé de Broadway Actor Maria Brémont N/A
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1978 Le pont japonais Actor Sarah Jacoby 59
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1976 La facture Actor Noëlle 58
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1974 Madame Sans-Gêne Actor Catherine Hubscher N/A
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1974 Folle Amanda Actor Amanda 58
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1969 Call Me Mathilde Actor Mathilde de Blanzac 59
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1966 Monsieur le Président Directeur Général Actor Thérèse 58
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1965 The Real Bargain Actor Maria Ramirez 58
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1964 Que personne ne sorte Actor Adelia Plunkett 58
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1964 How Do You Like My Sister? Actor Charlotte Varangeot N/A
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1963 Squeak-squeak Actor Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard 61
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1963 People in Luck Actor Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht ») 58
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1963 Who Stole the Body? Actor Gin, English 58
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1962 Tartarin de Tarascon Actor Mme Bézuquet 58
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1962 How to Succeed in Love Actor Edmée Rondeau 58
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1961 On purge bébé Actor Julie Follavoine 59
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1960 The Door Slams Actor Jacqueline N/A
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1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century Actor Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine 59
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1960 The Heirs Actor Chantal 59
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1959 You Have Nothing to Declare? Actor Gladys Dupont 58
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1959 Julie la rousse Actor 58
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1959 The Magnificent Tramp Actor Mme Marjorie 59
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1959 The Motorcycle Cops Actor The dance teacher 59
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1958 Vive les vacances Actor N/A
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1958 Honey, Scare Me Actor The spy Natacha Dubrovno 58
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1957 Burning Fuse Actor 58
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1955 The Grand Manoeuvre Actor Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor 59
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1955 Villa Sans-Souci Actor N/A
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1955 Les deux font la paire Actor Olga 58
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1954 Peek-a-boo Actor Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle 58
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1954 The Sheep Has Five Legs Actor Figurante 58
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1954 The Scheming Women Actor une danseuse 59
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1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles Actor Visitor (uncredited) 59
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