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Jacqueline Maillan

Acting Born Jan 11, 1923 Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France 24 credits

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

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self (archive footage)

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Palace

as Docteur Hélène Swift

PreCure Splash Star

as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard

Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self (archive footage)
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self - Host
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Discorama (1959) as Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • Stars 90 (1990) as Self
  • Matin Bonheur (1987) as Self
  • Palace (1988) as Docteur Hélène Swift
  • Squeak-squeak (1963) as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
  • Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983) as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
  • Who Stole the Body? (1963) as Gin, English
  • Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Visitor (uncredited)
  • Peek-a-boo (1954) as Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
  • The Grand Manoeuvre (1955) as Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
  • People in Luck (1963) as Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
  • Féfé de Broadway (1979) as Maria Brémont
  • Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960) as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
  • The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) as Figurante