Jacqueline Maillan
ActingBiography
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. Source: Article "Jacqueline Maillan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Movies
(50 total)
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Squeak-squeak
as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
Peek-a-boo
as Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
The Magnificent Tramp
as Mme Marjorie
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Figurante
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Visitor (uncredited)
People in Luck
as Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Jacqueline Garibaldi
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Madame Fluck
The Scheming Women
as une danseuse
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
Burning Fuse
as Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Mrs. Bézuquet
La Femme fardée
as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Henriette Brulard
La facture
as Noëlle
Ville à vendre
as Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
Call Me Mathilde
as Mathilde de Blanzac
TV Shows
(14 total)
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Palace
as Docteur Hélène Swift
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
Stars 90
as Self
30 millions d'amis
as Self
Numéro un
as Self
Numéro un
as Self - Host
Midi Première
as Self
Discorama
as Self