Jacqueline Maillan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-01-11
Day of Death
1992-05-12 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
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
Acting
(2020)
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
Ville à vendre
as Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
(1991)
Both Sides of the Street
as Mrs. Yvette
(1991)
Pièce montée
as Françoise Lumière
(1990)
La Femme fardée
as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
(1988)
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Jacqueline
(1988)
To Our Late Husband
as Hermione
(1988)
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Henriette Brulard
(1987)
(1987)
Lily et Lily
as Lily et Déborah Dacosta
(1984)
Croque-monsieur
as Coco Baisos
(1984)
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
as Self
(1983)
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
(1983)
Potiche
as Suzanne Pujol
(1982)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Madame Fluck
(1982)
Coup de soleil
as Valentine
(1979)
Féfé de Broadway
as Maria Brémont
(1978)
Le pont japonais
as Sarah Jacoby
(1976)
La facture
as Noëlle
(1974)
Folle Amanda
as Amanda
(1974)
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherine Hubscher
(1969)
Call Me Mathilde
as Mathilde de Blanzac
(1966)
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
as Thérèse
(1965)
The Real Bargain
as Maria Ramirez
(1964)
Que personne ne sorte
as Adelia Plunkett
(1964)
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Charlotte Varangeot
(1963)
Squeak-squeak
as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
(1963)
People in Luck
as Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
(1963)
Who Stole the Body?
as Gin, English
(1962)
How to Succeed in Love
as Edmée Rondeau
(1962)
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Mrs. Bézuquet
(1961)
On purge bébé
as Julie Follavoine
(1960)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
(1960)
The Door Slams
as Jacqueline
(1960)
The Heirs
as Chantal
(1959)
The Magnificent Tramp
as Mme Marjorie
(1959)
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Gladys Dupont
(1959)
The Motorcycle Cops
as Dance teacher
(1959)
(1958)
Honey, Scare Me
as The spy Natacha Dubrovno
(1958)
Vive les vacances
as Babette Berkley
(1957)
Burning Fuse
as Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
(1955)
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
(1955)
Les deux font la paire
as Olga
(1955)
Villa Sans-Souci
as Adélaïde Legardon
(1954)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Visitor (uncredited)
(1954)
Peek-a-boo
as Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
(1954)
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Figurante
(1954)
The Scheming Women
as une danseuse