Jacqueline Maillan
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
People in Luck
Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
Midi Première
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Squeak-squeak
Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
Numéro un
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Numéro un
Self - Host
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
30 millions d'amis
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Midi trente
Self
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Figurante
The Grand Manoeuvre
Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
Stars 90
Self
The Scheming Women
une danseuse
Croque-monsieur
Coco Baisos
Burning Fuse
Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
The Seasons of Pleasure
Jacqueline Garibaldi
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Madame Fluck
To Our Late Husband
Hermione
Honey, Scare Me
The spy Natacha Dubrovno
Who Stole the Body?
Gin, English
The Door Slams
Jacqueline
Le pont japonais
Sarah Jacoby
The Magnificent Tramp
Mme Marjorie
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Visitor (uncredited)
Potiche
Suzanne Pujol
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Gladys Dupont
The Real Bargain
Maria Ramirez
Folle Amanda
Amanda
On purge bébé
Julie Follavoine
Both Sides of the Street
Mrs. Yvette
Palace
Docteur Hélène Swift
Ville à vendre
Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
Peek-a-boo
Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
Que personne ne sorte
Adelia Plunkett
Tartarin de Tarascon
Mrs. Bézuquet
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Henriette Brulard
La facture
Noëlle
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Mammy
Vive les vacances
Babette Berkley
Féfé de Broadway
Maria Brémont
Coup de soleil
Valentine
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
Lily et Lily
Lily et Déborah Dacosta
La Femme fardée
Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
The Heirs
Chantal
How Do You Like My Sister?
Charlotte Varangeot
Les deux font la paire
Olga
Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher
Call Me Mathilde
Mathilde de Blanzac
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Thérèse
Julie la rousse
Villa Sans-Souci
Adélaïde Legardon
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Self (archive footage)
How to Succeed in Love
Edmée Rondeau
The Motorcycle Cops
Dance teacher
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
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Pièce montée
Françoise Lumière
Champs-Elysées
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Sacrée Soirée
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Sacrée Soirée
Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Discorama
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Nulle part ailleurs
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Matin Bonheur
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