Claire Maurier
Claire Maurier was a French actress known for her role as Gilberte Doinel, the mother in François Truffaut's 1959 film The 400 Blows, who died at 97.
Particulars
Claire Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on 27 March 1929 in Céret, France. She began appearing in small film roles at the end of the 1940s and quickly established herself as a versatile supporting actress.
She achieved international recognition for portraying Gilberte Doinel, the mother of the title character in François Truffaut's seminal 1959 film The 400 Blows. Subsequent notable performances included the bigamist wife in La Cuisine au beurre (1963), Simone in La Cage aux Folles (1978), and a César‑nominated supporting role in A Bad Son (1981). In the 2000s she reached a new generation of viewers as Madame Suzanne, the café owner in Jean‑Pierre Jeunet's beloved film Amélie (2001).
Maurier continued to act in film and television into her eighties, appearing in My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) and the comedy series Faites comme chez vous! (2005). She died on 3 May 2026 at the age of 97, leaving behind a legacy of more than ninety film appearances spanning six decades.
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