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. Source: Article "Jacqueline Maillan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Personal Details
Movies (39)
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Ville à vendre
as Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
1992
Pièce montée
as Françoise Lumière
1991
Both Sides of the Street
as Mrs. Yvette
1991
La Femme fardée
as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
1990
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Henriette Brulard
1988
To Our Late Husband
as Hermione
1988
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Jacqueline Garibaldi
1988
Lily et Lily
as Lily et Déborah Dacosta
1987
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
as Mammy
1987
Croque-monsieur
as Coco Baisos
1984
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
as Self
1984
Potiche
as Suzanne Pujol
1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
1983
Coup de soleil
as Valentine
1982
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Madame Fluck
1982
Féfé de Broadway
as Maria Brémont
1979
Le pont japonais
as Sarah Jacoby
1978
La facture
as Noëlle
1976
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherine Hubscher
1974
Folle Amanda
as Amanda
1974
Call Me Mathilde
as Mathilde de Blanzac
1969
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
as Thérèse
1966
The Real Bargain
as Maria Ramirez
1965
Que personne ne sorte
as Adelia Plunkett
1964
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Charlotte Varangeot
1964
Squeak-squeak
as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
1963
People in Luck
as Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
1963
Who Stole the Body?
as Gin, English
1963
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Mrs. Bézuquet
1962
How to Succeed in Love
as Edmée Rondeau
1962
On purge bébé
as Julie Follavoine
1961
The Door Slams
as Jacqueline
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
1960
The Heirs
as Chantal
1960
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Gladys Dupont
1959
Julie la rousse
1959
The Magnificent Tramp
as Mme Marjorie
1959
TV Shows (11)
Stars 90
as Self
1990
Palace
as Docteur Hélène Swift
1988
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
Numéro un
as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Midi Première
as Self
1975
Midi trente
as Self
1972