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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

The Door Slams
The Door Slams
The Magnificent Tramp
The Magnificent Tramp
Squeak-squeak
Squeak-squeak
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
The Seasons of Pleasure
The Seasons of Pleasure
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Gramps Is in the Resistance
La facture
La facture
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo

Filmography

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 Pièce montée
as Françoise Lumière
1991 Both Sides of the Street
as Mrs. Yvette
1990 La Femme fardée
as Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
1990 Stars 90
as Self
1988 Palace
as Docteur Hélène Swift
1988 Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Henriette Brulard
1988 To Our Late Husband
as Hermione
1988 The Seasons of Pleasure
as Jacqueline Garibaldi
1987 Lily et Lily
as Lily et Déborah Dacosta
1987 Sacrée soirée
as Self
1987 Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987 Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987 The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
as Mammy
1984 Croque-monsieur
as Coco Baisos
1984 J'ai deux mots à vous dire
as Self
1983 Potiche
as Suzanne Pujol