Jacqueline Maillan
Known For
Acting
Born
1923-01-11 in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
Died
1992-05-12
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.
Most Known For
Midi Première
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
Numéro un
as Self
Numéro un
as Self - Host
Midi trente
as Self
30 millions d'amis
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
Discorama
as Self
Stars 90
as Self
Squeak-squeak
as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
Palace
as Docteur Hélène Swift
Potiche
as Suzanne Pujol
Matin Bonheur
as Self
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Who Stole the Body?
as Gin, English
Honey, Scare Me
as The spy Natacha Dubrovno
The Magnificent Tramp
as Mme Marjorie