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 3.0.

Known For

Gramps Is in the Resistance

as Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »

Squeak-squeak

as Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard

Peek-a-boo

as Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle

The Magnificent Tramp

as Mme Marjorie

The Grand Manoeuvre

as Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor

The Sheep Has Five Legs

as Figurante

People in Luck

as Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

as Mammy

Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Visitor (uncredited)

The Seasons of Pleasure

as Jacqueline