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Jacqueline Maillan

Jan 11, 1923 - May 12, 1992 (69 years old) in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France

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

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30 millions d'amis
Self
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Palace
Docteur Hélène Swift
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
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Peek-a-boo
Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
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Squeak-squeak
Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Visitor (uncredited)
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People in Luck
Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
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The Grand Manoeuvre
Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
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The Seasons of Pleasure
Jacqueline
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The Magnificent Tramp
Mme Marjorie

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