Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-01-11
Day of Death
1992-05-12
Place of Birth
Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
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.
Filmography (50)
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Ville à vendre
1992
Pièce montée
1991
Both Sides of the Street
1991
La Femme fardée
1990
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
1988
To Our Late Husband
1988
The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
Lily et Lily
1987
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
Croque-monsieur
1984
J'ai deux mots à vous dire
1984
Potiche
1983
