1911-05-26 ( 113 years old ) in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France
Maurice Baquet is a cellist, actor, sportsman and French entertainer, born May 26, 1911 in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died July 8, 2005 in Noisy-le-Grand. Maurice Baquet was married twice: with Jacqueline Figus (1920-2011) from October 31, 1944 to June 20, 1959, with whom they had a daughter, Sophie, and with Maria Yakimova from February 20, 1964 until her death. The couple had four children: Anne, Gregori. All of them, as well as Sophie, born from her first marriage, are actors and singers — Stéphane, light designer and Dimitri, show producer. ...
A native of Beaujolais, he took cello lessons at the Lyon conservatory and then those in Paris where he was in the same class as Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, Léo Chauliac, Henri Dutilleux, Louiguy, Pierre Spiers and Raymond Trouard and where he won first prize. This did not prevent him from failing the entrance examination for the orchestra of the Paris Opera, which motivated him to give up a classical career.
However, he does not leave his cello behind. On the contrary, the instrument accompanies him throughout his life and we remember the wink that Joseph Losey allowed him during a short but moving sequence in Monsieur Klein. In the early 1930s, he rubbed shoulders with Pierre and Jacques Prévert, Roger Blin and joined the famous October Group, an agitprop group, closely linked to the French Communist Party. He set up his career as an actor there and devoted himself to beautiful texts, in particular the poems of Aragon and Paul Éluard. In 1935, he made his first feature film under the direction of Marc Allégret, Les Beaux Jours. A filmography of more than 80 titles follows. His head as a resourceful and facetious kid also earned him the role of Bibi Fricotin, then that of Ribouldingue in two films by Marcel Aboulker.
At the theater, he plays in the operettas Andalousie and Gipsy by Francis Lopez. He also performed at the cabaret, sometimes accompanied on tap dance by Jacqueline Figus, his wife since 1944.
He also participated in ski mountaineering competitions, as well as more humorous performances, such as his ski descent from the stairs of the Butte Montmartre in 1946. In the same vein, he also skied down the stairs from the Maison de la Radio, following a bet. In 1947, he presented with the whimsical Saint-Granier a bicycle-ski allowing to go down the slopes. Friend of Roger Frison-Roche, we find him in the credits of Premier de cordée (1944). In 1955, he co-directed Stars and Tempests with Gaston Rébuffat and Georges Tairraz, which won the Grand Prix at the Trente Festival. On July 13, 1956, he made the first ascent of the south-east face of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix with Gaston Rébuffat, sequences of which can be seen in Entre terre et ciel.
He was also a friend of Robert Doisneau, who photographed him extensively6 and with whom he produced a work entitled Ballade pour violoncelle et chambre noire, which testifies to their friendship.
He died at the age of 94 and is buried in the cemetery of Beauregard (Ain).
Movies
The World of Gaston Rébuffat
2009-01-01
Only God Sees Me
1998-06-03
La braconne
1993-06-12
Roulez jeunesse !
1993-04-28
Babilée '91
1992-12-25
Baquet's Comeback
1988-01-01
Le Débutant
1986-05-19
Tailleur pour dames
1985-09-15
Strictement personnel
1985-08-21
Les Rois du gag
1985-03-12
Vive les femmes !
1984-03-07
The Angel
1982-05-25
Salut, j'arrive
1982-04-07
Tête à claques
1982-02-17
Madame Claude 2
1981-08-26
Le Roi des cons
1981-02-18
Le divorcement
1979-08-22
The Adolescent
1979-01-24
Mr. Klein
1976-09-23
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976-02-17
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970-12-22
Z
1969-02-26
Little Claus and Big Claus
1964-12-25
Mandrin
1962-12-19
Entre Terre et Ciel
1961-01-01
Stowaway in the Sky
1960-09-14
Perilous Assignment
1959-11-06
A Night at the Moulin Rouge
1957-08-07
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955-06-26
Stars and Storms
1955-06-01
Andalusia
1951-03-16
El sueño de Andalucía
1951-03-16
Bibi Fricotin
1951-01-03
The Sad Sack
1950-11-10
Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
1950-03-08
Sextette
1948-09-17
My Treasure
1948-04-21
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948-02-01
Mystery Tour
1947-05-21
Pas un mot à la reine mère
1946-11-01
Driving Lesson
1946-05-29
The Last Metro
1945-06-27
Coup de tête
1944-10-12
First in Line
1944-02-23
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1944-01-01
Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01
Le Chant de l'exilé
1943-04-21
Départ à zéro
1943-02-23
Frédérica
1942-11-18
The Trump Card
1942-09-02
Twisted Mistress
1942-08-14
They Met on Skis
1940-12-14
Place de la Concorde
1939-01-07
Final Accord
1938-12-30
Youth in Revolt
1938-07-21
Hatred
1938-01-26
Alibi
1937-12-22
Ballerina
1937-11-25
Lady Killer
1937-09-15
The Lower Depths
1936-12-11
Girls of Paris
1936-11-09
Hélène
1936-10-17
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
Happy Days
1935-11-08
Sacrifice of Honor
1935-01-04
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