Jacqueline Maillan
1923-01-11 ( 102 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. Source: Article "Jacqueline Maillan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Movies

Pièce montée 1991-12-01
Lily et Lily 1987-12-25
Potiche 1983-12-21
Coup de soleil 1982-05-02
La facture 1976-02-27
Folle Amanda 1974-12-04
Squeak-squeak 1963-11-20
People in Luck 1963-04-26
The Door Slams 1960-12-21
The Heirs 1960-03-09
Burning Fuse 1957-02-27
Peek-a-boo 1954-10-15