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

• 1992Ville à vendre — Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
• 1991Both Sides of the Street — Mrs. Yvette
• 1991Pièce montée — Françoise Lumière
• 1990La Femme fardée — Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
• Palace — Docteur Hélène Swift
• 1988The Seasons of Pleasure — Jacqueline Garibaldi
• 1988To Our Late Husband — Hermione
• 1988Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale — Henriette Brulard
• 1987Lily et Lily — Lily et Déborah Dacosta
• 1987The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque — Mammy
• 1984Croque-monsieur — Coco Baisos
• 1983Gramps Is in the Resistance — Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
• 1983Potiche — Suzanne Pujol
• 1982Coup de soleil — Valentine
• 1982Is There a Frenchman in the House? — Madame Fluck
• 1979Féfé de Broadway — Maria Brémont
• 1978Le pont japonais — Sarah Jacoby
• 1976La facture — Noëlle
• 1974Folle Amanda — Amanda
• 1974Madame Sans-Gêne — Catherine Hubscher
• 1969Call Me Mathilde — Mathilde de Blanzac
• 1966Monsieur le Président Directeur Général — Thérèse
• 1965The Real Bargain — Maria Ramirez
• 1964How Do You Like My Sister? — Charlotte Varangeot
• 1964L'échelle — Elise
• 1964Que personne ne sorte — Adelia Plunkett
• 1963People in Luck — Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
• 1963Squeak-squeak — Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
• 1963Who Stole the Body? — Gin, English
• 1962How to Succeed in Love — Edmée Rondeau
• 1962Tartarin de Tarascon — Mrs. Bézuquet
• 1961On purge bébé — Julie Follavoine
• 1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century — Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
• 1960The Door Slams — Jacqueline
• 1960The Heirs — Chantal
• 1959Julie la rousse
• 1959P.L.M — Madame de La Pimprenelle
• 1959The Magnificent Tramp — Mme Marjorie
• 1959The Motorcycle Cops — Dance teacher
• 1959You Have Nothing to Declare? — Gladys Dupont
• 1958Honey, Scare Me — The spy Natacha Dubrovno
• 1958Vive les vacances — Babette Berkley
• 1957Burning Fuse — Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
• 1955Les deux font la paire — Olga
• 1955The Grand Manoeuvre — Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
• 1955Villa Sans-Souci — Adélaïde Legardon
• 1954Peek-a-boo — Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
• 1954The Scheming Women — une danseuse
• 1954The Sheep Has Five Legs — Figurante
• 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles — Visitor (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2020Les 60 ans du one-man-show — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) — Self (archive footage)
• Stars 90 — Self
• Matin Bonheur — Self
• Nulle part ailleurs — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 1984J'ai deux mots à vous dire — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self, Self - Host
• Midi trente — Self
• Discorama — Self