Maximilienne

In his sketches, popular French comedian'Fernand Raynaud' was often bullied by a self-righteous sharp-tongued spinster called Mademoiselle Lelongbec, the parish organist. Tall, lean and unattractive, Maximilenne (born Henriette Genty in 1884) seemed born to play the part and she WAS the obvious choice for director Robert Darène when, in 1958, he prepared to film a Fernand Raynaud's vehicle entitled "Houla Houla". Donning the attire of Mlle Lelongbec Maximilenne had the distinguished opportunity to nag poor Fernand, on the big screen this time around. A role that epitomizes a long screen career, spanning the three decades between the advent of the sound period and the birth of the French New Wave. During this time, she embodied innumerable female authority figures such as a mother superior ("La route enchantée"), a school mistress ("Simplet"), the headmistress of a reform school("Prison sans barreaux"), a Salvation Army general ("L'armoire volante") or a princess ("Le disque 1413"). She was rarely married in her films, most of the time she was the narrow-minded old maid. She was at her best as such in the role of one of the boarding house guests in Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1942 masterpiece "L'assassin habite au 21". And when she had indeed married in a movie, she was usually a widow: her late husband had chosen to leave life prematurely to escape her! Occasionally one of the old maids and aunts she was given to play were affectionate, notably in Fritz Lang's "Liliom " (1933). But whether her characters were good or bad, Maximilienne had been one of those colorful character actors and actresses the French cinema of the classic era could not do without. And she will be fondly remembered for that. - IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger

Фільмографія

• 1959Houla-Houla — Mlle Lelongbec
• 1959The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère — Mrs. Rosenthal
• 1958Premier mai — Nun (uncredited)
• 1957Fric-frac en dentelles — Madame Mouilletu
• 1954La Cage aux souris — Miss Frador aka 'Cul-de-poule'
• 1954The Congress of Mother-in-Laws — Madame Moucaille
• 1952Dans la vie tout s'arrange — Madame Bleubois
• 1952Drôle de noce — Cornil's Widow
• 1952Trois vieilles filles en folie — Pervenche
• 1951Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny — La soeur du Marquis
• 1951Monsieur Octave
• 1951Musique en tête — The personnel manager
• 1951Pardon My French — Madame Bleubois
• 1950No More Vacation for the Good Lord — Aunt Faguet
• 1950The Treasure of Cantenac — Blandine
• 1950Tête blonde — Madame Rabichou
• 1949Last Hour, Special Edition — Mademoiselle Thomasson
• 1948Scandals of Clochemerle — Justine Putet
• 1948The Cupboard Was Bare — Salvation Army commander
• 1947Monsieur Vincent — Une dévote à l'église (uncredited)
• 1946Rooster Heart — Mme Estelle
• 1946Song of the Clouds — Mademoiselle Anaïs
• 1944The Ménard Collection — Young lady Ménard
• 1943Picpus — Madame Bertaud (uncredited)
• 1943Shop Girls of Paris — Madame Cabin
• 1942Cartacalha, reine des gitans — Machanalli
• 1942Simple-Minded — Mademoiselle Aimée, teacher
• 1942The Murderer Lives at Number 21 — Miss Cuq
• 1941Parade in 7 Nights — Ardouin's governess
• 1940Marseille mes amours — Aunt Églantine
• 1940Two Women
• 1939Cavalcade of Love — Old comedienne
• 1938Clodoche
• 1938Mon curé chez les riches — Patroness
• 1938Prison Without Bars — Madame Appel
• 1938The Baker's Wife — Melle Angèle
• 1938The Enchanted Road — Mother superior
• 1938Un de la Canebière
• 1938Un meurtre a été commis — Madame Phalempin
• 1937My Aunts and I — Tante Julie
• 1937The Man from Nowhere — La tante Scholastique
• 1937The Secrets of the Red Sea
• 1937À nous deux, madame la vie
• 1936Coup de vent
• 1936Disk 413 — Princess
• 1936Monsieur est saisi
• 1936Prête-moi ta femme
• 1935Gypsy Baron
• 1935Lovers and Thieves — Mrs. Doizeau
• 1935Voyage d'agrément
• 1934Incognito — Deaf lady
• 1934Liliom — Mme. Menoux
• 1934Maria Chapdelaine — Azelma Larouche
• 1934Midnight, Place Pigalle — Louise
• 1934Mountain Man — Mme Malten
• 1934Tartarin of Tarascon — Mme Ladevèze
• 1934The Daughters of the Concierge — Mme Fallempin
• 1934We Found a Naked Woman
• 1933600,000 francs per month — Madame Brochet
• 1933July 14 — La locataire (uncredited)
• 1933Les surprises du divorce
• 1933Maison hantée
• 1933Étienne — Aunt Valérie
• 1932Adhémar Lampiot
• 1932Buridan's Donkey
• 1932For One Cent's Worth of Love — Mathilde
• 1932Our Lord's Vineyard
• 1932To the Polls, Citizens
• 1931Bubble Gum
• 1931À Nous la Liberté — Une invitée au diner