Maria Pacôme
Also Known As: Maria Pacome, Simone Maria Pacôme
Biography: Maria Pacôme (18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright. Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and her brother was shot for being a Communist. When her father came back, Pacôme often found herself defending her mother against her father's violence. Maria began her higher education at Le Cours Simon in 1941, when she was 18. She was classmates with Michèle Morgan, Danièle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet. Pacôme married Ronet in 1950. She would set aside her career until their divorce in 1956. She began her stage acting career in 1956 with La Reine et les Insurgés, written by Ugo Betti and directed by Michel Vitold. In 1958, she acted in Oscar, written by Claude Magnier. She acted alongside Pierre Mondy and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the play. Pacôme also appeared in N'écoutez pas, mesdames! by Sacha Guitry in 1962, Les Grosses Têtes by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault in 1969, and Joyeuses Pâques by Poiret in 1981. Pacôme's first appearance on the big screen came in 1959 with Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (Come Dance with Me), directed by Michel Boisrond. She later took on numerous supporting roles, most notably in The Troops of St. Tropez, Up to His Ears, and Le Distrait. Afterwards, she achieved leading roles in La situation est grave… mais pas désespérée by Jacques Besnard, Les Sous-doués by Claude Zidi, and The Crisis (La Crise) by Coline Serreau. Pacôme wrote seven plays: Apprends-moi Céline, Le Jardin d'Éponine, On m'appelle Émilie, Les Seins de Lola, Et moi et moi, Les Désarrois de Gilda Rumeur, and L'Éloge de ma paresse. She wrote her memoirs, titled Maria sans Pacôme, in 2007. Pacôme appeared in several TV movies, most notably starring in Docteur Sylvestre. In 2006, she played the role of Hortense Bertin in the drama Les Secrets du volcan, directed by Michaëla Watteaux. In 2011, she was the voice actor for the character "Granny" in the movie Titeuf. Maria Pacôme died on 1 December 2018 in Ballainvilliers, France following a tumor near the amygdala. Her burial at the Père Lachaise Cemetery on 10 December 2018 was attended by celebrities such as Daniel Auteuil and Bernard Le Coq. Source: Article "Maria Pacôme" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: July 18, 1923
Deathday: December 01, 2018
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Gender: Female
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Overview: The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-08
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The Under-Gifted
Overview: The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-04-30
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Titeuf
Overview: Titeuf is a comic series created by Swiss draughtsman Zep (real name Philippe Chapuis) depicting the life of a young boy (the title's namesake Titeuf, "Tootuff" in the English translation) and his vision of the adult world & themes such as love, sex, seduction and mysteries about the girls. In this film, Titeuf (Donald Reignoux) is off on a new comedic adventure! Things get complicated when Nadia (Melanie Bernier) doesn’t invite Titeuf to her birthday party, which is surely the most horrible moment of his life. Before long, Titeuf’s whole life is turned upside down when his parents are nearly deported. Everything continues to spiral out of control even in the midst of Titeuf’s exhaustive attempts to make matters right.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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Up to His Ears
Overview: A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-12-04
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Mean Spirit
Overview: Vincent Poirel dirige une multinationale du BTP. Il a tout obtenu dans la vie sauf un enfant. Sa société est retenue pour construire un stade olympique. Le projet original apporté par son architecte est en fait celui de Simon Variot, imaginé durant ses études.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-11-05
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Come Dance with Me!
Overview: The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-18
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Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
Overview: Chloé, Léonie and Pénélope, three friends who have not set eyes on each other for many years, are reunited in a notary’s office. It appears that Chloé’s aunt, with whom they used to spend their summer holidays, has died and bequeathed them her house in the country. The three young women agree to spend the weekend at the house, to clear it out so that they can sell it. As soon as they arrive at the house, old memories come flooding back. It is the beginning of a very long weekend...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-06-06
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A Mouse with the Men
Overview: Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-07-16
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La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Overview: Sophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in the Amazon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Kisses Till Monday
Overview: Three thieves, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri decide to take on Frankie Strong, a wealthy businessman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-27
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A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love
Overview: French TV star Nagui, described by Variety as "popular for his lowbrow-Letterman approach," portrays Zak, who learns about "the curse of Onan" experienced by males in his family. If Zak does not impregnate a woman before his 33rd birthday, the joys of sex evaporate forever. However, Zak's interest in married women creates a roadblock. Even his current girlfriend, art auctioneer Florence (Cristiana Reali) is a married mother of triplets. So Zak's rabbi cousin Joseph (Thomas Langmann) fixes him up with an attractive supermodel (Joanna Rhodes). It's a race against time before permanent impotence strikes.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-08-13
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The Crisis
Overview: Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets is concerned with their own problems. His morale begins to falter when he realizes that no one cares about him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-12-02
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No Problem!
Overview: A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A minute later he dies and the girl horrified by what happened, must look for somebody who would help her get rid of the corpse...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-18
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1914 the Glorious Summer
Overview: An old aristocrat, short of money, who does not accept the new world ruled by the bourgeois class ,epitomized by the industrialist and by the doctor who finally grabs the the aristocrat's castle which soon will be turned into a hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-08-21
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Les Seins de Lola
Overview: The plot of the play revolves around Lola, a sexagenarian, divorced and not very well off, who gets it into her head to have a breast reconstruction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-01-09
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Arrête de pleurer Pénélope !
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-10-17
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La Maison de campagne
Overview: What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-11-10
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Le don d'Adèle
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-16
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Les Gorilles
Overview: A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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Le noir te va si bien
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-22
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Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Overview: Paul, a friendly Parisian cab driver, has two loves: music and his fiancée Virginie. After graduating from the Conservatoire with a first prize, he lives on hope, offering his classical works to publishers. One day, while driving customers to the races, he plays a "toquard": Maubeuge, who wins. With his friends, he celebrates the event and, for dessert, composes a song for the occasion: "Tout ça ne vaut pas un clair de lune à Maubeuge". Monique, a secretary at the radio station and one of the guests, had a record made of the tape recording. And this record, following a mistake, was broadcast on a religious music program. It's a runaway success: for Paul, it's fame and fortune. which he had obviously coveted, but more with his symphonies, opera and sonatas. No matter, the "Clair de lune à Maubeuge" (Moonlight in Maubeuge) allows two happily engaged couples to become happily married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-12-19
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Tender Scoundrel
Overview: Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes a difficult challenge: to seduce baroness Minna von Strasshofer.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-12
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An Unlikely Couple
Overview: Two men on the brink of divorce are thrown together, yet everything opposes them: their tastes, habits, personalities. They have only one thing in common: their desire to get their wives back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-06-11
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Constance aux enfers
Overview: Rear Window meets Estate violenta. The middle-aged Constance watches a young couple that lives across the courtyard; the girl plays loud pop music and goes out of her way to be unpleasant to the classically educated and piano-playing Constance. Then one day Constance sees the boyfriend strangle the little tart in a fit of jealousy. He sees her, too, and has nobody else to turn to for help. Constance keeps silent about the murder and offers the young Hugo a place in her bed. Then the blackmail notes start to arrive...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-05-30
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Distracted
Overview: A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-09
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The Busybody
Overview: André Loriot works for Dr Clairac in a laboratory producing euphoric pills. He searches in vain for an apartment where he can settle down and start a family with the woman who loves him, Juliette. To motivate himself and cope with the setbacks he encounters, he decides to swallow an excessive dose of euphoriants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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Rien ne va plus
Overview: Achille and Roméo, handymen at a casino, one day find a corpse at the bottom of the pool they're cleaning. Fearing they might be accused of murder, they hide the body, but it disappears.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-18
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Les combinards
Overview: Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap women. But one of the friends soon finds his own game turned against him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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Que personne ne sorte
Overview: Set between Christmas and New Year, the film told the story of six criminals who kidnap an ambassador's daughter and await the ransom; enter Monsieur Wens, who infiltrates their hideout using various comic disguises, bumps them off one by one and rescues the little girl.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-07-29
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Le Dernier Baiser
Overview: The meeting of two women of the same age. One is a taxi driver, a little idealistic and romantic and the other is a wealthy and idle bourgeois.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-11
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The Love Game
Overview: Victor (Jean-Pierre Cassel) and Suzanne (Genevieve Cluny) are a couple at odds about commitment in this light, fast-paced comedy-drama by Philippe de Broca. Suzanne needs more reassurance from Victor about the future of their relationship. He is a painter with an inspired creative side who finds it difficult to understand Suzanne's point of view. They are happy together; what is the problem? So when a friend comes into the picture and proposes to Suzanne, Victor suddenly realizes that Suzanne was right. Without a formal commitment, the suddenly insecure man does not like the view from the opposite shore.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Une villa pour deux
Overview: After the death of his father Daniel Tessard has convinced his mother Marion to come to live with him in his apartment in Paris.One year has passed and Marion is still living in the apartment.Daniel is now convincing his mother to go to live in a nice villa (that exists only in the pictures) and has contracted François Ferardini, a real estate entrepreneur for the last construction works.When he goes to see the villa,nothing has be done, it's a real disaster.Besides François tells him a lot of stories about the delay of the construction.What will Daniel do ?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-11-05
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La Maison du lac
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-08-01
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Apprends-moi, Céline
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-10-25
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De doux dingues
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-24
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Le jardin d'Eponine
Overview: She is not very brilliant, Eponine's career ... But what, there is not only the theater in life! Good year bad year, rouspous and vehement, she manages to find a good life, surrounded by her sister, of her mother, her dog and her doves ... And above all, in the middle of her wonderful piece of garden which she cares for with love ... Originally it was a play written by Maria Pacôme, premiered on September 25, 1981 at the Comédie des Champs Elysées (directed by Gérard Vergez). This piece was specially recorded (without audience) for television in March 1984, at the Buttes-Chaumont and broadcast on Antenne 2.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-10-22
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Appelez-moi maître
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-26
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Interdit au public
Overview: Backstage at a Paris theater, a famous, exasperatingly fatuous playwright learns that the actress who was to play the lead in his play is expecting a child. No great actress is available to take on the role. Except the famous actress Gabrielle Tristan, to whom he was married for ten years and to whom he no longer speaks. But their love of theater and their playfulness outweigh all their grudges, and Gabrielle takes on her ex-husband's play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-22
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L'amant de Madame Vidal
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-13
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Le Garçon d’appartement
Overview: Yves is a young man too lazy to work encrusted in a young girl he met on the street and no longer wants to leave the apartment she is sharing with one of her friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-11-21
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L'éloge de ma paresse
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-04-03
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Et moi... et moi!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-01-16
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Silence... We're Shooting
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-05-26
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A Strange Kind of Colonel
Overview: Barton and Cutterfeet, two London mobsters, team up with stripper Marina to pull off the big jobs. But the arrival of a rival who signs his crimes "The Angel" takes away all their profits. The three friends hope to get their revenge when they steal a diamond.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-24
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Emma
Overview: A teen's life changes when her new half-brother arrives accompanied by an elusive stranger while spending the summer with her father and his new family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-07
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-10-13
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