Jacqueline Maillan
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Biography: 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 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
Birthday: January 11, 1923
Deathday: May 12, 1992
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Door Slams
Overview: Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-21
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The Magnificent Tramp
Overview: Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-04-08
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Squeak-squeak
Overview: Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this concession from him. Right on cue appears Antoine Brévin, a befuddled billionaire who is very interested in Léonard's beautiful daughter Patricia and would do anything to win her hand...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-20
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Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Overview: An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain any potential scandal, the man becomes enamored of the daughter of his uncle's maid. This new romance inspires him to forget worries about a public image and focus on a new life -- not any easy objective when unsavory friends and foes have their own agendas in mind.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-04-28
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The Seasons of Pleasure
Overview: Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-02-10
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
Overview: It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-26
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La facture
Overview: Noëlle is a woman who succeeds in everything. In addition, she is blessed with incredible luck. But one day, she questions herself, convinced one day to pay the bill. So, to be unhappy, she dismisses one of her friends ... Filmed at the Édouard VII Theater in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-02-27
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Peek-a-boo
Overview: A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-15
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Ville à vendre
Overview: A man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He teams up with the victim's vulgar assistant to try to solve the mystery.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-02-26
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The Scheming Women
Overview: The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, Paul goes into hiding in a psychiatric hospital to escape from the police. But Andrieux seduces Mona who then turns against her husband.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-04-07
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Overview: Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-16
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Call Me Mathilde
Overview: Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidnappers begin by holding her hostage at the home of Petit Jean, a country bumpkin, before demanding a ransom from her husband. At the same time, Hubert de Pifre, a fighter pilot in distress, ejects over Petit Jean's farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-10
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Tartarin de Tarascon
Overview: A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip, aperitifs and thought-provoking journeys. Imaginative like all his compatriots, Tartarin ended up believing he had once been to Shanghai, so fervently did he recount his illusory adventures. It was even rumored that Tartarin was about to leave for Africa to hunt wild beasts, and this was so insistent that the brave man, urged on by his friends, was forced "for the sake of honor" to embark. He arrives in Casablanca, surprised to discover a modern city and not a single lion. But a charming Moorish woman, Baïa, seduces him, and Tartarin indulges in the "delights of Capua". This euphoria is short-lived: Baïa disappears, a false prince, mostly a swindler, finds a replacement and sets off on a hunting expedition in southern Morocco, which will only earn Tartarin the loss of his savings and a blind old lion dragged along by two beggars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-22
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Who Stole the Body?
Overview: Edouard and Félix work in a real estate agency. One day, they are threatened with dismissal if they don't manage to sell a very isolated house to an elderly, silver and somewhat unusual Englishwoman. In the house, they discover a corpse. The visit is spent dragging the corpse from room to room, cupboard to chest, so as not to frighten the otherwise impressed buyer. But the corpse disappears. He has to be found before the deed can be signed. The two salesmen become detectives, tracking down the dead man's many female acquaintances. All the seducer's conquests are sifted through, to find the one who left her jewels at the scene of the crime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Both Sides of the Street
Overview: Marie has always been somewhat independent and is considered by some to be a bit of a tomboy. Though she is not quite a teenager, her photographer father has no qualms about leaving her alone for a while when he has to go off on an assignment. One day, while she is walking along, she gets run down by an automobile. The contrite woman driving that car sees to it that she is all right, and before long the two of them have become fast friends. Lilas, the driver, is a prostitute, and she discovers that she has a thing or two to teach the kid about femininity and men. Before long, the precocious youth is trying out her newfound powers of seduction on a family friend.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-30
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
Overview: Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-08-29
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Lily et Lily
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-12-25
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Honey, Scare Me
Overview: A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies. A young blonde hotel burglar will help him get out of this mess.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-03-06
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
Overview: A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Overview: On the day he loses his job in advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking and his wife is having an affair with a TV presenter. Gérard's only comfort in this time of mid-life crisis is his colleague, a young punk girl named Martine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-01-14
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Julie la rousse
Overview: The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because her parents are opposed to this relationship. Edourd's son will go in search of this woman and will thereby meet her daughter. About a love story that continues from one generation to the next.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-08-12
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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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How to Succeed in Love
Overview: Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-16
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La Femme fardée
Overview: Marivaudages of a privileged group embarked on the "Narcissus" for a musical cruise in company of the famous diva La Doria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-11-07
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How Do You Like My Sister?
Overview: The brother of a delinquent schoolboy falls in love with his teacher and intrigues to make him reciprocate her love, and succeeds.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-03-04
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Madame Sans-Gêne
Overview: Catherine Hubscher, laundress, saves the life of an Austrian nobleman with the complicity of her fiancé, Sergeant Lefebvre, the day when royalty collapses. And then the years pass ... Become Marshal of the Empire and Duke of Danzig, ex Sergeant Lefebvre always has for wife Catherine, the ex laundress; and this, in spite of the efforts made by the Emperor Napoleon to have him divorced, the Emperor blamed him strongly for the lack of distinction of Catherine. Faced with the Marshal's refusal, Catherine was summoned to the Emperor's house and the dialogue between them lacked heat to say the least, until the former lieutenant Bonaparte recognized in Maréchale Lefebvre, Catherine the laundress, who once , gave him credit for his laundering debts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-12-24
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Burning Fuse
Overview: Lola, the wife of arms dealer Pedro Wassewich, is attracted to Ludovic, a young painter who turns out to be the emissary of a notorious gangster. He claims to have been sent by the latter to pick up a shipment. In fact, it's the police who, behind the scenes, orchestrate the operation to catch Wassewich red-handed.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-02-27
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Villa Sans-Souci
Overview: The whimsical Jean Latour wins a competition for a month's holiday on the Côte d'Azur. When he arrives at the "Villa Sans Souci", he discovers that the owner and generous donor, M. Mallez, is a doctor, that the property's guests are sick with nerves, and that Mallez has brought him in to entertain his neurasthenic residents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Potiche
Overview: Suzanne Pujol is the submissive wife of a rich industrialist who is as unpleasant with his family as with his workers. Following a strike in the company, Suzanne takes the place of her husband, who is disowned by his staff. She proves to be a woman of leadership and action, which provokes the anger of her husband and her former lover, a communist deputy...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-12-21
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Vive les vacances
Overview: Roger and Jeannot, two jolly good fellows, are workers in a car factory. When the summer holidays come they merrily mount their scooter and head for the French Riviera where they intend to live cheerful holidays. They finally reach their destination after going through a host of colorful misadventures on the road and are soon caught into an imbroglio. Indeed, after boarding a yacht following two sailors, the boat sails away and they are unable to disembark, at least for a while. This is only a minor problem since they are immediately hired as mechanics and cooks, to everyone's satisfaction. To crown it all, there is Graziella, the niece of the king of naphtha, whose endearing charms do not leave Roger insensitive. And the belle has a lady friend by the name of Ingrid, who happens to be as rich as she is, and who kindles Jeannot's flame. But things are not as simple as they appear.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-12-24
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Folle Amanda
Overview: A former music hall singer, Amanda lives day by day while remaining optimistic. Short of money, she wants to publish her memoirs. But her ex-husband Philippe, minister-in-office, wants to dissuade her ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-12-04
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Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Overview: In order to appoint his new right-hand man, a CEO decides to organize a weekend with all the candidates.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-16
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The Motorcycle Cops
Overview: Marc, a motorcycle brigadier, is engaged to the charming Véronique. But his future brother-in-law, the clumsy Roger, leader of a Sunday motorcycle gang, has set his sights on joining the motorcycle police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-18
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The Heirs
Overview: Rival brother and sister Gaëtan and Chantal, the last heirs of the late billionaire financier Omar Porassis, use every trick in the book to try and claim his fabulous inheritance when two of Omar's natural sons, Roger and Marc, are found. The brother and sister try to manipulate Marc and Roger into stealing their inheritance. After discovering the deception, the two half-brothers join forces to escape the many traps set by Gaëtan and Chantal, who try to eliminate them by any means necessary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-03-09
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The Real Bargain
Overview: The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac who is about to marry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-09
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The Grand Manoeuvre
Overview: Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-26
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Pièce montée
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Overview: Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-10
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To Our Late Husband
Overview: The widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-02-24
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Overview: The leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-06-08
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Coup de soleil
Overview: Valentine Matignon is a renowned perfumer, "nose". She has had a relationship for 15 years with Gérard, and is about to break up because she is bored. Patrick appears, a lively florist, who gives him the bouquet that Gérard ordered to be forgiven for being late. Patrick makes him a dishonest proposition which she ends up accepting. She takes a funny "sunburn".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-05-02
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On purge bébé
Overview: Mr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this lucrative contract, he invites a doctor from the Ministry of War. The business dinner takes a different turn when Mme Follavoine appears, obsessed by their son Toto's constipation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-04
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Féfé de Broadway
Overview: Maria, a great tragedian, has desires for radical change in her career. Singing, dancing, changing registers and getting younger: it has become an obsession. To get there, she calls on her ex-lover Simon whom she left in the past, who has become a popular choreographer for stars on Broadway. The reunion is somewhat tormented ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-13
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Le pont japonais
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-09-25
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J'ai deux mots à vous dire
Overview: After a depression that cost her a hospital stay, a music hall singer recounts her career and her problems as a woman. Between 2 phone calls and 14 songs, she discreetly retraces her life, her beautiful and shy love stories ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-03-30
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Les deux font la paire
Overview: Two third-rate actors, longing to be famous, try to make the headlines by feigning a murder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-02-11
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Les 60 ans du one-man-show
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Croque-monsieur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-10
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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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People in Luck
Overview: A light French comedy of 5 segments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-04-26
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