
Actor
Born January 11, 1923 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.

Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Self (archive footage)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)

Ville à vendre
Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne

Pièce montée
Françoise Lumière

Both Sides of the Street
Mrs. Yvette

La Femme fardée
Edma Bautet-Lebrêche

Stars 90
Self

Palace
Docteur Hélène Swift

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Henriette Brulard

To Our Late Husband
Hermione

The Seasons of Pleasure
Jacqueline Garibaldi

Lily et Lily
Lily et Déborah Dacosta

Sacrée soirée
Self

Nulle part ailleurs
Self

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Mammy

Croque-monsieur
Coco Baisos

J'ai deux mots à vous dire
Self

Potiche
Suzanne Pujol

Gramps Is in the Resistance
Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »

Coup de soleil
Valentine

Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Madame Fluck

Champs-Elysées
Self

Féfé de Broadway
Maria Brémont

Le pont japonais
Sarah Jacoby

La facture
Noëlle

30 millions d'amis
Self

Numéro un
Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self

Midi Première
Self

Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher

Folle Amanda
Amanda

Midi trente
Self

Call Me Mathilde
Mathilde de Blanzac

Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Thérèse

The Real Bargain
Maria Ramirez

Que personne ne sorte
Adelia Plunkett

How Do You Like My Sister?
Charlotte Varangeot

L'échelle
Elise

Squeak-squeak
Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard

People in Luck
Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")

Who Stole the Body?
Gin, English

Tartarin de Tarascon
Mrs. Bézuquet

How to Succeed in Love
Edmée Rondeau

On purge bébé
Julie Follavoine

The Door Slams
Jacqueline

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine

The Heirs
Chantal

You Have Nothing to Declare?
Gladys Dupont

Julie la rousse

The Magnificent Tramp
Mme Marjorie

The Motorcycle Cops
Dance teacher

Discorama
Self

Vive les vacances
Babette Berkley

Honey, Scare Me
The spy Natacha Dubrovno

Burning Fuse
Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper

The Grand Manoeuvre
Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor

Villa Sans-Souci
Adélaïde Legardon

Les deux font la paire
Olga

Peek-a-boo
Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle

The Sheep Has Five Legs
Figurante

The Scheming Women
une danseuse

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Visitor (uncredited)