Maria Pacôme

Maria Pacôme

Born: July 18, 1923
Died: December 1, 2018
in Paris, France
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.

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Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
Title: Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
Character: Lise
Released: June 6, 2012
Type: Movie
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...
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Eleonore
Released: September 7, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Titeuf
Title: Titeuf
Character: Mémé (voix)
Released: April 6, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Title: Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 13, 2009
Type: Movie
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La Maison du lac
Title: La Maison du lac
Character: Kate Murphy
Released: August 1, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Les Secrets du volcan
Character: Hortense Bertin
Released: August 23, 2006
Type: TV
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L'éloge de ma paresse
Title: L'éloge de ma paresse
Released: April 3, 2006
Type: Movie
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Arrête de pleurer Pénélope !
Title: Arrête de pleurer Pénélope !
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: Movie
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Une villa pour deux
Title: Une villa pour deux
Character: Marion
Released: November 5, 2003
Type: Movie
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 ?
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Mean Spirit
Title: Mean Spirit
Character: Belle-maman
Released: November 5, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Un couple modèle
Title: Un couple modèle
Character: Maryse
Released: June 11, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love
Title: A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love
Character: Emma
Released: August 13, 1997
Type: Movie
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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1914 the Glorious Summer
Title: 1914 the Glorious Summer
Character: Maria
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Docteur Sylvestre
Character: Mlle Raynal
Released: September 30, 1995
Type: TV
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La Crise
Title: La Crise
Character: Mme Barelle
Released: December 2, 1992
Type: Movie
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.
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Et moi... et moi!
Title: Et moi... et moi!
Released: January 16, 1990
Type: Movie
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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Les Seins de Lola
Title: Les Seins de Lola
Character: Lola
Released: January 9, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Le jardin d'Eponine
Title: Le jardin d'Eponine
Character: Éponine
Released: October 22, 1984
Type: Movie
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.
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Apprends-moi, Céline
Title: Apprends-moi, Céline
Character: Céline
Released: October 25, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Le Garçon d’appartement
Title: Le Garçon d’appartement
Character: Neighbor (voice)
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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The Under-Gifted
Title: The Under-Gifted
Character: Lucie Jumaucourt
Released: April 30, 1980
Type: Movie
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!
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Appelez-moi maître
Title: Appelez-moi maître
Character: Tamara
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
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Le Dernier Baiser
Title: Le Dernier Baiser
Character: L'inconnue
Released: May 11, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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Silence... We're Shooting
Title: Silence... We're Shooting
Character: Elisabeth's mother
Released: May 26, 1976
Type: Movie
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La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Title: La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Character: La vicomtesse Sophie de Valrude
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Sophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in the Amazon.
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Title: 30 millions d'amis
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1976
Type: TV
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Le noir te va si bien
Title: Le noir te va si bien
Character: Lucie
Released: December 22, 1975
Type: Movie
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No Problem!
Title: No Problem!
Character: Mme Michalon
Released: June 18, 1975
Type: Movie
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...
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L'amant de Madame Vidal
Title: L'amant de Madame Vidal
Character: Catherine
Released: January 13, 1975
Type: Movie
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Bons baisers... à lundi
Title: Bons baisers... à lundi
Character: Myrette
Released: November 27, 1974
Type: Movie
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Le don d'Adèle
Title: Le don d'Adèle
Character: Edmée Veyron-Lafitte
Released: October 16, 1972
Type: Movie
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De doux dingues
Title: De doux dingues
Character: Sophie
Released: January 24, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Distracted
Title: Distracted
Character: Glycia Malaquet
Released: December 9, 1970
Type: Movie
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
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La Maison de campagne
Title: La Maison de campagne
Character: Véronique
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: Movie
What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
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Title: À bout portant
Character: Self
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: TV
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A Strange Kind of Colonel
Title: A Strange Kind of Colonel
Character: Aurélia
Released: April 24, 1968
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character: Madame Trochu, la patronne de La Vanne Rouge
Released: March 11, 1968
Type: TV
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
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Interdit au public
Title: Interdit au public
Character: Gabrielle Tristan
Released: December 22, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Tender Scoundrel
Title: Tender Scoundrel
Character: Germaine
Released: December 12, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Gabrielle Tristan
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Les combinards
Title: Les combinards
Character: Lucienne
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Si Perrault m'était conté
Character: la marâtre
Released: January 3, 1966
Type: TV
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Up to His Ears
Title: Up to His Ears
Character: Suzy Ponchabert
Released: December 4, 1965
Type: Movie
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
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Title: Seule a Paris
Character: Michèle
Released: November 10, 1965
Type: TV
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Les Gorilles
Title: Les Gorilles
Character: Josépha Dépelouze
Released: December 23, 1964
Type: Movie
A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Title: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Character: Émilie Lareine-Leroy
Released: September 8, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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Que personne ne sorte
Title: Que personne ne sorte
Character: Pauline, la cuisinière
Released: July 29, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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A Mouse with the Men
Title: A Mouse with the Men
Character: Tante Emma
Released: July 16, 1964
Type: Movie
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!
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Rien ne va plus
Title: Rien ne va plus
Released: June 18, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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Constance aux enfers
Title: Constance aux enfers
Character: Marie-Cecile
Released: May 30, 1964
Type: Movie
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...
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Un clair de lune à Maubeuge
Title: Un clair de lune à Maubeuge
Character: La journaliste
Released: December 19, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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The Busybody
Title: The Busybody
Character: Madame Gonzalès
Released: December 20, 1961
Type: Movie
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.
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The Love Game
Title: The Love Game
Character: Une cliente
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Come Dance with Me!
Title: Come Dance with Me!
Character: Mme Decauville-Lachenée
Released: December 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.