Jacqueline Maillan

Jacqueline Maillan

Born: January 11, 1923
Died: May 12, 1992
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.

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Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Title: Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 2020
Type: Movie
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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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Ville à vendre
Title: Ville à vendre
Character: Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
Released: February 26, 1992
Type: Movie
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.
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Pièce montée
Title: Pièce montée
Character: Françoise Lumière
Released: December 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Both Sides of the Street
Title: Both Sides of the Street
Character: Mrs. Yvette
Released: January 30, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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La Femme fardée
Title: La Femme fardée
Character: Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
Released: November 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Marivaudages of a privileged group embarked on the "Narcissus" for a musical cruise in company of the famous diva La Doria.
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Title: Stars 90
Character: self
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: Docteur Hélène Swift
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Title: Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Character: Henriette Brulard
Released: June 8, 1988
Type: Movie
The leader of a nudist colony enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
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To Our Late Husband
Title: To Our Late Husband
Character: Hermione
Released: February 24, 1988
Type: Movie
The widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
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The Seasons of Pleasure
Title: The Seasons of Pleasure
Character: Jacqueline
Released: February 10, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Lily et Lily
Title: Lily et Lily
Character: Lily et Déborah Dacosta
Released: December 25, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Title: The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Character: Mammy
Released: January 14, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Croque-monsieur
Title: Croque-monsieur
Character: Coco Baisos
Released: September 10, 1984
Type: Movie
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J'ai deux mots à vous dire
Title: J'ai deux mots à vous dire
Released: March 30, 1984
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Potiche
Title: Potiche
Character: Suzanne Pujol
Released: December 21, 1983
Type: Movie
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...
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
Title: Gramps Is in the Resistance
Character: Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Released: October 26, 1983
Type: Movie
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!
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Coup de soleil
Title: Coup de soleil
Character: Valentine
Released: May 2, 1982
Type: Movie
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".
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Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Title: Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Character: Madame Fluck
Released: April 28, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Féfé de Broadway
Title: Féfé de Broadway
Character: Maria Brémont
Released: January 13, 1979
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Le pont japonais
Title: Le pont japonais
Character: Sarah Jacoby
Released: September 25, 1978
Type: Movie
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La facture
Title: La facture
Character: Noëlle
Released: February 27, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: 30 millions d'amis
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self - Host
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Madame Sans-Gêne
Title: Madame Sans-Gêne
Character: Catherine Hubscher
Released: December 24, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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Folle Amanda
Title: Folle Amanda
Character: Amanda
Released: December 4, 1974
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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Call Me Mathilde
Title: Call Me Mathilde
Character: Mathilde de Blanzac
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
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.
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Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Title: Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Character: Thérèse
Released: December 16, 1966
Type: Movie
In order to appoint his new right-hand man, a CEO decides to organize a weekend with all the candidates.
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The Real Bargain
Title: The Real Bargain
Released: March 9, 1965
Type: Movie
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.
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Que personne ne sorte
Title: Que personne ne sorte
Character: Adelia Plunkett
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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How Do You Like My Sister?
Title: How Do You Like My Sister?
Character: Charlotte Varangeot
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
The brother of a delinquent schoolboy falls in love with his teacher and intrigues to make him reciprocate her love, and succeeds.
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Pouic-Pouic
Title: Pouic-Pouic
Character: Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
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...
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People in Luck
Title: People in Luck
Character: Élisabeth Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
Released: April 26, 1963
Type: Movie
A light French comedy of 5 segments.
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Who Stole the Body?
Title: Who Stole the Body?
Character: Gin, the English
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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.
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Tartarin de Tarascon
Title: Tartarin de Tarascon
Character: Mme Bézuquet
Released: November 22, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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How to Succeed in Love
Title: How to Succeed in Love
Character: Edmée Rondeau
Released: November 16, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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On purge bébé
Title: On purge bébé
Character: Julie Follavoine
Released: March 4, 1961
Type: Movie
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.
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The Door Slams
Title: The Door Slams
Character: Jacqueline
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Title: Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Character: Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
Released: December 16, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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The Heirs
Title: The Heirs
Character: Chantal
Released: March 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
Title: You Have Nothing to Declare?
Character: Gladys Dupont
Released: August 29, 1959
Type: Movie
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!
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Julie la rousse
Title: Julie la rousse
Released: August 12, 1959
Type: Movie
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.
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The Magnificent Tramp
Title: The Magnificent Tramp
Character: Mme Marjorie
Released: April 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
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The Motorcycle Cops
Title: The Motorcycle Cops
Character: The dance teacher
Released: March 18, 1959
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Vive les vacances
Title: Vive les vacances
Released: December 24, 1958
Type: Movie
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.
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Honey, Scare Me
Title: Honey, Scare Me
Character: The spy Natacha Dubrovno
Released: March 6, 1958
Type: Movie
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.
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Burning Fuse
Title: Burning Fuse
Released: February 27, 1957
Type: Movie
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.
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The Grand Manoeuvre
Title: The Grand Manoeuvre
Character: Jeanne Duverger, une sœur de Victor
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
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.
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Villa Sans-Souci
Title: Villa Sans-Souci
Released: July 12, 1955
Type: Movie
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.
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Les deux font la paire
Title: Les deux font la paire
Character: Olga
Released: February 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Two third-rate actors, longing to be famous, try to make the headlines by feigning a murder.
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Peek-a-boo
Title: Peek-a-boo
Character: Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
Released: October 15, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
Title: The Sheep Has Five Legs
Character: Figurante
Released: September 24, 1954
Type: Movie
A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
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The Scheming Women
Title: The Scheming Women
Character: une danseuse
Released: April 7, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Title: Royal Affairs in Versailles
Character: une visiteuse (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1954
Type: Movie
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.