Madeleine Jeanne Louise "Mado" Maurin (24 September 1915 − 8 December 2013) was a
French
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actress, whose career spanned over 55 years.
Life
Born in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, Maurin began her acting career in 1955. Maurin was married twice and was the mother of actors Jean-Pierre Maurin (1941−1996), Yves-Marie Maurin (1944−2009),
Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. An actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years until his suicide in ...
(1947−1982), Dominique Collignon-Maurin (born 1949), Jean-François Vlérick (born 1957), and Marie-Véronique Maurin (born 1960).
Mado Maurin died of
natural causes
In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinc ...
on 8 December 2013, aged 98, in Paris.
Laurent Baffie annonce le décès de la comédienne Mado Maurin.
Partial filmography
*''Le revolver et la rose'' (1970) - La mère de Catherine
*''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything'' () is a 1973 French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard.
Plot
Pierre Gastié-Leroy (Pierre Richard) is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing (Bernard Blier). Despite ...
'' (1973) - La mère à la securité sociale
*''I Am Pierre Riviere
''I Am Pierre Riviere'' () is a 1976 French drama film directed by Christine Lipinska.
Plot
The film is based on documents compiled by French philosopher Michel Foucault. In a Normandy village in 1835, a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered hi ...
'' (1976) - La grand-mère
*'' Un si joli village'' (1979) - Elodie
*''Le coup de sirocco'' (1979)
*''The Woman Cop
''The Woman Cop'' () is a 1980 French film directed by Yves Boisset that stars Miou-Miou as an impetuous young police inspector whose disregard for the constraints under which police and prosecutors have to work leads to her dismissal.
Plot
After ...
'' (1980) - Logeuse
*''L'amour mensonge'' (1980) - La mère de Mathieu
*''A Bad Son
''A Bad Son'' () is a 1980 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It tells the story of a young man who is sent back to France after a sentence for narcotics in the USA and tries to restart his life, but has difficulty relating to his widow ...
'' (1980) - La femme d'André
*''Plein Sud'' (1981) - La concierge
*''Légitime violence'' (1982)
*''Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...
'' (1982) - La bonne de la rue Plumet
*''Tout le monde peut se tromper'' (1983) - La première invitée du mariage
*''Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non'' (1983) - La mamma
*''Sandy'' (1983) - Madeleine
*''Le joli coeur'' (1984) - Concierge
*''Rebelote'' (1984) - Mme No, la nourrice
*''Viva la vie
is a 1984 French film directed by Claude Lelouch.
Cast and roles
* Charlotte Rampling - Catherine Perrin
* Michel Piccoli - Michel Perrin
* Jean-Louis Trintignant - François Gaucher
* Évelyne Bouix - Sarah Gaucher
* Charles Aznavour - Edouar ...
'' (1984) - François's Mother
*'' La Garce'' (1984) - Madame Pasquet
*''Train d'enfer'' (1985)
*''Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers'' (1987) - La concierge de Clara
*''Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête'' (1989) - La surveillante
*''Le crime d'Antoine'' (1989) - La voisine
*''The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
''The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish'' is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ben Lewin, starring Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson. The story, set in Paris, follows the fateful meeting of Louis Aubinar with Sybil, who bri ...
'' (1991) - Old Lady in Park
*''Le cahier volé'' (1992) - La mère supérieure
*''La poudre aux yeux'' (1995) - La mère d'Arnold
*''The Car Keys
''The Car Keys'' () is a 2003 French mockumentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Laurent Baffie.
Synopsis
It's hard to make a good movie. Laurent Baffie understands this and takes Daniel Russo on a quirky adventure in search ...
'' (1995) - La dame en blanc
*'' Burnt Out'' (1995) - Patronne de l'hôtel
*''Sous les toits de Paris'' (2007) - La mère de Thérèse
*'' R.I.F.'' (2011) - La mère de Jorelle (final film role)
References
External links
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1915 births
2013 deaths
Actresses from Paris
French television actresses
French film actresses
French stage actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses