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 JeanMarie Poirés cult Gramps Is in the Resistance French Papy fait de la résistance1983 before pioneering standup in France Her husband Michel Emer who was Edith Piafs 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 dhonneur and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Source Article Jacqueline Maillan from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
HydraHD
