Maria Pacôme

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 fathers 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 JeanPaul Belmondo in the play Pacôme also appeared in Nécoutez 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 Pacômes first appearance on the big screen came in 1959 with Voulezvous 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 Sousdoués by Claude Zidi and The Crisis La Crise by Coline Serreau Pacôme wrote seven plays Apprendsmoi Céline Le Jardin dÉponine On mappelle Émilie Les Seins de Lola Et moi et moi Les Désarrois de Gilda Rumeur and LÉloge 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 CCBYSA 30