Maximilienne
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Maximilienne.
Born: November 28, 1884
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
À nous deux, madame la vie
Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
Maria Chapdelaine
A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier.
The Baker's Wife
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
Two Women
Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.
Musique en tête
Jacques Hélian, an attractive charm singer, too stifled by the jealousy of the radio director's niece, flees with his orchestra, on the advice of his secretary Bob. They fail in a small village, where there is a boarding school for young girls. Bob responds to the love letters the teacher sends to the handsome singer.
Tartarin of Tarascon
Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as a Lion Hunter, which he is only in his imagination. Even though the locals know he has never been to Africa, they keep hoping he will leave one day. After a misunderstanding, and much gossip, everyone thinks that Tartarin plans to actually take the trip.
À Nous la Liberté
In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.
The Man from Nowhere
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
Prison Without Bars
In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather than be constantly subdued and is accordingly determined to make Madame Appel change her methods of education.
Filmography
as Mrs. Rosenthal
as Mlle Lelongbec
as Nun (uncredited)
as Madame Mouilletu
as Madame Moucaille
as Miss Frador aka 'Cul-de-poule'
as Cornil's Widow
as Madame Bleubois
as Pervenche
as The personnel manager
as La soeur du Marquis
as Madame Bleubois
as Blandine
as Madame Rabichou
as Aunt Faguet
as Mademoiselle Thomasson
as Salvation Army commander
as Justine Putet
as Une dévote à l'église (uncredited)
as Mme Estelle
as Mademoiselle Anaïs
as Young lady Ménard
as Madame Cabin
as Madame Bertaud (uncredited)
as Mademoiselle Aimée, teacher
as Miss Cuq
as Machanalli
as Ardouin's governess
as Aunt Églantine
as Old comedienne
as Patroness
as Mother superior
as Melle Angèle
as Madame Phalempin
as Madame Appel
as La tante Scholastique
as Tante Julie
as Princess
as Mrs. Doizeau
as Azelma Larouche
as Mme Ladevèze
as Louise
as Mme Fallempin
as Mme. Menoux
as Aunt Valérie
as Madame Brochet
as La locataire (uncredited)
as Mathilde
as Une invitée au diner