Nicole Maurey
Acting
Biography
Nicole Maurey (December 20, 1925 - March 11, 2016) was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997. Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, she was originally a dancer before being cast in her first film role in 1944. She remains most noted as Charlton Heston's leading lady in Secret of the Incas (1954), often cited as the primary inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Later in life, she moved into television appearing in different made-for-TV movies and mini-series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Maurey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: December 20, 1925
Place of Birth: Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
Blondine
Blondine, the daughter of a poor fisherman, marries the Prince of the Mountain. Brune, her sister, envies Blondine her happiness and tells her that a secret lies hidden in her husband's name. Blondine tries to discover it but, before she does, the Prince is imprisoned by an ogre. Blondine must face goblins, imps, and the water djinni before she can deliver her captive Prince.
Joseph Balsamo
Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
Little Boy Lost
A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.
Diary of a Country Priest
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
Koba is a princess, a real one. To meet up the men she loves, she finds herself in Paris... François is a diplomat. He thinks he loves a student. Little does he know that his Cinderella wears a crown. To find her again he becomes ambassador of France in her country: Kurland...
The Last Robin Hood
While Ludovic Dubois, a young summer camp monitor in Saint-Benoît, entertains the children by playing Robin Hood, the lord's niece is kidnapped by her uncle, in the castle next door. Helped by the children and the customs inspector, the last of the Robin Hoods will free the "Princess Isabelle", and will end up marrying her.
The Constant Husband
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
The Scapegoat
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Royal Affairs in Versailles
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.
Me and the Colonel
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel Prokoszny, who harbors a bias against Jews. They are soon joined by Prokoszny's bride-to-be, Suzanne, who takes an immediate liking to the engaging Jacobowsky. This furthers the hostility between Jacobowsky and Prokoszny, but they must put their differences aside to evade the Nazis trailing them.
Filmography
as Christine Durrant - (archive footage)
as Princess of Benevent
as Grande Dame
as Alice de Clermont
as Madeleine Rivard
as Mme Leuwen
as Irène Musselet
as Madame de Grammont
as Mary McLaren
as Madame de Boislinard
as Nicole, ministre d'État
as Diane de Luth
as Eva Delagrange
as Claire
as Helen
as Christine Durrant
as Lucille
as Simone Rolfe
as Prof. Helene Gauthier
as Constanta Sluiter
as Jeanne Dubois
as Bela
as Suzanne Roualet
as Gertrude Necken
as Michele Cartier
as Diana Rossi
as Diana Lander
as Vivienne
as Fiamma
as Lola
as Madame Tallien (uncredited)
as Elena Antonescu
as Miss de Fontanges
as Peggy
as Lisa Garret
as Yvonne Leriche
as Annette Durand
as Manon
as Isabelle Delorme
as Manina
as Miss Louise
as Anne-Marie
as Blondine
as Madame Royale
as Solange de Saint-Brissac