Maximilienne
In his sketches, popular French comedian'Fernand Raynaud' was often bullied by a self-righteous sharp-tongued spinster called Mademoiselle Lelongbec, the parish organist. Tall, lean and unattractive, Maximilenne (born Henriette Genty in 1884) seemed born to play the part and she WAS the obvious choice for director Robert Darène when, in 1958, he prepared to film a Fernand Raynaud's vehicle entitled "Houla Houla". Donning the attire of Mlle Lelongbec Maximilenne had the distinguished opportunity to nag poor Fernand, on the big screen this time around. A role that epitomizes a long screen career, spanning the three decades between the advent of the sound period and the birth of the French New Wave. During this time, she embodied innumerable female authority figures such as a mother superior ("La route enchantée"), a school mistress ("Simplet"), the headmistress of a reform school("Prison sans barreaux"), a Salvation Army general ("L'armoire volante") or a princess ("Le disque 1413"). She was rarely married in her films, most of the time she was the narrow-minded old maid. She was at her best as such in the role of one of the boarding house guests in Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1942 masterpiece "L'assassin habite au 21". And when she had indeed married in a movie, she was usually a widow: her late husband had chosen to leave life prematurely to escape her! Occasionally one of the old maids and aunts she was given to play were affectionate, notably in Fritz Lang's "Liliom " (1933). But whether her characters were good or bad, Maximilienne had been one of those colorful character actors and actresses the French cinema of the classic era could not do without. And she will be fondly remembered for that.
- IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger
Películas (70)
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
1959 · Mrs. Rosenthal
Houla-Houla
1959 · Mlle Lelongbec
Premier mai
1958 · Nun (uncredited)
Fric-frac en dentelles
1957 · Madame Mouilletu
The Congress of Mother-in-Laws
1954 · Madame Moucaille
La Cage aux souris
1954 · Miss Frador aka 'Cul-de-poule'
Drôle de noce
1952 · Cornil's Widow
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952 · Madame Bleubois
Trois vieilles filles en folie
1952 · Pervenche
Monsieur Octave
1951
Musique en tête
1951 · The personnel manager
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951 · La soeur du Marquis
Pardon My French
1951 · Madame Bleubois
The Treasure of Cantenac
1950 · Blandine
Tête blonde
1950 · Madame Rabichou
No More Vacation for the Good Lord
1950 · Aunt Faguet
Last Hour, Special Edition
1949 · Mademoiselle Thomasson
The Cupboard Was Bare
1948 · Salvation Army commander
Scandals of Clochemerle
1948 · Justine Putet
Monsieur Vincent
1947 · Une dévote à l'église (uncredited)
Rooster Heart
1946 · Mme Estelle
Song of the Clouds
1946 · Mademoiselle Anaïs
The Ménard Collection
1944 · Young lady Ménard
Shop Girls of Paris
1943 · Madame Cabin
Picpus
1943 · Madame Bertaud (uncredited)
Simple-Minded
1942 · Mademoiselle Aimée, teacher
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942 · Miss Cuq
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
1942 · Machanalli
Parade in 7 Nights
1941 · Ardouin's governess
Two Women
1940
Marseille mes amours
1940 · Aunt Églantine
Cavalcade of Love
1939 · Old comedienne
Mon curé chez les riches
1938 · Patroness
The Enchanted Road
1938 · Mother superior
Un de la Canebière
1938
The Baker's Wife
1938 · Melle Angèle
Clodoche
1938
Un meurtre a été commis
1938 · Madame Phalempin
Prison Without Bars
1938 · Madame Appel
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
À nous deux, madame la vie
1937
The Man from Nowhere
1937 · La tante Scholastique
My Aunts and I
1937 · Tante Julie
Prête-moi ta femme
1936
Monsieur est saisi
1936
Disk 413
1936 · Princess
Coup de vent
1936
Lovers and Thieves
1935 · Mrs. Doizeau
Gypsy Baron
1935
Voyage d'agrément
1935
Maria Chapdelaine
1934 · Azelma Larouche
Mountain Man
1934 · Mme Malten
Tartarin of Tarascon
1934 · Mme Ladevèze
Midnight, Place Pigalle
1934 · Louise
The Daughters of the Concierge
1934 · Mme Fallempin
We Found a Naked Woman
1934
Liliom
1934 · Mme. Menoux
Incognito
1934 · Deaf lady
Étienne
1933 · Aunt Valérie
Maison hantée
1933
600,000 francs per month
1933 · Madame Brochet
Les surprises du divorce
1933
July 14
1933 · La locataire (uncredited)
Buridan's Donkey
1932
Adhémar Lampiot
1932
Our Lord's Vineyard
1932
To the Polls, Citizens
1932
For One Cent's Worth of Love
1932 · Mathilde
À Nous la Liberté
1931 · Une invitée au diner
Bubble Gum
1931
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