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 father's 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 Jean-Paul Belmondo in the play. Pacôme also appeared in N'écoutez 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. Pacôme's first appearance on the big screen came in 1959 with Voulez-vous 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 Sous-doués by Claude Zidi, and The Crisis (La Crise) by Coline Serreau. Pacôme wrote seven plays: Apprends-moi Céline, Le Jardin d'Éponine, On m'appelle Émilie, Les Seins de Lola, Et moi et moi, Les Désarrois de Gilda Rumeur, and L'Éloge 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 CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Cast

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

(Émilie Lareine-Leroy)

The Under-Gifted

(Lucie Jumaucourt)

Titeuf

(Mémé (voice))

Up to His Ears

(Suzy Ponchabert)

Mean Spirit

(Belle-maman)

Come Dance with Me!

(Madame Decauville-Lachenée)

Arrête de pleurer Pénélope

(Lise)

A Mouse with the Men

(Tante Emma)

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée

(Viscountess Sophie de Valrude)

Kisses Till Monday

(Myrette)

A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love

(Emma)

The Crisis

(Mme Barelle)

No Problem!

(Mrs. Michalon)

1914 the Glorious Summer

(Maria)

Les Seins de Lola

(Lola)

Arrête de pleurer Pénélope !

La Maison de campagne

(Véronique)

Le don d'Adèle

(Edmée Veyron-Lafitte)

Les Gorilles

(Josépha Dépelouze)

Le noir te va si bien

(Lucie)

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

(La journaliste)

Tender Scoundrel

(Germaine)

An Unlikely Couple

(Maryse)

Constance aux enfers

(Marie-Cecile)

Distracted

(Glycia Malaquet)

The Busybody

(Madame Gonzalès)

Rien ne va plus

Les combinards

(Lucienne)

Que personne ne sorte

(Pauline, cook)

Le Dernier Baiser

(L'inconnue)

The Love Game

(Une cliente)

Une villa pour deux

(Marion)

La Maison du lac

(Kate Murphy)

Apprends-moi, Céline

(Céline)

De doux dingues

(Sophie)

Le jardin d'Eponine

(Éponine)

Appelez-moi maître

(Tamara)

Interdit au public

(Gabrielle Tristan)

L'amant de Madame Vidal

(Catherine)

Le Garçon d’appartement

(Neighbor (voice))

L'éloge de ma paresse

Et moi... et moi!

Silence... We're Shooting

(Elisabeth's mother)

A Strange Kind of Colonel

(Aurélia)

Emma

(Eleonore)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

(Self (archive footage))

Si Perrault m'était conté

(la marâtre)

Seule a Paris

(Michèle)

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

(Madame Trochu, la patronne de La Vanne Rouge)

Nulle part ailleurs

(Self)

Le Grand Échiquier

(Self)

At Theatre Tonight

(Gabrielle Tristan)

À bout portant

(Self)

Les Secrets du volcan

(Hortense Bertin)

Samedi soir

(Self)

Docteur Sylvestre

(Mlle Raynal)

Champs-Elysées

(Self)

30 millions d'amis

(Self)