Nicole Maurey
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Nicole Maurey is a French actress, who has 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.
Bois-Colombes
Bois-Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe...
, a northwestern suburb of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, she was originally a dancer before being cast in her first film role in 1944. She remains most noted as Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
's leading lady
Leading lady
Leading lady is an informal term for the actress who plays a secondary lead or supporting role, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play. It is not usually applied to the leading actress in the performance if her character is the protagonist.A leading lady can also be an...
in Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas is a 1954 adventure film starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact.-Cast:*Charlton Heston as Harry Steele, adventurer*Robert Young as Stanley Moorhead...
(1954), often cited as the primary inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
(1981). Later in life, she moved into television appearing in different made-for-TV movies and mini-series.
Filmography
- 1945: Blondine (Blondine)
- 1945: PamélaPAMELAPAMELA is an operational cosmic ray research module attached to an Earth orbiting satellite...
de Pierre de Hérain (Mme Royale) - 1945: Le cavalier noir (Solange)
- 1949: La bataille du feu (Anne-Marie)
- 1951: Journal d'un curé de campagne (Mlle Louise)
- 1952: Rendez-vous à Grenade (Manina)
- 1953: L'Ennemi public numéro un (Peggy)
- 1953: Le dernier Robin des Bois (Isabelle Delorme)
- 1953: Les Compagnes de la nuitLes Compagnes de la nuitLes Compagnes de la nuit , is a French drama film from 1953, directed by Ralph Habib, written by Paul Andréota, starring Françoise Arnoul and Louis de Funès.- Cast :* Françoise Arnoul : Olga Viterbo* Raymond Pellegrin : Jo Verdier...
(Yvonne Leriche) - 1953: Opération Magali (Manon)
- 1953: Little Boy LostLittle Boy LostLittle Boy Lost is a 1953 Paramount Pictures black-and-white drama motion picture starring Bing Crosby. Others in the cast include Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Nicole Maurey....
(Lisa Garret) - 1954: Si Versailles m'était conté... (Mademoiselle de Fontanges)
- 1954: Secret of the IncasSecret of the IncasSecret of the Incas is a 1954 adventure film starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact.-Cast:*Charlton Heston as Harry Steele, adventurer*Robert Young as Stanley Moorhead...
(Elena Antonescu) - 1954: L'oeil en coulisse (Annette Durand)
- 1955: NapoléonNapoléon (1955 film)Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon I of France.The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles,...
(Mme Tallien) - 1955: The Constant HusbandThe Constant HusbandThe Constant Husband is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall, Cecil Parker, George Cole and Raymond Huntley.-Plot:...
(Lola) - 1956: The Bold and the BraveThe Bold and the BraveThe Bold and the Brave is a 1956 Hollywood World War II movie written by Robert Lewin and directed by Lewis R. Foster, starring Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, and Don Taylor. The movie was produced by Filmmakers Production Organization and released by RKO....
(Fiamma) - 1956: Section des disparus (Diana Lander)
- 1957: Action immédiate (Diana)
- 1957: The WeaponThe Weapon (film)The Weapon is a 1957 British thriller films directed by Val Guest. It was made by Republic Pictures. Its themes were originally explored in the 1951 British film, The Yellow Balloon.-Plot:...
(Vivienne) - 1957: Rogue's Yarn (Michele Cartier)
- 1958: Me and the ColonelMe and the ColonelMe and the Colonel is a 1958 film based on the play "Jacobowsky und der Oberst" by Franz Werfel. It was directed by Peter Glenville and stars Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens and Akim Tamiroff....
(Suzanne Roualet) - 1959: The Scapegoat (Bela)
- 1959: The Jayhawkers!The Jayhawkers!The Jayhawkers! is a movie set in pre-Civil War Kansas starring Jeff Chandler and Fess Parker, and directed by Melvin Frank.-Cast:Jeff Chandler ... Luke Darcy Fess Parker ... Cam Bleeker Nicole Maurey ... Jeanne Dubois Henry Silva ... Lordan...
aka "Violence au Kansas" (Jeanne Dubois) - 1959: The House of the Seven HawksThe House of the Seven HawksThe House of the Seven Hawks is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. An American captain searching for sunken treasure becomes entangled with criminals and is arrested by the Dutch police.-Cast:* Robert Taylor ... ...
(Constanta Sluiter) - 1960: High TimeHigh Time (film)High Time is a 1960 collegiate comedic film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bing Crosby. The film is told from the perspective of a middle-aged man who enters the world of a new generation of postwar youth...
(Prof. Helene Gauthier) - 1961: His and HersHis and Hers (film)His and Hers is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott and Wilfrid Hyde-White. An eccentric author tries to impose his lifestyle on his reluctant wife.-Cast:* Terry-Thomas - Reggie Blake...
(Simone Rolfe) - 1961: Don't Bother to KnockDon't Bother to Knock (1961 film)Don't Bother to Knock is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer and John Le Mesurier.-Synopsis:...
(Lucille) - 1962: The Very EdgeThe Very EdgeThe Very Edge is a 1962 British drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Anne Heywood, Richard Todd, Jack Hedley, Jeremy Brett and Maurice Denham...
(Helen) - 1962: The Day of the Triffids (Christine Durrant)
- 1965: Pleins feux sur StanislasPleins feux sur StanislasPleins feux sur Stanislas is a French comedy thriller film from 1965. It was directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin and Jean-Charles Dudrumet, starring Jean Marais...
(Claire) - 1966: Sale temps pour les mouches (Eva Delagrange)
- 1966: Rouletabille, série télévisée (1 épisode: "Le parfum de la dame en noir", Mathilde Stengerson)
- 1966: La Morale de l'histoire
- 1972: Au théâtre ce soir pièce: "Histoire d'un détective" (Mary McLaren)
- 1974: Au théâtre ce soir pièce: "Le procès de Mary Dugan" (Mme Rice)
- 1977: Gloria (Alice)
- 1981: Chanel SolitaireChanel SolitaireChanel Solitaite is a 1981 British-French historical drama film directed by George Kaczender and starring Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey, Karen Black. The film's subject was Coco Chanel. Its budget was around $7 million....
(Grande Dame)
Television
- 1955: The Ford Television Theatre, TV series (1 episode: "Tomorrow We'll Love", Denise)
- 1955: Casablanca, TV series (1 episode: "Black Market Operation", Denise)
- 1964: Avatar, TV film
- 1967: Champion HouseChampion HouseChampion House is a BBC television drama series.The series dealt with the Yorkshire-based Champion family and the dramas surrounding the family textiles firm, Champion Mills. Two series were made between 1967 and 1968...
, English TV series (Michele Champion) - 1970: Noëlle aux quatre vents, TV series (Lisette Andrieux)
- 1971: Mon seul amour, TV series (Claude)
- 1972: Joseph Balsamo, TV series
- 1972: La Demoiselle d'Avignon, TV series (Nicole)
- 1972: Les Évasions célèbres, TV series (Mme de Boislinard)
- 1972: Le grillon du foyer, TV film (Dot)
- 1972: La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, TV film (Pauline)
- 1973: Les nuits de la colère, TV film (Louise)
- 1973: Le provocateur, TV series (Gisèle Charmoy)
- 1973: Une atroce petite musique, TV film (Irène Musselet)
- 1973: Marie DorvalMarie DorvalMarie Dorval was a French actress.- Early life :Born Marie Thomase Amélie Delauney; abandoned by her father when she was five years old, and losing her mother to tuberculosis while still a teenager, at age of 15 she married Alain Dorval, a much older actor, who died five years later...
, TV film (Mademoiselle Mars) - 1973: Les écrivains, TV film (Eve)
- 1973: Lucien LeuwenLucien LeuwenLucien Leuwen is an unfinished French novel written by Stendhal in 1834. It was published posthumously in 1894....
, TV film (Mme Leuwen) - 1974: La passagère, TV film (Catherine Caron)
- 1976: Comme du bon pain, TV series (Madeleine Rivard)
- 1977: La lune papa, TV series (Mme Marchandou)
- 1980: La vie des autres, TV series
- 1981: Sunday Night Thriller, TV series (episode: "I Thought They Died Years Ago" Eliane Label)
- 1983: Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon, TV series (Princesse de Benevent)
- 1983: Les Cinq Dernières MinutesLes Cinq Dernières MinutesLes Cinq Dernières Minutes is a French television series starring Lily Fayol....
, TV series (Gertrude Necken) - 1983: Rouge Marine, TV series (1 episode: "rouge marine", Gertrude Necken)
- 1986: Coulisses, TV series (Sabine Corval)
Theater
- 1952: HarveyHarvey (play)Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Produced by Brock Pemberton and directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 at the 48th Street Theatre on Broadway where it was staged for 1,775 performances before closing on January 15, 1949. The original production...
by Mary Chase, director Marcel AchardMarcel AchardMarcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
, Théâtre Antoine - 1964: La Preuve par quatre written and directed by Félicien MarceauFélicien MarceauFélicien Marceau is the pen name of Louis Carette a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, itself close to the monarchist .He received the Prix Goncourt for his book Creezy in 1969...
, Théâtre de la Michodière