Nicole Maurey
Nicole Maurey was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997.
Life and career
Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, Maurey was originally a dancer before being cast in her first film role in 1944.In 1953 Maurey appeared opposite Bing Crosby in Little Boy Lost that was filmed in France. The following year Universal-International brought Nicole Maurey from France, Gia Scala from Italy and Myriam Verbeeck from Belgium to the United States to test for the role of Mary Magdelene in an unproduced Biblical epic The Galileans. She remains most noted as Charlton Heston's leading lady in Secret of the Incas, often cited as the primary inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark. She starred in films with Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Rex Harrison, Robert Taylor and Mickey Rooney, among numerous others. She was the leading lady in the original 1962 science fiction cult film The Day of the Triffids. Later in life, she moved into television, appearing in various made-for-TV movies and mini-series.
Personal life
She was married to Jacques Gallo.Death
Maurey died in March 2016 at the age of 90.Filmography
The Black Cavalier as SolangePamela as Mme RoyaleBlondine as BlondineLa bataille du feu as Anne-MarieDiary of a Country Priest as Mlle LouiseRendezvous in Grenada ManinaThe Last Robin Hood as Isabelle DelormeOperation Magali as ManonLes Compagnes de la nuit as Yvonne LericheL'oeil en coulisse as Annette DurandLittle Boy Lost as Lisa GarretThe Most Wanted Man as PeggyRoyal Affairs in Versailles as Mademoiselle de FontangesSecret of the Incas as Elena AntonescuNapoléon as Mme Tallien The Constant Husband as LolaThe Bold and the Brave as FiammaThe Weapon as VivienneMissing Persons Section as Diana LanderAction immédiate as Diana RossiRogue's Yarn as Michele CartierMe and the Colonel as Suzanne RoualetThe Scapegoat as BelaThe Jayhawkers! as Jeanne DuboisThe House of the Seven Hawks as Constanta SluiterHigh Time as Prof. Helene GauthierHis and Hers as Simone RolfeDon't Bother to Knock as LucilleThe Day of the Triffids as Christine DurrantThe Very Edge as HelenPleins feux sur Stanislas as ClaireSale temps pour les mouches as Eva DelagrangeGloria as AliceChanel Solitaire as Grande DameTelevision
The Ford Television Theatre as DeniseCasablanca as DeniseAvatar Rouletabille as Mathilde StengersonLa Morale de l'histoire as ThérèseChampion House as Michele ChampionNoëlle aux quatre vents as Lisette AndrieuxMon seul amour as ClaudeLa Demoiselle d'Avignon as NicoleLes Évasions célèbres as Mme de BoislinardLe grillon du foyer as DotLa vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant as PaulineAu théâtre ce soir as Mary McLarenLes nuits de la colère as LouiseLe provocateur as Gisèle CharmoyUne atroce petite musique as Irène MusseletMarie Dorval as Mademoiselle MarsLes écrivains as Eve as Frau Grammont Lucien Leuwen as Mme LeuwenAu théâtre ce soir as Mme RiceLa passagère as Catherine CaronComme du bon pain as Madeleine RivardLa lune papa as Mme MarchandouLa vie des autres as BlancheSunday Night Thriller as Eliane LabelMarianne, une étoile pour Napoléon as Princesse de BeneventLes Cinq Dernières Minutes as Gertrude NeckenRouge Marine as Gertrude NeckenCoulisses as Sabine CorvalTheatre
- 1952: Harvey by Mary Chase, director Marcel Achard, Théâtre Antoine
- 1964: La Preuve par quatre written and directed by Félicien Marceau, Théâtre de la Michodière