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person_profile-Maurice Baquet

Maurice Baquet Died at age: 94

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Maurice Baquet

Date of Birth:

May 26, 1911

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Jul 08, 2005

Biography of

Maurice Baquet

    Maurice Baquet is a cellist, actor, sportsman and French entertainer, born May 26, 1911 in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died July 8, 2005 in Noisy-le-Grand. Maurice Baquet was married twice: with Jacqueline Figus (1920-2011) from October 31, 1944 to June 20, 1959, with whom they had a daughter, Sophie, and with Maria Yakimova from February 20, 1964 until her death. The couple had four children: Anne, Gregori. All of them, as well as Sophie, born from her first marriage, are actors and singers — Stéphane, light designer and Dimitri, show producer. ...

    A native of Beaujolais, he took cello lessons at the Lyon conservatory and then those in Paris where he was in the same class as Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, Léo Chauliac, Henri Dutilleux, Louiguy, Pierre Spiers and Raymond Trouard and where he won first prize. This did not prevent him from failing the entrance examination for the orchestra of the Paris Opera, which motivated him to give up a classical career.

    However, he does not leave his cello behind. On the contrary, the instrument accompanies him throughout his life and we remember the wink that Joseph Losey allowed him during a short but moving sequence in Monsieur Klein. In the early 1930s, he rubbed shoulders with Pierre and Jacques Prévert, Roger Blin and joined the famous October Group, an agitprop group, closely linked to the French Communist Party. He set up his career as an actor there and devoted himself to beautiful texts, in particular the poems of Aragon and Paul Éluard. In 1935, he made his first feature film under the direction of Marc Allégret, Les Beaux Jours. A filmography of more than 80 titles follows. His head as a resourceful and facetious kid also earned him the role of Bibi Fricotin, then that of Ribouldingue in two films by Marcel Aboulker.

    At the theater, he plays in the operettas Andalousie and Gipsy by Francis Lopez. He also performed at the cabaret, sometimes accompanied on tap dance by Jacqueline Figus, his wife since 1944.

    He also participated in ski mountaineering competitions, as well as more humorous performances, such as his ski descent from the stairs of the Butte Montmartre in 1946. In the same vein, he also skied down the stairs from the Maison de la Radio, following a bet. In 1947, he presented with the whimsical Saint-Granier a bicycle-ski allowing to go down the slopes. Friend of Roger Frison-Roche, we find him in the credits of Premier de cordée (1944). In 1955, he co-directed Stars and Tempests with Gaston Rébuffat and Georges Tairraz, which won the Grand Prix at the Trente Festival. On July 13, 1956, he made the first ascent of the south-east face of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix with Gaston Rébuffat, sequences of which can be seen in Entre terre et ciel.

    He was also a friend of Robert Doisneau, who photographed him extensively6 and with whom he produced a work entitled Ballade pour violoncelle et chambre noire, which testifies to their friendship.

    He died at the age of 94 and is buried in the cemetery of Beauregard (Ain).

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Filmography of

Maurice Baquet

Found 59 Movies in total

The World of Gaston Rébuffat

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

... 1998

Only God Sees Me

Monsieur Crémieux ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1993

La braconne

The grandfather ( Actor )

... 1993

Roulez jeunesse !

François ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1992

Strictement personnel

Le concierge ( Actor )

... 1985

Les Rois du gag

Robert ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1984

The Angel

Le premier bibliothécaire ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1982

Tête à claques

The neighbor ( Actor )

... 1982

Madame Claude 2

Le professeur de Violoncelle ( Actor )

... 1981

Le Roi des cons

Le patron de l'hôtel ( Actor )

... 1981

Le divorcement

Luthier ( Actor )

... 1979

The Adolescent

Jules, le cantonnier ( Actor )

... 1979

Mr. Klein

Un Musicien (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1970

Z

Heroic Bricklayer ( Actor )

... 1969

Little Claus and Big Claus

Le petit Claus ( Actor )

... 1964

Entre Terre et Ciel

Self ( Actor )

... 1961

Stowaway in the Sky

Mechanic ( Actor )

... 1960

Perilous Assignment

Self (Le client du guide) ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1957

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

Jojo, le fils aîné de Robert et Mathilde ( Actor )

... 1955

Stars and Storms

Self ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1951

Andalusia

Pepe ( Actor )

... 1951

Bibi Fricotin

Bibi Fricotin ( Actor )

... 1951

The Sad Sack

Turlot ( Actor )

... 1950

Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés

Ribouldingue ( Actor )

... 1950

Sextette

Rondo ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1948

... 1948

Mystery Tour

Teddy ( Actor )

... 1947

Pas un mot à la reine mère

The reporter ( Actor )

... 1946

Driving Lesson

Jean ( Actor )

... 1946

The Last Metro

Henri Remonge ( Actor )

... 1945

Coup de tête

The conductor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

First in Line

Boule ( Actor )

... 1944

Adieu Léonard

Lantern seller ( Actor )

... 1943

Le Chant de l'exilé

Gaspard Duval dit Pas Béni ( Actor )

... 1943

Frédérica

Un ami de Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1942

The Trump Card

Mickey ( Actor )

... 1942

Twisted Mistress

Firmin ( Actor )

... 1942

They Met on Skis

Boulot ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1939

... 1938

Youth in Revolt

Arthur ( Actor )

... 1938

Hatred

le joueur d'harmonica ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1937

Lady Killer

Le soldat malade ( Actor )

... 1937

The Lower Depths

Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Hélène

Durant Tout Court ( Actor )

... 1936

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Charles, the Concierges' Son ( Actor )

... 1936

Happy Days

Toto ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935