Maria PacĂŽme
Maria PacĂŽme (18 July 1923 â 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright.
Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria PacĂŽme was the daughter of Maurice PacĂŽme 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, PacĂŽme 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 MichĂšle Morgan, DaniĂšle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet. PacĂŽme 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 InsurgĂ©s, 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. PacĂŽme also appeared in N'Ă©coutez pas, mesdames! by Sacha Guitry in 1962, Les Grosses TĂȘtes by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault in 1969, and Joyeuses PĂąques by Poiret in 1981.
PacÎme'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.
PacĂŽme wrote seven plays: Apprends-moi CĂ©line, Le Jardin d'Ăponine, On m'appelle Ămilie, Les Seins de Lola, Et moi et moi, Les DĂ©sarrois de Gilda Rumeur, and L'Ăloge de ma paresse.
She wrote her memoirs, titled Maria sans PacĂŽme, in 2007.
PacĂŽme 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 PacĂŽme died on 1 December 2018 in Ballainvilliers, France following a tumor near the amygdala.
Her burial at the PĂšre Lachaise Cemetery on 10 December 2018 was attended by celebrities such as Daniel Auteuil and Bernard Le Coq.
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