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. ...
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 (Movies)
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2023
Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2015
The World of Gaston Rébuffat
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2009
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1998
Only God Sees Me
Character:Monsieur Crémieux
Release Date:03/06/1998
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Character:Self
Release Date:17/11/1993
La Braconne
Character:The grandfather
Release Date:12/06/1993
Roulez jeunesse !
Character:François
Release Date:28/04/1993
Babilée '91
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:25/12/1992
Baquet's Comeback
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1988
Le Débutant
Character:Maurice
Release Date:19/05/1986
Tailleur pour dames
Character:Bassinet
Release Date:15/09/1985
Strictement personnel
Character:Le concierge
Release Date:21/08/1985
Les Rois du gag
Character:Robert
Release Date:12/03/1985
Vive les femmes !
Character:Albert, cafe owner
Release Date:07/03/1984
The Angel
Character:Le premier bibliothécaire
Release Date:25/05/1982
Salut, j'arrive
Character:Man with the cello
Release Date:07/04/1982
Tête à claques
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:17/02/1982
Madame Claude 2
Character:Le professeur de Violoncelle
Release Date:26/08/1981
Le Roi des cons
Character:Le patron de l'hôtel
Release Date:18/02/1981
Le Divorcement
Character:Luthier
Release Date:22/08/1979
The Adolescent
Character:Jules, le cantonnier
Release Date:24/01/1979
Mr. Klein
Character:Musician (uncredited)
Release Date:23/09/1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Character:Un flic
Release Date:17/02/1976
Alice au pays des merveilles
Character:Father Guillaume
Release Date:22/12/1970
Z
Character:Heroic Bricklayer
Release Date:26/02/1969
Little Claus and Big Claus
Character:Le petit Claus
Release Date:25/12/1964
Mandrin
Character:'Court-Toujours'
Release Date:19/12/1962
Entre Terre et Ciel
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1961
Stowaway in the Sky
Character:Mechanic
Release Date:14/09/1960
Perilous Assignment
Character:Self - Guide's Client
Release Date:06/11/1959
A Night at the Moulin Rouge
Character:
Release Date:07/08/1957
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Character:Jojo, le fils aîné de Robert et Mathilde
Release Date:26/06/1955
Stars and Storms
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/1955
Andalusia
Character:Pepe
Release Date:16/03/1951
El sueño de Andalucía
Character:Pepe
Release Date:16/03/1951
Bibi Fricotin
Character:Bibi Fricotin
Release Date:03/01/1951
The Sad Sack
Character:Turlot
Release Date:10/11/1950
Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
Character:Ribouldingue
Release Date:08/03/1950
Sextette
Character:Rondo
Release Date:17/09/1948
My Treasure
Character:
Release Date:21/04/1948
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
Character:Ribouldingue
Release Date:01/02/1948
Mystery Tour
Character:Teddy
Release Date:21/05/1947
Pas un mot à la reine mère
Character:The reporter
Release Date:01/11/1946
Driving Lesson
Character:Jean
Release Date:29/05/1946
The Last Metro
Character:Henri Remonge
Release Date:27/06/1945
Coup de tête
Character:The conductor (uncredited)
Release Date:12/10/1944
First in Line
Character:Boule
Release Date:23/02/1944
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1944
Adieu Léonard
Character:Lantern seller
Release Date:01/09/1943
Le Chant de l'exilé
Character:Gaspard Duval dit Pas Béni
Release Date:21/04/1943
Départ à zéro
Character:Colibri
Release Date:23/02/1943
Frédérica
Character:Un ami de Gilbert
Release Date:18/11/1942
The Trump Card
Character:Mickey
Release Date:02/09/1942
Twisted Mistress
Character:Firmin
Release Date:14/08/1942
They Met on Skis
Character:Boulot
Release Date:14/12/1940
Place de la Concorde
Character:Papillon
Release Date:07/01/1939
Final Accord
Character:Serge Didot
Release Date:30/12/1938
Youth in Revolt
Character:Arthur
Release Date:21/07/1938
Hatred
Character:le joueur d'harmonica
Release Date:26/01/1938
Alibi
Character:Gérard
Release Date:22/12/1937
Ballerina
Character:Machinist
Release Date:25/11/1937
Lady Killer
Character:Le soldat malade
Release Date:15/09/1937
The Lower Depths
Character:Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
Release Date:11/12/1936
Girls of Paris
Character:Gaston
Release Date:09/11/1936
Hélène
Character:Durant Tout Court
Release Date:17/10/1936
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Character:Charles, concierges' son
Release Date:24/01/1936
Happy Days
Character:Toto
Release Date:08/11/1935
Sacrifice of Honor
Character:
Release Date:04/01/1935
Television Appearances
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