Maurice Baquet
Date of birth: 1911-05-26
Place of birth: Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Морис Баке
Biography
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).
Movie Credits
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976-02-17
A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
Strictement personnel
1985-08-21
The crimes and tragedies that tear apart one family seem overblown in the telling, yet this psycholo
The Lower Depths
1936-12-11
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Ko
Twisted Mistress
1942-08-14
Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals,
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948-02-01
Sherlock Coco, famous detective, tries to thwart the machiavellian plans of the trio of shock. Croqu
Le Chant de l'exilé
1943-04-21
In the French Basque Country, Ramon, the son of a farmer and fruit and vegetable merchant with a bea
Sacrifice of Honor
1935-01-04
Before the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of the f
Hélène
1936-10-17
Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the t
Girls of Paris
1936-11-09
A few colorful characters, with very different social origins and whose destinies are not always glo
Ballerina
1937-11-25
As its title indicates, La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan) is set in the special world of the ballet.
Alibi
1937-12-22
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music
Youth in Revolt
1938-07-21
"Altitude 3.200" asks the question and provides the premise of what would happen if a group of young
Final Accord
1938-12-30
A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.
Place de la Concorde
1939-01-07
Départ à zéro
1943-02-23
Two young people, cousins to each other, inherit a domain where three comrades come to camp. The cas
They Met on Skis
1940-12-14
The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business goes ba
Hatred
1938-01-26
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful
Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01
A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cous
Coup de tête
1944-10-12
A sporty and chivalrous young man creates, with some comrades, a society whose goal is to protect ho
Driving Lesson
1946-05-29
Micheline is a pretty girl but rich, spoiled and whimsical as well. Jacques, the brother of her frie
Pas un mot à la reine mère
1946-11-01
The young King Boris of Neustria, who has followed his family in their exile in London, falls in lov
The Trump Card
1942-09-02
A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspecto
Sextette
1948-09-17
A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
Bibi Fricotin
1951-01-03
To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the s
Andalusia
1951-03-16
Having fallen out with his girlfriend Dolorès, Juanito leaves for Mexico, where he becomes a famous
Entre Terre et Ciel
1961-01-01
This is Gaston Rebuffat's fourth film, in which, with several close friends, he discovers the sublim
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955-06-26
A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a do
My Treasure
1948-04-21
A young doctor is hired, with a friend, to work for an old miser whose garden contains a treasure. I
Stars and Storms
1955-06-01
Gaston Rébuffat is part of the history of mountaineering. Marseillais prodigy, high mountain guide o
Only God Sees Me
1998-06-03
Albert, a sound engineer who is chronically hesitant successively meets three charming young women w
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1944-01-01
Making of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de Cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the Mont-B
Perilous Assignment
1959-11-06
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behi
La Braconne
1993-06-12
A young boy commits a simple act of theft that sends his quiet town into a frenzy over the course of
Le Débutant
1986-05-19
The journey strewn with adventures of François Veber, electrician who decides to embark on the theat
Tête à claques
1982-02-17
Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a w
Les Rois du gag
1985-03-12
Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous tel
Mystery Tour
1947-05-21
The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage
First in Line
1944-02-23
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain
Mandrin
1962-12-19
It was the reign of Louis XV and, in 1750, France was at war all the time, and the people, suffocate
Stowaway in the Sky
1960-09-14
A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight,
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998-12-31
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie foll
Baquet's Comeback
1988-01-01
July 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage and
The World of Gaston Rébuffat
2009-01-01
The World of Gaston Rébuffat is a documentary on mountaineering which takes place at Gendarme Du Pic
Le divorcement
1979-08-22
In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to the c
Lady Killer
1937-09-15
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women
Salut, j'arrive
1982-04-07
Gérard Travers has known Minou since childhood. After completing his military service, he moved in w
Vive les femmes !
1984-03-07
The love affairs of Bob, a womanizer and seducer and Mammouth, the unhappy loner.
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993-11-17
Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes
2015-12-02
The Adolescent
1979-01-24
In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970-12-22
Alice sets off in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit in a hurry. After a dizzying fall into a deep
Z
1969-02-26
Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a pros
Madame Claude 2
1981-08-26
A notorious French madam, whose business serves many of the nation's most powerful individuals, plan
Frédérica
1942-11-18
Gilbert, poet and singer, is about to marry Lilette but deep inside himself he is not quite sure tha
The Sad Sack
1950-11-10
Thanks to a bit of string-pulling by his aunt, Jean du Bois d'Ombelles, a young recruit who has blue
The Last Metro
1945-06-27
Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman w
The Angel
1982-05-25
The climbing of an immense staircase made up of the most varied stairs. Symbolic scenes occur on dif
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man
A Night at the Moulin Rouge
1957-08-07
An uncle in America wants to endow his nieces with a dowry, provided they succeed in making a name f
Happy Days
1935-11-08
Sylvie, a rich girl, learns at the same time the death and the ruin of her father. Forced to find wo
Little Claus and Big Claus
1964-12-25
Once upon a time there lived in the same village two men bearing the very same name. One of them cha
Mr. Klein
1976-09-23
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits
El sueño de Andalucía
1951-03-16
Juanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she likes d
Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
1950-03-08
Although suspected and hunted down by policeman Sherlock Coco and inspector Hector, the Pieds Nickel
Tailleur pour dames
1985-09-15
Le Roi des cons
1981-02-18
Georges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in love
Roulez jeunesse !
1993-04-28
After a missed burglary, deux young cads take refuge in a retiring-pension sowing terror. On the cal
Babilée '91
1992-12-25
The portrait of an extraordinary French dancer-choreographer: Jean Babilée (1923-2014) is filmed at
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023-12-02
At once a high-level musician, member of the October Group, entertainer, theater artist, film actor,