| Liliane Rovère | |
| Birth Name: | Liliane Cyprienne Cukier |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1964–present |
Liliane Rovère (born 30 January 1933) is a French actress.[1]
Liliane Rovère was born Liliane Cyprienne Cukier. Of Jewish origin, she had to hide in Catholic institutions under a fake name during the German occupation of France in World War II. Her parents survived the Holocaust, but many of her family did not.[2]
Rovère's lifelong love of jazz began at age 12, and from then on she frequented jazz clubs.[3] At age 18, after a visit to the Club Saint-Germain, Rovère survived a rape by two acquaintances.[4]
In 1954, Rovère's parents sent her to live with an uncle in the United States. She visited Birdland in New York City, where she met a cool jazz trumpeter Chet Baker at the height of his fame.[5] They began a romantic relationship. She lived with Baker and accompanied him on tour for two years, and he introduced her as his wife despite his existing marriage.[6] [4] [7] The stylish couple was frequently photographed together, including in a famous shot by William Claxton where she, with a curly pixie cut and black dress, gazes at the viewer while resting her hand on Baker's head;[8] it appears as part of a collage on the cover of Chet Baker Sings and Plays. While on tour, Rovère caused a stir when she openly palled around with Black people in racially segregated St. Louis.[7] Baker and Rovère's romance ended in 1956, when Baker informed her by mail that he'd married a new woman.[7]
A few years later, Rovère married jazz bassist . In 1971, they adopted a daughter who they named Tina.[5]
After taking acting classes, Rovère began appearing as supporting characters on television.[3] She works as a make-up artist in cinema and television.
In 1986, Rovère appeared as Madame Queen in Round Midnight, a film which features roles and cameos played by real-life jazz figures and stars bebop saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
In 1998, Rovère received a Lutin, an award given to short films, for best actress in Christian Rouaud's Le Sujet.[9]
In 2015, Rovère appeared as Arlette Azémar, a main character in Call My Agent!. Some of the character's elements, such as a passion for jazz and a youthful romance with Chet Baker, are taken from Rovère's life.[10]
Rovère published an autobiography in 2019 titled La folle vie de Lili.
In 2022, she supports the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the French presidential election.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Christine ou La pluie sur la mer | Mina | Maurice Chateau | TV movie | |
| 1969 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | The Girl | Claude Loursais | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1971 | Le portrait de Marianne | Fannyy | Daniel Goldenberg | ||
| Le tambour du Bief | Martine | Jean Prat | TV movie | ||
| 1972 | Raboliot | Flora | Jean-Marie Coldefy | TV movie | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Jeanne Prinquiau | Claude Loursais | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Hotel Chambermaid | Fred Zinnemann | ||
| Une larme dans l'océan | The Mistress | Henri Glaeser | |||
| La chamaille | Emma | Jacques Pierre | TV movie | ||
| 1976 | Calmos | Soldier | Bertrand Blier | ||
| Andréa | The Hotel Manager | Henri Glaeser | |||
| Monsieur Albert | Madeleine | Jacques Renard | |||
| Je t'aime moi non plus | Motel Client | Serge Gainsbourg | |||
| Hôtel Baltimore | Avril | Arcady | TV movie | ||
| 1977 | March or Die | Lola | Dick Richards | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Zaza | Jean Hennin | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1978 | La jument vapeur | Armelle's Friend | Joyce Buñuel | ||
| Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Marthe | ||||
| Médecins de nuit | The Concierge | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Messieurs les jurés | Dominique Blandy | André Michel | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Les procès témoins de leur temps | Anne Cotteron | TV series (1 episode) | |||
| 1979 | Buffet froid | Josyane | |||
| Une femme dans la ville | Madame Etchat | Joannick Desclers | TV movie | ||
| 1980 | La bande du Rex | Maria | Jean-Henri Meunier | ||
| Le Voyage en douce | The Voice | ||||
| Comment passer son permis de conduire | Rafaela Crépineau | Roger Derouillat | |||
| Les dossiers éclatés | Honorade Venette | Alain Boudet | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Julien Fontanes, magistrat | Rolande Gripport | TV series (1 episode) | |||
| 1981 | Sans famille | Fernande | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1982 | Enigma | Jeannot Szwarc | |||
| L'ours en peluche | Edouard Logereau | TV movie | |||
| Joëlle Mazart | Marie Castano | Jean-Claude Charnay | TV mini-series | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Colette Dubreuil | Jean Hennin | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1983 | Pablo est mort | TV movie | |||
| 1984 | Quidam | Gérard Marx | TV movie | ||
| Mistral's Daughter | Woman | Kevin Connor & Douglas Hickox | TV mini-series | ||
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Mademoiselle Motte | Georges Ferraro | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1985 | Pour quelques je t'aime de plus | Marc Adjadj | Short | ||
| 1986 | Round Midnight | Madame Queen | Bertrand Tavernier | ||
| Madame Kadousche | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | TV movie | |||
| 1987 | De guerre lasse | Bérénice | Robert Enrico | ||
| American Playhouse | Bordello Madame | Jill Godmilow | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Série noire | The Department Manager | Serge Moati | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1988 | Prisonnières | Pictures Woman | Charlotte Silvera | ||
| Black mic-mac 2 | Madame Sauret | Marco Pauly | |||
| 1989 | La Révolution française | Woman | |||
| Meurtre avec préméditation | Fabienne | TV movie | |||
| 1990 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Mado | Bernard Choquet | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Renseignements généraux | Mado | TV series (1 episode) | |||
| 1991 | Les époux ripoux | Colette Brialy | Carol Wiseman | TV movie | |
| 1992 | La Fille de l'air | Mother | |||
| Les danseurs du Mozambique | The Maid | TV movie | |||
| Les genoux cagneux | Martha | Hervé Baslé | TV movie | ||
| 1995 | Simon's Mistress | ||||
| Les grandes personnes | Madame Martinot | Daniel Moosmann | TV movie | ||
| Les gens de Faillac | Mireille | Laurent Heynemann | TV mini-series | ||
| Navarro | Rosy Gailland | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| C'est mon histoire | Suzanne | Dominique Tabuteau | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1996 | A Saturday on Earth | Claire's Mother | |||
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | The Shrew | Jean-Marc Seban | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| L'avocate | Fanny's Mother | TV series (1 episode) | |||
| 1997 | Artemisia | The Rich Merchant's Wife | |||
| Le sujet | Stella | Christian Rouaud | Short | ||
| 1998 | De l'art ou du cochon | The Proprietress | Yves Beaujour | Short | |
| Ici | Woman | Jérôme Bouyer | Short | ||
| 1999 | Lila Lili | The Director | Marie Vermillard | ||
| Voyages | Regine | Emmanuel Finkiel | |||
| Peut-être | Marie-Jeanne | Cédric Klapisch | |||
| Le bleu des villes | Solange's Mother | Stéphane Brizé | |||
| Venus Beauty Institute | Client | Tonie Marshall | |||
| Le plus beau pays du monde | Jewish Woman | ||||
| Marc Eliot | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) | |||
| 2000 | La Captive | Françoise | Chantal Akerman | ||
| Passionnément | Yvette | ||||
| Harry, He's Here to Help | Michel's Mother | Dominik Moll | |||
| Recouvrance | Franck Saint-Cast | Short | |||
| Mary Lester | Madame Le Fur | Christiane Lehérissey | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2001 | Veloma | Simone | Marie de Laubier | ||
| La fille de son père | The Secretary | Jacques Deschamps | |||
| Les fantômes de Louba | Paula | Martine Dugowson | |||
| Demain et tous les jours après | Lisa's Mother | Bernard Stora | TV movie | ||
| 2002 | L'idole | Gilberte | Samantha Lang | ||
| Seaside | Odette | Julie Lopes-Curval | |||
| Safe Conduct | Mémaine | ||||
| Froid comme l'été | Claire's Mother | Jacques Maillot | TV movie | ||
| La crim | Marguerite Zahl | Denis Amar | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2003 | Variété française | Eric's Grandmother | Frédéric Videau | ||
| À la petite semaine | Colette | Sam Karmann | |||
| Raining Cats and Frogs | The Old Frog | Jacques-Rémy Girerd | |||
| La bastide bleue | Mother Nicolet | Benoît d'Aubert | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | L'origine du monde | Erick Malabry | Short | ||
| La nourrice | Pagevin | Renaud Bertrand | TV movie | ||
| Nature contre nature | Rose | Lucas Belvaux | TV movie | ||
| La crim | Odette Prieur | Vincent Monnet | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Les Montana | Madame Suresne | Benoît d'Aubert | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2005 | Alex | Annie | José Alcala | ||
| Je vous trouve très beau | Madame Lochet | Isabelle Mergault | |||
| Le souffle | Grandmother | Mathieu Vadepied | Short | ||
| 2006 | J'invente rien | Claude | Michel Leclerc | ||
| Retrouver Sara | Cécile | Claude d'Anna | TV movie | ||
| 2007 | The Grocer's Son | Lucienne | Éric Guirado | ||
| La vérité ou presque | Liliane | Sam Karmann | |||
| 2008 | Vilaine | Mélanie's Grandmother | Jean-Patrick Benes & Allan Mauduit | ||
| Anything for Her | Julien's Mother | Fred Cavayé | |||
| 2009 | L'absence | Anna | Cyril de Gasperis | ||
| La grande vie | Véronique's Mother | Emmanuel Salinger | |||
| Eleanor's Secret | Wicked Fairy Carabosse | Dominique Monféry | |||
| Panique ! | Marie Morisset | Benoît d'Aubert | TV movie | ||
| 2010 | Les Bougon | Gisèle | Sam Karmann | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2011 | Coup d'éclat | Fabienne's Mother | José Alcala | ||
| 2012 | La Ville Lumière | Odette | Pascal Tessaud | Short | |
| Les chrysanthèmes sont des fleurs comme les autres | Huguette Pruvost | Yann Delattre | Short | ||
| Quand les poules auront des dents | Bubulle | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV movie | ||
| 2013 | La storia di Cino | The Curator | Carlo Alberto Pinelli | ||
| 2014 | Brooklyn | Odette | Pascal Tessaud | ||
| Du grain à moudre | Mémé | Sonia Larue | Short | ||
| Détectives | Chantal Duroy | Renaud Bertrand | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2015 | Le combat ordinaire | Marco's Mother | Laurent Tuel | ||
| Prozac tango | Lady Paname | Michaël Souhaité | Short | ||
| Les yeux ouverts | Louise | Lorraine Lévy | TV movie | ||
| 2015–2020 | Call My Agent! | Arlette Azémar | Cédric Klapisch, Lola Doillon ... | TV series (24 episodes) | |
| 2017 | Sales gosses | Josette | Frédéric Quiring | ||
| On l'appelait Ruby | The Patient | Laurent Tuel | TV movie | ||
| Candice Renoir | Claudie | Adeline Darraux | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2018 | Dilili in Paris | Louise Michel | Michel Ocelot | ||
| Scènes de ménages | Françoise | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| The Tunnel | Edith Dutheil | Gilles Bannier | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 2019 | Roxane | Auntie Simone | Mélanie Auffret | ||
| Damien veut changer le monde | Madame Lopez | Xavier de Choudens | |||
| Un café sans musique c'est rare à Paris | Madame | Johanna Pauline Maier | |||
| Les intranquilles | Françoise | Marie Vermillard | Short | ||
| 2019-2020 | Family Business | Ludmila Rozenberg | Igor Gotesman | TV series (12 episodes) | |
| 2020 | Mama Weed | Patience's Mother | Jean-Paul Salomé | ||
| H24 | Hélène Brossard | Octave Raspail | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2021 | Stuck Together | Louise | Dany Boon | ||
| À fleur de peau | Huguette Benamou | Jordan Anefalos | Short | ||
| 2022 | Maison de retraite | Sylvette Leroux | Thomas Gilou | ||
| 2024 | Emily in Paris | Sylvie's mother | Season 4 | ||
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Ghost Sonata | August Strindberg | Jean Gillibert | Théâtre de l'Alliance française |
| 1969 | Le Concile d’amour | Oscar Panizza | Jorge Lavelli | Théâtre de Paris |
| 1970 | Jeux de massacre | Eugène Ionesco | Jorge Lavelli | Théâtre Montparnasse |
| 1985 | Les Violettes | Georges Schehadé | Gilles Guillot | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 1990 | Grandma | Roberto Cossa | Jorge Lavelli | Théâtre national de la Colline |
| 1994 | Les Grandes Personnes | Olivier Dutaillis | Jean-Michel Vanson | Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse |
| 2009 | Minetti | Thomas Bernhard | Gerold Schumann | Théâtre de l'Athénée |