
Maureen Kerwin
Actor · b. 1949 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Maureen Kerwin, born on July 21, 1949 in Munich, is a French-American actress. Maureen Kerwin made her television debut in France, playing the role of Rosalinde in "Comme il vous plaira" (1972) based on William Shakespeare with Jean-Pierre Aumont and Paul Barge. In cinema, she began in 1973 in "L'Héritier" by Philippe Labro alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort, and Charles Denner. She then played a role in "Le Concierge" (1973) by Jean Girault, where she starred with Bernard Le Coq and Michel Galabru. Robert Parrish cast her in "Marseille contrat" (1974) with Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Maurice Ronet, and James Mason. On television, she appeared in 1975 with Bernard Alane in "Le Bois dormant" by Pierre Badel. She was then seen in "Le Pion" by Christian Gion in 1978, and she played one of the beauties in "Laura, les ombres de l'été" by David Hamilton. In the 1980s, she appeared in films such as "Je vais craquer!" by François Leterrier and "Plus beau que moi, tu meurs." Maureen Kerwin is the granddaughter of Simonne Volterra, director of the Marigny Theatre from 1948 to 1963. She has two daughters from her first marriage to Jean Azancot, Jennifer and Delphine. She was married to American filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg from 1983 to 1998, who directed her in three of his films, including "Besoin d'amour" (Misunderstood), 1982, and "L'Ami retrouvé" in 1988. Source: Wikipedia
Movies10
Movie5.0DramaRomanceA blinded French sculptor completes a statue of a friend's daughter by using his sense of touch.
Movie6.0CrimeThrillerAn important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.
The Marseille Contract
1974 · 42 votes
Movie6.7DramaHistoryAttorney Henry Strauss grew up in Germany, but left the country with his Jewish family during the rise of the Third Reich. Still wondering about what happened to his boyhood friend Konradin Von Lohenburg, Strauss travels back to Germany for the first time since he was a young man, bringing up some painful memories.
Reunion
1989 · 24 votes
Movie6.4ThrillerDramaAfter his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim his inheritance: to lead the industrial empire his father built. But when a prostitute tries to set him up for a drug smuggling charge, he is forced to accept that his father may have been assassinated and that the killers are out to get him as well...
Movie6.5ComedyDramaHumiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
Le Pion
1978 · 16 votes
Movie5.4ComedyYoung dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting with a former comrade, who had become an actor, brought him into contact with the world of cinema. He meets, Natacha, a cover girl, for whom he is ready to give up, wife and children. Then he becomes the lover of Lilianne, a marginal who persecutes and pursues him. He quit his job to devote himself to writing a novel. But nothing goes as he wants.
Movie6.1ComedyAdventureAldo and Marco are twins. Marco, a parish priest, has always been his mother's pride and joy, whereas Aldo has a history of repeated prison stints. A womanizer and high-rolling gambler constantly in need of cash, he frequently finds himself embroiled in wild, shady schemes—most of which go awry. Wanted by the police, he flees to Tunisia, posing as his brother Marco and disguised as a priest. There, he reconnects with his childhood friend Prosper, dragging him into a life of reckless escapades, chasing after a million-dollar fortune and pretty women alike.
Movie6.5DramaA workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.
Misunderstood
1983 · 13 votes
Movie5.0ComedyChristophe Merignac, a youngESCP graduate with a law degree but still unemployed, gets a job as a concierge in a luxury building. Using charm and cunning, he makes himself indispensable. He makes a fortune and marries a young, pretty and rich tenant, whom he happily deceives. The conclusion is bittersweet: he's "made it", but he doesn't love anyone. What's more, a young concierge who looks like a brother has just arrived in his building.
Le Concierge
1973 · 10 votes
- Movie3.3Science FictionComedy
A large company offers consumers to acquire a "second identity", having the character traits that individuals would not normally adopt. Because of all these uninhibited behaviors, anarchy is quick to take hold.
Le Futur aux trousses
1975 · 3 votes
Series4
TV6.0Talk ShowA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · 2 votes
TV7.1CrimeThe series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
TV10.0DocumentaryAction & AdventureLes Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970 · 1 votes
TV5.3DramaA 3 part drama series about the notorious powerful Borgia family who took power in Italy in the 15th/16th centuries.