Nicole Maurey (20 December 1925 - 11 March 2016) was a French actress, who has appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997. Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, she was originally a dancer before being cast in her first film role in 1944. She remains most noted as Charlton Heston's leading lady in Secret of the Incas (1954), often cited as the primary inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). She starred in films with Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Rex Harrison, Robert Taylor and Mickey Rooney, among numerous others. She was the leading lady in the original 1962 science fiction cult film The Day of the Triffids. Later in life, she moved into television, appearing in various made-for-TV movies and mini-series.

Maurey died in March 2016 at the age of 90.

Filmography

• Blondine (1945) as Blondine
• Paméla de Pierre de Hérain (1945) as Mme Royale
• Le cavalier noir (1945) as Solange
• La bataille du feu (1949) as Anne-Marie
• Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) as Mlle Louise
• Rendez-vous à Grenade (1952) Manina
• L'Ennemi public numéro un (1953) as Peggy
• Le dernier Robin des Bois (1953) as Isabelle Delorme
• Les Compagnes de la nuit (1953) as Yvonne Leriche
• Opération Magali (1953) as Manon
• Little Boy Lost (1953) as Lisa Garret
• Si Versailles m'était conté... (1954) as Mademoiselle de Fontanges
• Secret of the Incas (1954) as Elena Antonescu
• L'oeil en coulisse (1954) as Annette Durand
• Napoléon (1955) as Mme Tallien
• The Constant Husband (1955) as Lola
• The Bold and the Brave (1956) as Fiamma
• Section des disparus (1956) as Diana Lander
• The Weapon (1957) as Vivienne
• Action immédiate (1957) as Diana
• Rogue's Yarn (1956) as Michele Cartier
• Me and the Colonel (1958) as Suzanne Roualet
• The Scapegoat (1959) as Bela
• The Jayhawkers! aka Violence au Kansas (1959) as Jeanne Dubois
• The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) as Constanta Sluiter
• High Time (1960) as Prof. Helene Gauthier
• His and Hers (1961) as Simone Rolfe
• Don't Bother to Knock (1961) as Lucille
• The Very Edge (1962) as Helen
• The Day of the Triffids (1962) as Christine Durrant
• Pleins feux sur Stanislas (1965) as Claire
• Sale temps pour les mouches (1966) as Eva Delagrange
• La Morale de l'histoire (1966)
• Gloria (1977) as Alice
• Chanel Solitaire (1981) as Grande Dame

Television

• The Ford Television Theatre (TV series, 1955) 1 episode: "Tomorrow We'll Love" as Denise
• Casablanca (TV series, 1955) 1 episode: "Black Market Operation" as Denise
• Avatar (TV film, 1964)
• Rouletabille (TV series, 1966) 1 episode: "Le parfum de la dame en noir" as Mathilde Stengerson
• Champion House (TV series, 1967) as Michele Champion
• Noëlle aux quatre vents (TV series, 1970) as Lisette Andrieux
• Mon seul amour (TV series, 1971) as Claude
• Joseph Balsamo (fr) (TV miniseries, 1972)
• La Demoiselle d'Avignon (TV series, 1972) as Nicole
• Les Évasions célèbres (TV series, 1972) as Mme de Boislinard
• Le grillon du foyer (TV film, 1972) as Dot)
• La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant (TV film, 1972) as Pauline)
• Au théâtre ce soir (1972) episode: "Histoire d'un détective" as Mary McLaren
• Les nuits de la colère (TV film, 1973) as Louise
• Le provocateur (TV series, 1973) as Gisèle Charmoy
• Une atroce petite musique (TV film, 1973) as Irène Musselet
• Marie Dorval (TV film, 1973) as Mademoiselle Mars
• Les écrivains (TV film, 1973) as Eve
• Lucien Leuwen (TV film, 1973) as Mme Leuwen
• Au théâtre ce soir (1974) episode: "Le procès de Mary Dugan" as Mme Rice
• La passagère (TV film, 1974) as Catherine Caron
• Comme du bon pain (TV series, 1976) as Madeleine Rivard
• La lune papa (TV series, 1977) as Mme Marchandou
• La vie des autres (TV series, 1980)
• Sunday Night Thriller (TV series, 1981) episode: "I Thought They Died Years Ago" as Eliane Label
• Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (TV series, 1983) as Princesse de Benevent
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (TV series, 1983) as Gertrude Necken
• Rouge Marine (TV series, 1983) 1 episode as Gertrude Necken
• Coulisses (TV series, 1986) as Sabine Corval

Theater

• 1952: Harvey by Mary Chase, director Marcel Achard, Théâtre Antoine
• 1964: La Preuve par quatre written and directed by Félicien Marceau, Théâtre de la Michodière

[ Source: Wikipedia ]