Liliane Rovère (née Cukier) (born 30 January 1933) is a French actress.[1]

Liliane Rovère
Born
Liliane Cyprienne Cukier

(1933-01-30) 30 January 1933 (age 91)
OccupationActress
Years active1964–present
Spouse
Bibi Rovère
(died 2007)

Personal life

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Liliane Rovère was born Liliane Cyprienne Cukier. Of Jewish origin, she hid 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 the age of 12, when she began to frequent jazz clubs.[3] At the age of 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 cool jazz trumpeter Chet Baker at the height of his fame [5] and 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]: 102  The couple was frequently photographed together, including in a famous shot by William Claxton where Rovère, with a curly pixie cut and black dress, gazes at the viewer while resting her hand on Baker's head.[8] The photograph appears as part of a collage on the cover of Chet Baker Sings and Plays. While on tour, Rovère caused a stir when she spent time with Black people in racially segregated St. Louis.[7]: 104  Baker and Rovère's romance ended in 1956, when Baker informed her by mail that he'd married another woman.[7]: 128 

A few years later, Rovère married jazz bassist Gilbert "Bibi" Rovère [fr]. In 1971, they adopted a daughter, who they named Tina.[5]

After taking acting classes, Rovère began appearing as supporting characters on television[3] and worked as a make-up artist in cinema and television.[citation needed]

In 1986, Rovère appeared as Madame Queen in Round Midnight, a film which features cameos 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 role’s characteristics, 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 supported the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the French presidential election.[11]

Filmography

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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 Bertrand Blier
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 Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode)
1979 Buffet froid Josyane Bertrand Blier
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 Michel Deville
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 Bernard Toublanc-Michel 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 Philippe Lefebvre 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
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story 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 Robert Enrico
Meurtre avec préméditation Fabienne Philippe Lefebvre TV movie
1990 Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Mado Bernard Choquet TV series (1 episode)
Renseignements généraux Mado Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode)
1991 Les époux ripoux Colette Brialy Carol Wiseman TV movie
1992 La Fille de l'air Mother Maroun Bagdadi
Les danseurs du Mozambique The Maid Philippe Lefebvre TV movie
Les genoux cagneux Martha Hervé Baslé TV movie
1995 Adultery: A User's Guide Simon's Mistress Christine Pascal
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 Diane Bertrand
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes The Shrew Jean-Marc Seban TV series (1 episode)
L'avocate Fanny's Mother Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode)
1997 Artemisia The Rich Merchant's Wife Agnès Merlet
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 Marcel Bluwal
Marc Eliot Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
2000 La Captive Françoise Chantal Akerman
Passionnément Yvette Bruno Nuytten
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 Bertrand Tavernier
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

Theatre

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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

References

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  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2015-11-09). "Film Review: 'Brooklyn'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ Miller, Sarah (2021-03-04). "Call My Agent's Liliane Rovère Makes Me Yearn to Be Old". The Cut. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. ^ a b Pessis, Jacques (2020-10-24). "L'Œil de l'INA : Liliane Rovère, 86 ans, n'a jamais quitté longtemps la petite lucarne". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. ^ a b Merle, Sylvain (2019-04-11). "Liliane Rovère, actrice dans «Dix Pour Cent» : «Je suis une rescapée»" [Liliane Rovère, actress in Call My Agent!: "I'm a survivor"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  5. ^ a b "Le Lili Rovere : « Je fais ce que je peux pour faire ce que je veux »" [Lili Rovère: "I do what I can to do what I want"]. Magcentre.fr (in French). 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  6. ^ Liliane Rovère revient sur son histoire d'amour avec Chet Baker [Liliane Rovère revisits her love story with Chet Baker] (TV clip) (in French). Quotidien. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  7. ^ a b c Gavin, James (2011). Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781569767573.
  8. ^ "Chet Baker and Lili, Hollywood". Harn Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. ^ "Liliane Rovère". Agence Oz (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  10. ^ Romney, Jonathan (2021-05-30). "'I wasn't what you'd call sensible': a walk on the wild side with Call My Agent's Liliane Rovère". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  11. ^ "Portrait: Liliane Rovère, star de la série Dix pour Cent, rejoint la campagne de Mélenchon" [Liliane Rovère, star of the series Call My Agent!, joins the campaign for Mélenchon]. L'insoumission (in French). 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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