Maryvonne Schiltz
Acting
Biography
Maryvonne Schiltz belongs to that generation of actresses who accompanied the rise of French television from the 1970s onward. Trained in theatre, she entered the audiovisual landscape at a time when the ORTF still structured production and when major historical dramas were experiencing a true golden age. She took part in several notable series, including Richelieu, le Cardinal de Velours in 1977, which helped introduce her to a wider audience. Over the decades, she moved through the many transformations of the small screen: the end of state‑run television, the arrival of private channels, and later the boom of TV movies and police series in the 1990s and 2000s. At the same time, she maintained steady work in cinema, often in secondary but finely crafted roles that reflect her loyalty to demanding directors. Her career mirrors the history of a profession in constant evolution, and that of a performer who managed to adapt without ever abandoning the discipline of theatrical acting.
Known For
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Maigret
In a France fractured by court rivalries and personal ambitions, Richelieu moves without ornament. No flourish, no glory — only the cold machinery of power. Caught between a hesitant king, a nobility dreaming of defiance, and enemies multiplying on every front, the cardinal enforces his line: centralize, control, crush resistance. The series follows a strategist who doesn’t hide behind morality. He acts to keep the State standing, even if it means breaking those who stand in his way. Espionage, secret negotiations, decisive strikes… Richelieu plays a game where mistakes are fatal, and the survival of the kingdom rests on one man willing to go further than all the others
Richelieu
Schulmeister, l’espion de l’empereur (Schulmeister, the Emperor's Spy) is a French historical adventure television series consisting of 13 episodes (1971–1974), inspired by the real life of Charles Louis Schulmeister, a famous spy in the service of Napoleon I. It alternates between historical facts and fiction, offering a fictionalized portrait of a cunning spy, loyal to Napoleon, and always ready to turn a situation to his advantage.
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
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Nans le berger
Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.
Mademoiselle
Emile Dutilleul, 47 years old, lives a quiet and withdrawn life in Montmartre and works as an employee in an open-plan office with an insurance company. When he meets his new, lively colleague Ariane, Emile discovers not only his inner life, but also something monstrous. He has a superpower of which he had no idea: he can walk through walls ...
Le passe-muraille
Anne's ex-husband, a corrupt policeman, breaks one night in this house, in violation of a restraining order. During the discussion, the man accidentally falls down the stairs and dies instantly. But when the police show at home, the body is gone and Anne proves to be the prime suspect in the mysterious disappearance of her ex-husband.
One Step Behind You
At the beginning of the 20th century, two teenagers experience a pathetic and tragic love affair in the Auvergne mountains.
Le chasseur de la nuit
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess. Part one of this epic adaption of the classic Russian novel.