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Marie-Anne Chazel

Marie-Anne Chazel

Actor and writer, also director · Born September 19, 1951 (75) · Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France

Marie-Anne France Jacqueline Chazel (born 19 September 1951) is a French actress, screenwriter and director, who has been active in both film and television since 1974. Chazel was born to actress Louba Guertchikoff (birth name Louba Louise Pinon; 1919–1999) in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France. From 1967, Chazel studied at Pasteur College, alongside Michel Blanc, Gerard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier. After the achievement of her baccalaureate and two years of studies of political sciences, she and her college comrades formed a theatrical troop in 1974 named Le Splendid, joined by Josiane Balasko. Chazel achieved popularity as Gigi in Les Bronzés (1978) directed by Patrice Leconte. She is best known for her role as Ginette in Les Visiteurs (1993). From 1976 to 2001, Chazel was married to actor Christian Clavier. They have one child, a daughter Margot Clavier (b. 1983). Source: Article "Marie-Anne Chazel" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
September 19, 1951 (75)
From
Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
Works as
Actor and writer, also director
Titles
30 on Motif · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 5% in 30 days

What are Marie-Anne Chazel's films like?

Across their 25 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy18 titlesTypical Motif score: 31st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Motif score: 21st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Motif score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
48%
Self
24%
Morality
14%
Society
10%
Power
4%
Survival
1%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 21 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 17 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 19 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 17

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 4
Threshold guardian
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
15
Absurd
12
Warm
11
Bittersweet
5
Melancholic
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marie-Anne Chazel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 30 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marie-Anne Chazel's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 30 with a Motif page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Parle-moi d'Amour (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)

    as Elle

  • Le Noël de monsieur Hubert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    as La boulangère

  • Un meurtre (presque) parfait (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    as Marianne Cayatte

  • Un meurtre (presque) parfait (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marianne Cayatte

  • Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Brocéliande(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Chantal Legoff

    Motif score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Almost Legal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    as Yvette

  • This Is the Goat!(2024)

    as La veuve Piquet

    Motif score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Only 3 Days Left(2023)

    as Rayane's grandmother

    Motif score: 19th percentile of all films

  • L'Incroyable Embouteillage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Michelle

  • La Famille et le potager (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Marie

  • The Grand Restaurant IV (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Christmas Next Door (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as Nicoletta, la sage-femme

  • À tes côtés (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chantal

  • À tes côtés (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as Chantal

  • The Grand Restaurant III (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as The actress who rehearses

  • 30 jours max(2020)

    as La mamie de Rayane

    Motif score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Tant qu'il y a de l'amour (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    as Marie

  • One Role for Two(2019)

    as Colette

    Motif score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Les Ombres de Lisieux (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    as soeur Angele

  • Deutsch-Les-Landes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Martine

  • Killer by the Lake (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Marianne Stocker

  • Quand je serai grande, je te tuerai (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alice Marconi

  • Bad Buzz (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    as Maman de Quentin / Chantal

  • Sous le même toit(2017)

    as Solange

    Motif score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ma famille t'adore déjà(2016)

    as Marie-Lau

    Motif score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Presque comme les autres (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as Liliane

  • The Visitors: Bastille Day(2016)

    as Prune

    Motif score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Représailles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Vanished by the Lake (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marianne Stocker

  • Le Bœuf clandestin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    as madame Berthaud

  • Fanny(2013)

    as Honorine Cabanis

    Motif score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Marius(2013)

    as Honorine

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Falco (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Murders in... (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Sœur Angèle

  • Le Bonheur (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)

    as Louise

  • Brassens, la mauvaise réputation (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Jeanne Le Bonniec

  • Le Bonheur des Dupré (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Scenario Writer · as Nathalie

  • The Well-Digger's Daughter(2011)

    as Nathalie

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Les Edelweiss (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Françoise

  • Bienvenue aux Edelweiss (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    as Françoise

  • The Imaginary Invalid (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Toinette

  • Tailleur pour dames (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Rosa

  • Chez Maupassant (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Madame Caravan · as Madame Husson

  • French Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever(2006)

    Writer · as Gisèle "Gigi" André

    Motif score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Au secours, j'ai 30 ans!(2004)

    Director · Writer

    Motif score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Le Cœur sur la main (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Screenstory · Writer

  • Patron sur mesure (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    as Betty Delauney

  • The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time(1998)

    as Ginette Sarcley

    Motif score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Les Sœurs Soleil (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer · as Bénédicte d'Hachicourt

  • Dead Tired(1994)

    as Marie-Anne Chazel

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Revenge of a Blonde (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)

    as Corine Bréha

  • The Visitors(1993)

    as Ginette Sarcley

    Motif score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Vacances au purgatoire (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    as Lucie Bouchard

  • Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    as Sandra

  • Fantôme sur l'oreiller (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    as Martine

  • Asterix and the Big Fight(1989)

    as Bonnemine (voice)

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Double mixte (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    as Marylou

  • My Best Pals (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    as Anne

  • Palace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Solange

  • Cross (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    as Catherine Crosky

  • La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque(1986)

    as Martine Vasseur

    Motif score: 13th percentile of all films

  • La gitane(1986)

    as Mlle Caprot

    Motif score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Love on the Quiet(1985)

    as Josyane

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Slices of Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    as La femme astronaute / Béatrice

  • Santa Claus Is a Stinker(1982)

    Writer · as Josette dite « Zézette », compagne de Félix

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    as Aline

  • Next Year If All Goes Well (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    as Huguette

  • Fais gaffe à la gaffe!(1981)

    as Pénélope

    Motif score: 1st percentile of all films

  • We're Not Angels... Neither Are They(1981)

    as Clothilde Le Vagec

    Motif score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine(1981)

    as Catherine, la fille du 13°

    Motif score: 55th percentile of all films

  • French Fried Vacation 2(1979)

    Writer · as Gisèle "Gigi" André

    Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • French Postcards(1979)

    as Cécile

    Motif score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Kick of Sirocco (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    as La servante du général

  • Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears(1978)

    as Woman in the couple with the 2CV

    Motif score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Rire et sourire : Le Splendid (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · as Différents rôles (La journaliste, Mme Porc)

  • French Fried Vacation(1978)

    Writer · as Gisèle "Gigi" André

    Motif score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Like a Turtle on Its Back (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    as une fêtarde dans la voiture

  • Pauline et l'ordinateur (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    as Solange, the civil servant

  • Focal Point (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    as The postwoman

  • You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    as La reine de Flandre

  • Les Héritiers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 16 episodes · as Charlotte

  • The Wing or The Thigh?(1976)

    as Artiste de cirque

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Run After Me Until I Catch You (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    as Une secrétaire

  • Now We've Seen It All!(1976)

    as Marie-Anne, Christine's friend (uncredited)

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • La Face Nord (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1975)

    as Marie

  • Un bol d'air (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1975)

    Writer · as Marie-Anne

  • Juste une mise aux points (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Les méchantes (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 88 titles, 86 of them dated from 1975 to 2026; peak year 1993.

Biggest box office

French Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever (2006)

$84M worldwide

Highest rated

French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)

Motif 92nd

Most popular right now

Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)

Film career

19752026

Peak 1993 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 Motif title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1976Screen debut· The Bottom Line
  • 1993Career best· The Visitors

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting86 of 88: 78 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Motif score39thDirecting2 of 88: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting9 of 88: 0 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Motif score71stOther crew1 of 88: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

88 titles, 10 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1970s16 · 16 acting · 4 crew1980s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew1990s7 · 7 acting · 1 crew2000s7 · 5 acting · 3 crew2010s24 · 24 acting · 1 crew2020s17 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 29 roles
76819111

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Marie-Anne Chazel's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Motif score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

None of their 30 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned4
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed8

Most loved · actor, writer

French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)

Motif 92nd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Marie-Anne Chazel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marie-Anne Chazel's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christian Clavier shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles