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unusual facts about Maigret



Alison Joseph

She has also written for radio, including adaptations of Georges Simenon’s Maigret.

Box-bed

Box-beds are mentioned in Georges Simenon's detective novel The Patience of Maigret (originally, Le chien jaune, 1936), republished as Maigret and the Yellow Dog.

Claude Barma

In 1967, Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret depicted the popular character Jules Maigret, created by Georges Simenon.

Concarneau

Concarneau was the setting for Belgian mystery writer Georges Simenon's 1931 novel Le Chien jaune (The Yellow Dog), featuring his celebrated sleuth Maigret.

Francine Brody

Her film and television acting work has included I Dreamed of Africa, Maigret, The Hotel Majestic and a video for the Kinks' song Lost and Found.

Juraj Herz

He has directed for both film and television; in the latter capacity he has directed episodes of a joint French-Czech television series based on the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon.

Kees Brusse

In 1964 and 1965, he played the title character in the Dutch TV version of Maigret.

Maigret et l'homme du banc

BBC TV aired an adaption of the novel titled Murder on Monday on 15 January 1962 with Rupert Davies playing Maigret.

Maigret Goes Home

Jean Gabin played the part of Maigret in a film adaptation in 1959.

Michael Melia

His rugged features have led to parts in numerous crime dramas: The Sweeney, The Bill, Minder in the Series 1 episode Monday Night Fever, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Campion, The Chinese Detective, Dempsey and Makepeace, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Maigret, The Detectives, Daylight Robbery and New Tricks.

Michel Didisheim

Claire Maigret de Priches (1906–1983), as an Allied agent and member of the Belgian Resistance, was taken to Ravensbrück German concentration camp for female prisoners in Mecklenburg, northwest of Berlin, established in 1936.

Timo Torikka

He also acted in two episodes of French television series Maigret with Bruno Cremer.


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