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Jean Poiret

Jean Poiret

Acting1926Paris, France

Biography

Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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Acting History

2023
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TVas Self (archive footage)
2014
Joyeuses Pâques
Theatre Play
2011
2002
1996
The Birdcage
Original Film Writer
The Birdcage
Theatre Play
1992
Sup de fric
as Cyril Dujardin
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Le Zèbre
Adaptation
Le Zèbre
Scenario Writer
Le Zèbre
Director
1991
Sisi/Last Minute
as Herzog Max in Bayern
Stars 90
TVas Self• 1 eps
1990
1988
La Petite Amie
as Martin Morel
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Bernard Germain
1987
1986
Inspector Lavardin
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
I Hate Actors
as Orlando Higgins
1985
Cop au Vin
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
1984
The Seventh Target
as Jean Michelis
Happy Easter
Original Story
1982
Champs-Elysées
TVas Self• 11 eps
1980
The Last Metro
as Jean-Loup Cottins
1979
Le Canard à l'orange
as Hugh Preston
The Other One's Mug
as Jean-Louis Constant
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
1978
La Cage aux Folles
Theatre Play
1976
Numéro un
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Système 2
TVas Self
1973
Midi trente
TVas Self• 2 eps
1970
Atlantic Wall
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent
Discorama
TVas Self• 1 eps
1968
La Coquine
as Albino, l'instituteur
The Big Wash
as Jean-Michel Lavalette
The Men in the Family
as Bernard Le Gall
1967
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Le jeune homme
At Theatre Tonight
TVas Le jeune homme• 1 eps
1966
Your Money or Your Life
as Lucien Pélépan
1965
Under Your Hat
as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
as Doctor Raymond
1963
The Virgins
as Banker Marchaix
1962
The Dance
as Vieux
Tales of Paris
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")
It's Not My Business
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
The Four Truths
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
How to Succeed in Love
as Bernard Monod
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
as Psychiatrist
Auguste
as Georges Flower
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le premier policier / Policeman
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
1959
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Sapin
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Robert de Trivelin
The Bureaucrats
as René Lahrier
1958
1957
Adorables démons
as Julien Willis Jr
1956
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Rémy
Murderers and Thieves
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif
1953

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/17/1926
Day of Death
3/14/1992
Place of Birth
Paris, France