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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-08-17 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jean Poiret

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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Known For

Acting

2023

Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles as Self / Georges (archive footage)

2022

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)

2009

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)

1992

Sup de fric as Cyril Dujardin

1991

Sisi/Last Minute as Herzog Max in Bayern
Rumeurs as Alain Margolf

1990

Stars 90 as Self

1988

The Seasons of Pleasure as Bernard Germain
La Petite Amie as Martin Morel
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)

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

1982

1980

The Last Metro as Jean-Loup Cottins

1979

The Other One's Mug as Jean-Louis Constant

1975

Numéro un as Self
Système 2 as Self

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)

1973

1972

Midi trente as Self

1971

1970

Atlantic Wall as Armand, agent double avec les Allemands, chef de la résistance

1969

1968

La Coquine as Albino, l'instituteur
The Big Wash as Jean-Michel Lavalette

1967

The Men in the Family as Bernard Le Gall
Pour avoir Adrienne as Le jeune homme
The Great Gadget as Verdier
La Parisienne as Lafont

1966

Your Money or Your Life as Lucien Pélépan
At Theatre Tonight as Albino, l'instituteur
At Theatre Tonight as Le jeune homme

1965

Under Your Hat as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
The Real Bargain as Grégoire
Le petit monstre as The Godfather
Les baratineurs as André

1964

Jaloux comme un tigre as le docteur Raymond

1963

The Virgins as Banker Marchaix

1962

The Dance as Vieux
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
Tales of Paris as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")

1961

Auguste as Georges Flower
On purge bébé as Bastien Follavoine
My Wife Is a Panther as Psychiatrist

1960

Love and the Frenchwoman as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Le premier policier / Policeman

1959

Oh! What a Mambo as L'inspecteur Sapin
La Malle volante as M. Grapillon
You Have Nothing to Declare? as Robert de Trivelin
The Bureaucrats as René Lahrier
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle as Julien Cicandel
Nina as Gérard Blanville
Discorama as Self

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
Life is beautiful as le joueur de maracas
Mon bébé as William Harrisson

1954

What the East Wind Saw as Charlles-Auguste

1953

Le Gang des pianos à bretelles as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

Writing

2023

2014

Joyeuses Pâques as Theatre Play

2011

2008

Tailleur pour dames as Adaptation

2002

1996

The Birdcage as Original Film Writer
The Birdcage as Theatre Play

1993

Tailleur pour Dames as Adaptation

1992

Le Zèbre as Scenario Writer
Le Zèbre as Adaptation

1991

Rumeurs as Adaptation

1985

La Cage aux Folles 3 as Characters
Tailleur pour dames as Adaptation

1984

Happy Easter as Writer
Happy Easter as Original Story

1983

Frohe Ostern as Writer

1980

La Cage aux Folles II as Characters
La Cage aux Folles II as Screenplay

1979

The Other One's Mug as Screenplay

1978

La Cage aux Folles as Theatre Play
La Cage aux Folles as Screenplay

1973

Production

1979

Directing

1992

Le Zèbre as Director