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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 17, 1926
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles | Self / Georges (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Sup de fric | Cyril Dujardin |
| 1991 | Sisi/Last Minute | Herzog Max in Bayern |
| 1991 | Rumeurs | Alain Margolf |
| 1990 | The Elegant Criminal | Allard |
| 1988 | The Seasons of Pleasure | Bernard Germain |
| 1988 | La Petite Amie | Martin Morel |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | Octave Leroi |
| 1987 | Miracle Healing | Papu |
| 1986 | Inspector Lavardin | Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Orlando Higgins |
| 1985 | Cop au Vin | Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Le calife |
| 1984 | The Seventh Target | Jean Michelis |
| 1982 | Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! | Andre Joeuf |
| 1980 | The Last Metro | Jean-Loup Cottins |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | Jean-Louis Constant |
| 1979 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Pinglet |
| 1979 | Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange | Hugh Preston |
| 1973 | La Cage aux folles | Georges |
| 1971 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? | Gontran |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall | Armand, agent double avec les Allemands, chef de la résistance |
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Bernard Le Gall |
| 1969 | Three Men on a Horse | Freddy |
| 1969 | Aux frais de la princesse | Santos |
| 1968 | La Coquine | Albino, l'instituteur |
| 1968 | The Big Wash | Jean-Michel Lavalette |
| 1967 | The Men in the Family | Bernard Le Gall |
| 1967 | Pour avoir Adrienne | Le jeune homme |
| 1967 | The Great Gadget | Verdier |
| 1967 | La Parisienne | Lafont |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life | Lucien Pélépan |
| 1965 | Under Your Hat | Philippe / Monsieur Paul |
| 1965 | The Real Bargain | Grégoire |
| 1965 | Le petit monstre | The Godfather |
| 1965 | Les baratineurs | André |
| 1964 | The Big Scare | |
| 1964 | Hard Boiled Ones | Louis |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre | le docteur Raymond |
| 1963 | Thank Heaven for Small Favors | Raoul |
| 1963 | The Virgins | Banker Marchaix |
| 1963 | The Blockhead Fair | Collin |
| 1963 | Teuf-teuf | |
| 1962 | The Dance | Vieux |
| 1962 | It's Not My Business | Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre |
| 1962 | The Four Truths | Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard") |
| 1962 | How to Succeed in Love | Bernard Monod |
| 1962 | Tales of Paris | Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia") |
| 1961 | Auguste | Georges Flower |
| 1961 | On purge bébé | Bastien Follavoine |
| 1961 | My Wife Is a Panther | Psychiatrist |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce")) |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Le premier policier / Policeman |
| 1959 | Oh! What a Mambo | L'inspecteur Sapin |
| 1959 | La Malle volante | M. Grapillon |
| 1959 | You Have Nothing to Declare? | Robert de Trivelin |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats | René Lahrier |
| 1959 | L'anglais tel qu'on le parle | Julien Cicandel |
| 1959 | Nina | Gérard Blanville |
| 1958 | Clara and the Villains | Chantuer |
| 1957 | L'Habit vert | |
| 1957 | Adorables démons | Julien Willis Jr |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children | Maître Bardine |
| 1956 | That Naughty Girl | Inspector Rémy |
| 1956 | Murderers and Thieves | Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif |
| 1956 | Life is beautiful | le joueur de maracas |
| 1956 | Mon bébé | William Harrisson |
| 1956 | The Terror with Women | Gendarme |
| 1954 | What the East Wind Saw | Charlles-Auguste |
| 1953 | Le Gang des pianos à bretelles | The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Il était une fois Champs-Élysées | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Stars 90 | Self |
| 1988 | The secret files of Inspector Lavardin | Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1966 | At Theatre Tonight | Albino, l'instituteur |
| 1966 | At Theatre Tonight | Le jeune homme |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |