Jean Poiret
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: August 17, 1926
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
La Cage aux folles
La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner and his gay lover, brings his fiancée's ultraconservative parents for dinner.
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a time when homosexuality was considered a crime by the law, Poiret and Serrault achieved great success in boulevard theater. Their success continued on the silver screen, with three Oscar nominations and a Broadway musical. Combining never-before-seen archives from the play, extracts from the film, confessions by Poiret and Serrault, and interviews with witnesses, this is the story of a wild epic.
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and broadcast between September 15, 1988 and February 1, 1990 on TF1. It follows the two films Chicken in Vinegar and Inspector Lavardin directed by Claude Chabrol and already featuring Jean Poiret in the role of Lavardin. This short series depicts the investigations of Inspector Lavardin, a tongue-in-cheek policeman known for his bad manners.
La Coquine
On purge bébé
Mr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this lucrative contract, he invites a doctor from the Ministry of War. The business dinner takes a different turn when Mme Follavoine appears, obsessed by their son Toto's constipation.
The Last Metro
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on his cousin Achille, a Provençal shepherd, thinking they can use him. But Achille is quick to take his role as CEO seriously, and becomes very enterprising. Fortunately, young secretary Martine uses her charms to calm this man with a thirst for power.
The Blockhead Fair
On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
At Theatre Tonight
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
At Theatre Tonight
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
Filmography
as Self / Georges (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Cyril Dujardin
as Herzog Max in Bayern
as Monsieur Hubert
as Alain Margolf
as Allard
as Self
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
as Martin Morel
as Octave Leroi
as Bernard Germain
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Papu
as Orlando Higgins
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
as Le calife
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
as Jean Michelis
as Andre Joeuf
as Self
as Jean-Loup Cottins
as Pinglet
as Jean-Louis Constant
as Hugh Preston
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Georges
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent
as Bernard Le Gall
as Freddy
as Santos
as Albino, l'instituteur
as Jean-Michel Lavalette
as Bernard Le Gall
as Lafont
as Verdier
as Le jeune homme
as Albino, l'instituteur
as Le jeune homme
as Lucien Pélépan
as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
as The Godfather
as Grégoire
as André
as Doctor Raymond
as Louis
as Collin
as Raoul
as Banker Marchaix
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
as Bernard Monod
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
as Vieux
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")
as Georges Flower
as Psychiatrist
as Bastien Follavoine
as Le premier policier / Policeman
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
as M. Grapillon
as Robert de Trivelin
as René Lahrier
as L'inspecteur Sapin
as Self
as Gérard Blanville
as Julien Cicandel
as Chantuer
as Maître Bardine
as Julien Willis Jr
as Parmeline
as Gendarme
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif
as le joueur de maracas
as William Harrisson
as Inspector Rémy
as Charlles-Auguste
as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)