Jean Poiret
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-08-17
Day of Death
1992-03-14 (65 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)
(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
(1991)
Rumeurs
as Alain Margolf
(1990)
The Elegant Criminal
as Allard
(1988)
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Bernard Germain
(1988)
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Octave Leroi
(1988)
La Petite Amie
as Martin Morel
(1987)
Miracle Healing
as Papu
(1986)
Inspector Lavardin
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
(1986)
I Hate Actors
as Orlando Higgins
(1985)
Cop au Vin
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
(1985)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Le calife
(1984)
The Seventh Target
as Jean Michelis
(1982)
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
as Andre Joeuf
(1980)
The Last Metro
as Jean-Loup Cottins
(1979)
The Other One's Mug
as Jean-Louis Constant
(1979)
L'Hôtel du libre échange
as Pinglet
(1979)
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange
as Hugh Preston
(1973)
La Cage aux folles
as Georges
(1971)
(1970)
Atlantic Wall
as Armand, agent double avec les Allemands, chef de la résistance
(1970)
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Bernard Le Gall
(1969)
Aux frais de la princesse
as Santos
(1969)
Three Men on a Horse
as Freddy
(1968)
The Big Wash
as Jean-Michel Lavalette
(1968)
La Coquine
as Albino, l'instituteur
(1967)
The Men in the Family
as Bernard Le Gall
(1967)
The Great Gadget
as Verdier
(1967)
La Parisienne
as Lafont
(1967)
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Le jeune homme
(1966)
Your Money or Your Life
as Lucien Pélépan
(1965)
Under Your Hat
as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
(1965)
Les baratineurs
as André
(1965)
The Real Bargain
as Grégoire
(1965)
Le petit monstre
as The Godfather
(1964)
Hard Boiled Ones
as Louis
(1964)
(1964)
Jaloux comme un tigre
as le docteur Raymond
(1963)
The Blockhead Fair
as Collin
(1963)
The Virgins
as Banker Marchaix
(1963)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
as Raoul
(1963)
(1962)
Tales of Paris
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")
(1962)
The Four Truths
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
(1962)
How to Succeed in Love
as Bernard Monod
(1962)
It's Not My Business
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
(1962)
The Dance
as Vieux
(1961)
On purge bébé
as Bastien Follavoine
(1961)
Auguste
as Georges Flower
(1961)
My Wife Is a Panther
as Psychiatrist
(1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
(1960)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le premier policier / Policeman
(1959)
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Robert de Trivelin
(1959)
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Sapin
(1959)
Nina
as Gérard Blanville
(1959)
The Bureaucrats
as René Lahrier
(1959)
La Malle volante
as M. Grapillon
(1959)
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Julien Cicandel
(1958)
Clara and the Villains
as Chantuer
(1957)
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Maître Bardine
(1957)
Adorables démons
as Julien Willis Jr
(1957)
(1956)
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Rémy
(1956)
Murderers and Thieves
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif
(1956)
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
(1956)
Life is beautiful
as le joueur de maracas
(1956)
Mon bébé
as William Harrisson
(1954)
What the East Wind Saw
as Charlles-Auguste
(1953)
(1953)
Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)
Crew
(2024)
(2023)
Joyeuses Pâques
Author
(2019)
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
Adaptation
(2014)
Joyeuses Pâques
Theatre Play
(2011)
La Cage aux folles
Author
(2008)
Tailleur pour dames
Adaptation
(2002)
Joyeuses Pâques
Writer
(1996)
The Birdcage
Original Film Writer, Theatre Play
(1993)
Tailleur pour Dames
Adaptation
(1992)
Le Zèbre
Adaptation, Scenario Writer, Director
(1991)
Rumeurs
Adaptation
(1985)
La Cage aux Folles 3
Characters
(1985)
Tailleur pour dames
Adaptation
(1984)
Happy Easter
Writer, Original Story
(1983)
Frohe Ostern
Writer
(1980)
La Cage aux Folles II
Characters, Screenplay
(1979)
The Other One's Mug
Screenplay, Producer
(1979)
Féfé de Broadway
Writer
(1978)
La Cage aux Folles
Theatre Play, Screenplay
(1973)
La Cage aux folles
Writer