Jean Poiret

from Paris, France

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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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Timeline

2024Aged 98

  • Poster for Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra

    Dialogue

2023Aged 97

  • Poster for Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles

    Self / Georges (archive footage)

  • Poster for Joyeuses Pâques

    Author

2019Aged 93

  • Poster for C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

    Adaptation

2014Aged 88

  • Poster for Joyeuses Pâques

    Theatre Play

2011Aged 85

  • Poster for La Cage aux folles

    Author

2009Aged 83

  • Poster for Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    Self (archive footage)

2008Aged 82

  • Poster for Tailleur pour dames

    Adaptation

2002Aged 76

  • Poster for Joyeuses Pâques

    Writer

1996Aged 70

  • Poster for The Birdcage

    Original Film Writer

1993Aged 67

  • Poster for Tailleur pour Dames

    Adaptation

1992Aged 66

  • Poster for Sup de fric

    Cyril Dujardin

  • Poster for Le Zèbre

    Adaptation

1991Aged 65

  • Poster for Rumeurs

    Alain Margolf

  • Poster for La Méthode Barnol

    Monsieur Hubert

  • Poster for Sisi/Last Minute

    Herzog Max in Bayern

1990Aged 64

  • Poster for The Elegant Criminal

    Allard

1988Aged 62

  • Poster for The Seasons of Pleasure

    Bernard Germain

  • Poster for Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

    Octave Leroi

  • Poster for La Petite Amie

    Martin Morel

1987Aged 61

  • Poster for Miracle Healing

    Papu

1986Aged 60

  • Poster for Inspector Lavardin

    Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

  • Poster for I Hate Actors

    Orlando Higgins

1985Aged 59

1984Aged 58

  • Poster for The Seventh Target

    Jean Michelis

  • Poster for Happy Easter

    Original Story

1983Aged 57

  • Poster for Frohe Ostern

    Writer

1982Aged 56

  • Poster for Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

    Andre Joeuf

1980Aged 54

  • Poster for The Last Metro

    Jean-Loup Cottins

  • Poster for La Cage aux Folles II

    Screenplay

1979Aged 53

  • Poster for Le Canard à l'orange

    Hugh Preston

  • Poster for The Other One's Mug

    Jean-Louis Constant

  • Poster for L'Hôtel du libre échange

    Pinglet

  • Poster for Féfé de Broadway

    Writer

1978Aged 52

  • Poster for La Cage aux Folles

    Screenplay

1973Aged 47

  • Poster for La Cage aux folles

    Georges

1972Aged 46

1971Aged 45

  • Poster for Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?

    Gontran

1970Aged 44

  • Poster for Ces messieurs de la gâchette

    Bernard Le Gall

  • Poster for Atlantic Wall

    Armand, resistance leader and double agent

1969Aged 43

  • Poster for Aux frais de la princesse

    Santos

  • Poster for Three Men on a Horse

    Freddy

1968Aged 42

  • Poster for The Men in the Family

    Bernard Le Gall

  • Poster for The Big Wash

    Jean-Michel Lavalette

  • Poster for La Coquine

    Albino, l'instituteur

1967Aged 41

  • Poster for Pour avoir Adrienne

    Le jeune homme

  • Poster for The Great Gadget

    Verdier

  • Poster for La Parisienne

    Lafont

1966Aged 40

  • Poster for Your Money or Your Life

    Lucien Pélépan

1965Aged 39

  • Poster for Les baratineurs

    André

  • Poster for The Real Bargain

    Grégoire

  • Poster for Le petit monstre

    The Godfather

  • Poster for Under Your Hat

    Philippe / Monsieur Paul

  • Poster for When the Pheasants Pass

    Traffic officer

1964Aged 38

  • Poster for Hard Boiled Ones

    Louis

  • Poster for Jaloux comme un tigre

    Doctor Raymond

  • Poster for The Big Scare

    (Unknown)

1963Aged 37

1962Aged 36

  • Poster for Tales of Paris

    Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")

  • Poster for The Dance

    Vieux

  • Poster for It's Not My Business

    Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre

  • Poster for How to Succeed in Love

    Bernard Monod

  • Poster for The Four Truths

    Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

1961Aged 35

  • Poster for On purge bébé

    Bastien Follavoine

  • Poster for My Wife Is a Panther

    Psychiatrist

  • Poster for Auguste

    Georges Flower

1960Aged 34

  • Poster for Love and the Frenchwoman

    L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))

  • Poster for Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

    Le premier policier / Policeman

1959Aged 33

1958Aged 32

  • Poster for Clara and the Villains

    Chantuer

1957Aged 31

1956Aged 30

  • Poster for That Naughty Girl

    Inspector Rémy

  • Poster for Mon bébé

    William Harrisson

  • Poster for Life is beautiful

    le joueur de maracas

  • Poster for Murderers and Thieves

    Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif

  • Poster for The Terror with Women

    Gendarme

1954Aged 28

  • Poster for What the East Wind Saw

    Charlles-Auguste

1953Aged 27

  • Poster for Le Gang des pianos à bretelles

    The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Three Musketeers

    (Unknown)

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