Jean Poiret

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-08-17

Deathday 1992-03-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As Jean Poiré

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

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

1991
Rumeurs

as Alain Margolf

1990
1990
Stars 90

as Self

1988
La Petite Amie

as Martin Morel

1988
The Seasons of Pleasure

as Bernard Germain

1988
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

1987
1986
I Hate Actors

as Orlando Higgins

1986
Inspector Lavardin

as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

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

1975
Système 2

as Self

1974
1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1973
1972
Midi trente

as Self

1970
Atlantic Wall

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

1970
1968
La Coquine

as Albino, l'instituteur

1968
The Big Wash

as Jean-Michel Lavalette

1967
La Parisienne

as Lafont

1967
The Great Gadget

as Verdier

1967
Pour avoir Adrienne

as Le jeune homme

1967
The Men in the Family

as Bernard Le Gall

1966
Your Money or Your Life

as Lucien Pélépan

1966
At Theatre Tonight

as Albino, l'instituteur

1966
At Theatre Tonight

as Le jeune homme

1965
Under Your Hat

as Philippe / Monsieur Paul

1965
Les baratineurs

as André

1964
Jaloux comme un tigre

as le docteur Raymond

1964
1963
1963
The Virgins

as Le banquier Marchaix

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

1962
Tales of Paris

as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")

1961
Auguste

as Georges Flower

1961
My Wife Is a Panther

as Psychiatrist

1961
On purge bébé

as Bastien Follavoine

1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

as Le premier policier / Policeman

1960
Love and the Frenchwoman

as L'avocat de Michel (Le Divorce)

1959
La Malle volante

as M. Grapillon

1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Robert de Trivelin

1959
The Bureaucrats

as René Lahrier

1959
Oh! What a Mambo

as L'inspecteur Sapin

1959
Nina

as Gérard Blanville

1959
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle

as Julien Cicandel

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
1957
1957
Adorables démons

as Julien Willis Jr

1956
The Terror with Women

as Un gendarme

1956
Murderers and Thieves

as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif

1956
Life is beautiful

as le joueur de maracas

1956
Mon bébé

as William Harrisson

1956
That Naughty Girl

as Inspector #1

1954
What the East Wind Saw

as Charlles-Auguste

1953
Le Gang des pianos à bretelles

as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

Writer

2023
2014
Joyeuses Pâques

as Theatre Play

2011
2008
Tailleur pour dames

as Adaptation

2002
1996
The Birdcage

as Original Film Writer

1996
The Birdcage

as Theatre Play

1993
Tailleur pour Dames

as Adaptation

1992
Le Zèbre

as Adaptation

1992
Le Zèbre

as Scenario Writer

1991
Rumeurs

as Adaptation

1985
Tailleur pour dames

as Adaptation

1984
Happy Easter

as Writer

1983
Frohe Ostern

as Writer

1980
La Cage aux Folles II

as Characters

1980
La Cage aux Folles II

as Screenplay

1979
The Other One's Mug

as Screenplay

1979
1978
La Cage aux Folles

as Theatre Play

1978
La Cage aux Folles

as Screenplay

1973

Producer

1979

Director

1992
Le Zèbre

as Director