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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Filmography
all 103
Movies 91
self 12
TV Shows 12
Writer 8
Screenplay 2
Director 1
Producer 1
Self / Georges (archive footage)

Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
TV
Theatre Play

Joyeuses Pâques (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009)
Movie
Adaptation

Tailleur pour dames (2008)
Movie
Original Film Writer / Theatre Play

The Birdcage (1996)
Movie
6
Adaptation

Tailleur pour Dames (1993)
Movie
Cyril Dujardin

Sup de fric (1992)
Movie
Director / Scenario Writer / Adaptation

Le Zèbre (1992)
Movie
Herzog Max in Bayern

Sisi/Last Minute (1991)
Movie
Alain Margolf / Adaptation

Rumeurs (1991)
Movie
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

The secret files of Inspector Lavardin (1988)
TV
Martin Morel

La Petite Amie (1988)
Movie
Octave Leroi

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale (1988)
Movie
Bernard Germain

The Seasons of Pleasure (1988)
Movie
Self / Self (archive footage)

Sacrée soirée (1987)
TV
Orlando Higgins

I Hate Actors (1986)
Movie
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Movie
Characters

La Cage aux Folles 3 (1985)
Movie
Adaptation

Tailleur pour dames (1985)
Movie
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

Cop au Vin (1985)
Movie
Jean Michelis

The Seventh Target (1984)
Movie
Writer / Original Story

Happy Easter (1984)
Movie
Writer

Frohe Ostern (1983)
Movie
Characters / Screenplay

La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
Movie
Jean-Loup Cottins

The Last Metro (1980)
Movie
Jean-Louis Constant / Screenplay / Producer

The Other One's Mug (1979)
Movie
Screenplay / Theatre Play

La Cage aux Folles (1978)
Movie
Self / Self (archive footage)

Spécial cinéma (1974)
TV
Georges / Writer

La Cage aux folles (1973)
Movie
Armand, agent double avec les Allemands, chef de la résistance

Atlantic Wall (1970)
Movie
Bernard Le Gall

Ces messieurs de la gâchette (1970)
Movie
Albino, l'instituteur

La Coquine (1968)
Movie
Jean-Michel Lavalette

The Big Wash (1968)
Movie
Verdier

The Great Gadget (1967)
Movie
Le jeune homme

Pour avoir Adrienne (1967)
Movie
Bernard Le Gall

The Men in the Family (1967)
Movie
Le jeune homme / Albino, l'instituteur

At Theatre Tonight (1966)
TV
Lucien Pélépan

Your Money or Your Life (1966)
Movie
Philippe / Monsieur Paul

Under Your Hat (1965)
Movie
Grégoire

The Real Bargain (1965)
Movie
le docteur Raymond

Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
Movie
Banker Marchaix

The Virgins (1963)
Movie
Renard (segment 'Le corbeau et le renard')

The Four Truths (1962)
Movie
Bernard Monod

How to Succeed in Love (1962)
Movie
Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre

It's Not My Business (1962)
Movie
Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment 'Antonia')

Tales of Paris (1962)
Movie
Georges Flower

Auguste (1961)
Movie
Psychiatrist

My Wife Is a Panther (1961)
Movie
Bastien Follavoine

On purge bébé (1961)
Movie
Le premier policier / Policeman

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
Movie
L'avocat de Michel (segment 'Le Divorce'))

Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
Movie
M. Grapillon

La Malle volante (1959)
Movie
Robert de Trivelin

You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959)
Movie
René Lahrier

The Bureaucrats (1959)
Movie
L'inspecteur Sapin

Oh! What a Mambo (1959)
Movie
Gérard Blanville

Nina (1959)
Movie
Julien Cicandel

L'anglais tel qu'on le parle (1959)
Movie
Maître Bardine

The Innocent with Forty Children (1957)
Movie
Julien Willis Jr

Adorables démons (1957)
Movie
Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif

Murderers and Thieves (1956)
Movie
le joueur de maracas

Life is beautiful (1956)
Movie
William Harrisson

Mon bébé (1956)
Movie
Inspector #1

That Naughty Girl (1956)
Movie
Charlles-Auguste

What the East Wind Saw (1954)
Movie
The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

Le Gang des pianos à bretelles (1953)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-08-17
Deathday1992-03-14 (65 years old)
Birth NameJean Gustave Poiré
Birth Place14th arrondissement of Paris, France
RelationshipsFrançoise Dorin (1958 - 1965), Caroline Cellier (1965 - 1992)
ChildrenNicolas Poiret
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsJean Poiré
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