Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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.

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Known For

7.2%

The Last Metro

Sep 17, 1980

6.3%

Atlantic Wall

Oct 14, 1970

6.1%

Cop au Vin

Apr 10, 1985

6.5%

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

Aug 28, 1963

6.2%

Inspector Lavardin

Mar 12, 1986

5.5%

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

Nov 3, 1982

5.8%

The Seventh Target

Dec 19, 1984

5.9%

The Big Scare

Oct 28, 1964

6.0%

The Big Wash

Nov 12, 1968

6.3%

The Three Musketeers

Oct 7, 1953

5.4%

Miracle Healing

Feb 18, 1987

5.6%

The Other One's Mug

Dec 12, 1979

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Acting

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		The Elegant Criminal as Allard
1990		Stars 90 as Self

1988		The secret files of Inspector Lavardin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
1988		La Petite Amie as Martin Morel
1988		Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale as Octave Leroi
1988		The Seasons of Pleasure as Bernard Germain

1987		Sacrée soirée as Self
1987		Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)
1987		Miracle Healing as Papu

1986		I Hate Actors as Orlando Higgins
1986		Inspector Lavardin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

1985		Liberté, égalité, choucroute as Le calife
1985		Cop au Vin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

1984

The Seventh Target as Jean Michelis

1982		Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! as Andre Joeuf
1982		Champs-Elysées as Self

1980

The Last Metro as Jean-Loup Cottins

1979		L'Hôtel du libre échange as Pinglet
1979		The Other One's Mug as Jean-Louis Constant
1979		Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange as Hugh Preston

1975		Numéro un as Self
1975		Système 2 as Self
1975		Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self

1974		Spécial cinéma as Self
1974		Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)

1973

La Cage aux folles as Georges

1972

Midi trente as Self

1971

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? as Gontran

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		Three Men on a Horse as Freddy
1969		Aux frais de la princesse as Santos

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		At Theatre Tonight as Albino, l'instituteur
1966		At Theatre Tonight as Le jeune homme
1966		Your Money or Your Life as Lucien Pélépan

1965		Under Your Hat as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
1965		Le petit monstre as The Godfather
1965		The Real Bargain as Grégoire
1965		Les baratineurs as André

1964		The Big Scare
1964		Jaloux comme un tigre as le docteur Raymond
1964		Hard Boiled Ones as Louis

1963		The Blockhead Fair as Collin
1963		Teuf-teuf
1963		Thank Heaven for Small Favors as Raoul
1963		The Virgins as Banker 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 (segment "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		Discorama as Self
1959		Nina as Gérard Blanville
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		L'Habit vert

1956		The Terror with Women as 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 Rémy

1954

What the East Wind Saw as Charlles-Auguste

1953		The Three Musketeers
1953		Le Gang des pianos à bretelles as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

Directing

1992

Le Zèbre as Director

Production

1979

The Other One's Mug as Producer

Writing

2024

Poiret Serrault extraits extra as Writer

2023

Joyeuses Pâques as Author

2019

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi as Adaptation

2014

Joyeuses Pâques as Theatre Play

2011

La Cage aux folles as Author

2008

Tailleur pour dames as Adaptation

2002

Joyeuses Pâques as Writer

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		La Cage aux Folles 3 as Characters
1985		Tailleur pour dames as Adaptation

1984		Happy Easter as Writer
1984		Happy Easter as Original Story

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		Féfé de Broadway as Writer

1978		La Cage aux Folles as Theatre Play
1978		La Cage aux Folles as Screenplay

1973

La Cage aux folles as Writer