Jean Poiret
Date of birth: 1926-08-17
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jean Poiré
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.
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The Last Metro
1980-09-17
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis
Three Men on a Horse
1969-12-12
A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the per
The Other One's Mug
1979-12-12
Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a for
The Dance
1962-02-21
The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Casse
Cop au Vin
1985-04-10
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Clara and the Villains
1958-12-24
A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
Sisi/Last Minute
1991-09-19
The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around wome
Atlantic Wall
1970-10-14
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963-08-28
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
Oh! What a Mambo
1959-05-13
Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his
Inspector Lavardin
1986-03-12
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one
I Hate Actors
1986-09-10
A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up
Miracle Healing
1987-02-18
Faking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a suspi
The Virgins
1963-05-22
The story of five girls that lose their virginity.
The Seasons of Pleasure
1988-02-10
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their produc
That Naughty Girl
1956-04-10
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery has just become engaged to Lili, his attractive psychoanalyst. Mean
La Malle volante
1959-12-24
The Seventh Target
1984-12-19
Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect.
The Men in the Family
1968-05-08
Gabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he did
Murderers and Thieves
1956-10-24
A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023-05-30
A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the s
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982-11-03
The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in h
The Big Scare
1964-10-28
Two police inspectors pursue a dangerous counterfeiter on the run.
Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
1953-04-12
An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the
Your Money or Your Life
1966-04-26
Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdra
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960-09-16
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty w
What the East Wind Saw
1954-05-02
Clarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician) wou
It's Not My Business
1962-11-07
A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel,
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960-12-16
Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with
La Coquine
1968-11-28
The Four Truths
1962-12-21
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985-04-30
A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, w
L'Hôtel du libre échange
1979-12-31
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959-08-29
Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her chi
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange
1979-05-10
Life is beautiful
1956-10-05
Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique
Sup de fric
1992-07-22
Two business students hatch a perfect plan: buy their own school.
Pour avoir Adrienne
1967-04-26
Mon bébé
1956-06-02
How to Succeed in Love
1962-11-16
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and event
L'Habit vert
1957-02-09
The Big Wash
1968-11-12
Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist s
Auguste
1961-10-24
Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the ri
Hard Boiled Ones
1964-06-10
A playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.
Under Your Hat
1965-09-03
An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
The Real Bargain
1965-03-09
The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it
Le petit monstre
1965-07-02
Robert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the arrival
Aux frais de la princesse
1969-07-04
The Eloi family, who have just won the "model family" competition, set off for winter sports. Also o
The Bureaucrats
1959-06-30
The gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent absentee a
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970-04-08
Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manage
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959-01-01
The Three Musketeers
1953-10-07
The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs
The Great Gadget
1967-06-21
A scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his inventions. B
Rumeurs
1991-01-21
La Petite Amie
1988-09-14
Martin Morel wants to spend Sylvester with both his wife and family and his girlfriend Agnes. So he
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
1988-06-08
The leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he sh
Nina
1959-01-16
A husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their desi
Adorables démons
1957-06-04
Annibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a young
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971-05-21
To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been
The Blockhead Fair
1963-10-30
On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964-06-16
Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends m
On purge bébé
1961-03-04
Mr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this lucrative
La Parisienne
1967-07-25
Les baratineurs
1965-02-01
A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before e
The Innocent with Forty Children
1957-12-20
Jean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to ninth-grad
The Terror with Women
1956-11-23
Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his s
The Elegant Criminal
1990-12-19
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard,
My Wife Is a Panther
1961-09-07
During an evening in a bar, Roger, a friendly cognac salesman and connoisseur, overhears a telephone
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009-10-13
Teuf-teuf
1963-10-05
An automobile tribute
Tales of Paris
1962-01-17
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love
La Cage aux folles
1973-02-01
La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusi
La méthode Barnol
1991-08-15