Jean Poiret
August 17, 1926 · 99 years old
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…
Known For
10 titles
The Last Metro
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
La Cage aux Folles
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Happy Easter
Stephane Margelle, a successful businessman and an incorrigible ladies' man, after seeing his wife to the airport, immediately meets a young charmer. He brings her to his home, but suddenly his wife returns.
La Cage aux Folles II
The titular gay couple become involved with local cops and foreign spies when one of them unwittingly obtains a roll of stolen microfilm.
Inspector Lavardin
Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abus...
Le mur de l'Atlantique
A gentle restaurant owner inadvertently got involved in World War II after delivering a confidential document to an English pilot.
Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt!
The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a weekend in his country house. Also invited: a modest clerk who discovers the hidden reason for the party--and decides to take advantage of it.
L'Élégant Criminel
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he ...
La gueule de l'autre
A candidate at an election ,afraid of a gangster at large , asks his cousin to take his place :they're as like as two peas in a pod.
