Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.
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Personal life
Born on 10 February 1925, he was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma
Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). The name typically refers to just the cancerous versions rather than all such tumours. Signs and symptoms may include enlarged lymph node ...
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Career
Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ...
's '' Rendez-vous de juillet'' and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
in the film '' Austerlitz'' directed by Abel Gance
Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J'ac ...
. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy '' Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?''. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series .
As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in ''Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar'' (''Asterix vs. Caesar''; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in ''Asterix Chez Le Bretons'' (''Asterix in Britain''; 1986).
Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal
The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais.
Brief history
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in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret
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 (play), La Cage aux Folles''.
Early career
Poire ...
and Michel Serrault.
Television
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
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1925 births
2012 deaths
French male film actors
French male television actors
French male stage actors
French film directors
French television directors
French theatre directors
Male actors from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Deaths from lymphoma in France
20th-century French male actors