Rémi Laurent (12 October 1957 – 14 November 1989) was a French actor who was born in

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, best known for playing the son Laurent in '' La Cage aux Folles''. He died in

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from an

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related illness in 1989.

Biography

Laurent was born and raised in the

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of Paris, and was the son of a nursery nurse (his mother) and an agricultural engineer. He learned to play the piano at an early age but decided in his adolescence to pursue comedic acting. Laurent debuted in the 1976 film ''

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''. He was then featured in a number of popular French films in the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. He is particularly remembered in his role in the film '' La Cage aux Folles'' as Laurent, the son of Renato Baldi (

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). He also is remembered in his role as Denis Boucher in the Québécois film '' The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)'' directed by

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. He was romantically involved with actress , who died of AIDS in 1991, then married Emöke Masznyik, a young Hungarian dancer and mime. He died of AIDS on 14 November 1989 and is interred at

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Filmography

References

Translated from the French article.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laurent, Remi 1957 births 1989 deaths People from Suresnes Male actors from Île-de-France French male film actors AIDS-related deaths in France 20th-century French male actors