Pierre Mondy
Born February 10, 1925 (Age: 101)
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Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director. 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. Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker'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 in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. 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 Les Cordier, juge et flic. 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 in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault. Source: Article "Pierre Mondy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.
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.
Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker'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 in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. 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 Les Cordier, juge et flic.
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 in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.
Source: Article "Pierre Mondy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
Le Dindon
1986
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as Vatelin
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Age: 61
Le Coq de Bruyère
1980
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as Le baron
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Age: 54
La Vérité de Mme Langlois
1977
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as The judge
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Age: 52
Pierre and Paul
1969
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as Pierre
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Age: 44
Son of the Circus
1963
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as Philip Nardelli
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Age: 38
I misteri di Roma
1963
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as
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Age: 38
Till the End of the World
1963
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as Pierre Desmoulins
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Age: 37
The Count of Monte Cristo
1961
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as Caderousse
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Age: 36
Panurge's Sheep
1961
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as Table neighbor at the restaurant (uncredited)
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Age: 36
In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
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as Commissaire Rémy
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Age: 36
Arden de Faversham
1960
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as Thomas Arden
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Age: 35
Way of Youth
1959
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as Lulu
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Age: 34
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
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as Alfred Dupont
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Age: 34
Women Are Weak
1959
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as André, Agathe's Husband
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Age: 34
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959
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as Max, small-time alcohol and cigarette dealer
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Age: 34
Hardboiled Egg Time
1958
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as Le maître nageur
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Age: 33
The Indiscreet
1956
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as Albert
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Age: 31
L'homme au parapluie
1956
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as L'inspecteur Martin
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Age: 31
Cherchez la femme
1955
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as Georges Tessard
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Age: 30
Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
1955
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as Marchand
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Age: 30
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
1955
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as Thomas
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Age: 30