Édouard Molinaro (b. May 13, 1928) is a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Gironde, Bordeaux, France. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... New city flag (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Gironde (33) Région Aquitaine Mayor Hugues Martin (UMP) (since 2004) Intercommunality Urban Community...

He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, etc.), My Uncle Benjamin (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), Dracula and Son (with Christopher Lee), and La Cage aux Folles (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi). Molinaro is still active as a director, although he produces works almost exclusively for television. Louis de Funès poster from Les Grandes Vacances Louis de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnÉ›s) (July 31, 1914, Courbevoie, France, – January 27, 1983) was a French actor who is considered by many to be one of the giants of French comedy. ... Oscar is a movie from 1967 directed by Edouard Molinaro and starring Louis de Funès. ... My Uncle Benjamin (French: Mon oncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French movie directed by Édouard Molinaro. ... Brel on a cover of Les Adieux à lOlympia concert album (1966) Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking author-composer, considered by many as a poet as well, given the power of his lyrics. ... Claude Jade (born 8 October 1948 as Claude Marcelle Jorré) is a French actress. ... Christopher Lee portrays Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ... La Cage aux Folles is both a 1978 French film and a 1983 Broadway musical. ... Michel Serrault (January 24, 1928) is a French actor. ... Ugo Tognazzi (March 23, 1922 - October 27, 1990) was an Italian film, TV and theatre actor, director and screenwriter. ...

In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the Prix René Clair, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work. The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ...

Filmography (as director)

• 1957 : Les Alchimistes
• 1958 : Le Dos au mur (Back to the Wall)
• 1959 : Des femmes disparaissent (The Road to Shame)
• 1959 : Un témoin dans la ville (Witness in the City)
• 1960 : Une fille pour l'été (A Lover for the Summer, A Mistress for the Summer)
• 1961 : La Mort de Belle (The End of Belle)
• 1962 : Les Ennemis (Touch of Treason)
• 1962 : Les Sept Péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• 1962 : Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin)
• 1964 : Une ravissante idiote (Agent 38-24-36, The Ravishing Idiot)
• 1964 : La Chasse à l'homme (Male Hunt, The Gentle Art of Seduction)
• 1965 : Quand passent les faisans (When the Peasants Pass)
• 1967 : Peau d'espion (To Commit a Murder)
• 1967 : Oscar
• 1969 : Hibernatus
• 1969 : Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin)
• 1970 : La Liberté en croupe
• 1971 : Les Aveux les plus doux (The Most Gentle Confessions)
• 1972 : La Mandarine (Sweet Deception)
• 1973 : Le Gang des otages (The Hostage Gang)
• 1973 : L'Emmerdeur (A Pain in the A...)
• 1974 : L'Ironie du sort (The Irony of Chance)
• 1974 : Histoires insolites (TV series) (episode Un jour comme les autres avec des cacahuètes)
• 1975 : Le Téléphone rose (The Pink Telephone)
• 1976 : Dracula père et fils (Dracula and Son)
• 1977 : L'Homme pressé (Man in a Hurry)
• 1978 : Claudine à l'école (TV)
• 1978 : Madame le juge (TV series) (episode Le Dossier Françoise Muller)
• 1978 : Claudine à Paris (TV)
• 1978 : Claudine en ménage (TV)
• 1978 : Claudine s'en va (TV)
• 1978 : Il était un musicien (TV series)
• 1978 : La Cage aux folles
• 1979 : Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!
• 1980 : Les Séducteurs (Sunday Lovers)
• 1980 : La Cage aux folles II
• 1981 : Au bon beurre (TV)
• 1982 : Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien... (For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now)
• 1983 : La Veuve rouge (TV)
• 1984 : Just the Way You Are
• 1985 : Palace
• 1985 : L'Amour en douce (Love on the Quiet)
• 1986 : Un métier du seigneur (TV)
• 1986 : Le Tiroir secret (TV mini-series)
• 1988 : À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (The Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator)
• 1988 : Coup de foudre (TV series)
• 1988 : La Ruelle au clair de lune (TV)
• 1989 : Manon Roland (TV)
• 1989 : L'Ivresse de la métamorphose (Rausch der Verwandlung) (TV mini-series)
• 1989 : Navarro (TV series) (episodes Double meurtre an Manipulation)
• 1989 : Les Grandes Familles (TV mini-series)
• 1990 : Le Gorille (TV series) (episode La Peau du gorille)
• 1991 : L'Amour maudit de Leisenbohg (Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg, The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg)
• 1992 : La Femme abandonnée (TV)
• 1992 : Le Souper (The Supper)
• 1995 : Ce que savait Maisie (TV)
• 1996 : Beaumarchais, l'insolent (Beaumarchais the Scoundrel)
• 1998 : H (TV series)
• 1999 : Nora (TV, English title: Watch and Ward)
• 1999 : Tombé du nid (TV)
• 2001 : Nana (TV)
• 2003 : Un homme par hasard (TV)
• 2005 : Une famille pas comme les autres (TV)
• 2005 : Les Hommes de cœur (TV series) (episode Le mal du pays)

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External link

• Édouard Molinaro at the Internet Movie Database