Pierre Mondy

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 Mondys first onscreen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Beckers Rendezvous 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 PalaisRoyal 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 CCBYSA 30