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Annie Cordy
Born	Léonie Cooreman (1928-06-16) 16 June 1928 (age 84) Laeken, Belgium
Occupation	Actress Vocalist
Years active	1954–present

Léonie Cooreman known under the stage name Annie Cordy (born 16 June 1928) is a Belgian film actress and singer. She has appeared in 50 films since 1954. She has staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956.

She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements.^[where?]

Selected filmography[link]

• Rider on the Rain (1970)
• The Breach (1970)
• Le Chat (1971)
• Le mataf (1973)
• High Street (1976)
• Disco (2008)
• Le crime est notre affaire (2008)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Annie Cordy at the Internet Movie Database
• Annie Cordy at AllRovi

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Jean Piat (born 23 September 1924) is a French actor and writer.

Life[link]

Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He is an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and is a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.

Theater[link]

Roles in the Comédie-Française[link]

• Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
• Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano
• Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro)
• Molière's The Miser (La Flèche)
• Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph)
• Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard (Pasquin)
• William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman)
• William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens)
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio)
• Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Covielle)

Filmography[link]

Acting[link]

• 1948. The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
• 1969. The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
• 1969. Rider on the Rain ( Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand

Voice acting[link]

• The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
• Kaena: The Prophecy (Grand Priest)
• The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))

External links[link]

• Jean Piat's roles at the Comédie-Française
• Jean Piat at IMDb

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Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer.

Early life and education[link]

She was born in Paris, France.

In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus.

Career[link]

In 1970 she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier.

Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973.

Her first film, the documentary film Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent? (1978), literally: But What Is It That They Want?, was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public.

Her biggest commercial success was the comedy film Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin; 1985), for which she received three César Awards in 1986.

In 1986, her first drama for the stage Lapin Lapin (Rabbit Rabbit), directed by Benno Besson, had its world premiere. She collaborated with Besson for several years and he also staged Le théâtre de verdure (1987) and Quisaitout et Grobêta (1993).

Filmography[link]

1974 – On s'est trompé d'histoire d'amour, screenplay and the role of Anne, directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli 1977 – Pourquoi pas! 1978 – Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? 1982 – Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! 1985 – Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) 1989 – Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (Romuald et Juliette), with Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard

1990 – Three Men and a Little Lady, screenplay 1992 – La Crise 1996 – La belle Verte 2001 – Chaos 2003 – 18 ans après 2005 – Saint-Jacques... La mecque 2010 – Solutions locales pour un désordre global (documentary film)

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Film portal
	France portal
	Theatre portal
	Writing portal

• List of directors and producers of documentaries
• List of French actors
• List of French film directors
• List of French playwrights
• List of women writers

Further reading[link]

• Colville, G. (1993). "On Coline Serreau's Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? and the Problematics of Feminist Documentary". French Cinema. Nottingham French Studies. Vol. 32. No.1. pp. 84–89.

External links[link]

• Coline Serreau at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Serreau, Coline
Alternative names
Short description	actress, film director and writer
Date of birth	29 October 1947
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death
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