Jacques Sereys

Jacques Sereys

Born: June 2, 1928
Died: December 31, 2022
in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France
Jacques Sereys (2 June 1928 – 1 January 2023) was a French actor and theatre director.

Raised by a single mother who worked as an embroiderer, Sereys grew up in Marseille. He began to make money at the age of 14 while working for Crédit Lyonnais. In 1951, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and attended classes taught by Henri Rollan. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1955, first as an associate before becoming a sociétaire in 1959.

In 1964, Sereys left the Comédie-Française to devote himself to boulevard theatre, a period in which he met the likes of Jacques Charon and Robert Hirsch. However, he returned to the Comédie-Française in 1977 and regained his membership in 1979. He retired in 1997 and became a de facto honorary sociétaire. He regularly continued to perform at the Comédie-Française until 2014

Sereys married actress Philippine Pascal, the stage name of Philippine de Rothschild, with whom he had two children: Camille (born 1961) and Philippe (born 1963). The couple divorced on 25 October 1999. Their children became the owners of Château Mouton Rothschild, Château d'Armailhac, and Château Clerc Milon.

Sereys died on 1 January 2023, at the age of 94.]

Source: Article "Jacques Sereys" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Brother and Sister
Title: Brother and Sister
Character: Félix Cellini
Released: August 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A 50-something lawyer's solitary life is upended when he discovers he has a 15-year-old half sister!
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Disco
Title: Disco
Character: monsieur Navarre
Released: April 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Didier Travolta is a 40-year-old disco music fan who has no job, lives with his mother, and has a son he hasn't seen for a while. The mother of his son refuses to send him their son for the holidays unless he can offer him a real vacation, not just going to bars of the French port city of Le Havre. Penniless, the only way he can see his son is by winning a dance contest organized by his friend Jackson, with the prize of a vacation to Australia for two.
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Towards Zero
Title: Towards Zero
Character: Me Charles Trevoz
Released: October 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. Luckily for the extended clan gathered at a sumptuous waterfront estate in Northern France, Inspector Martin Bataille is on hand to find out not only "who done it" but why.
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Chouchou
Title: Chouchou
Character: Le père de Stanislas
Released: March 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherapist, known for his good mood, he also work as a waiter in a transvestite cabaret of Clichy where he meets Stanislas.
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La Chanson du maçon
Title: La Chanson du maçon
Character: Rudy
Released: June 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Three eccentric old homosexual men encourage a love affair between their snobbish young landlady and a mason.
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
Character: Col. Mathieu
Released: November 14, 1999
Type: Movie
In the eleventh film in the series, in December 1916, Indy, still stationed in Africa, is promoted to Captain and then ordered to cross the jungle with Remy and Captain Boucher to pick up a shipment of weaponry. Along the way, Ubangan Sergeant Barthélèmy picks up the sole surviving child from a disease-ravaged village despite Boucher's orders against it. On the way back, Indy and company succumb to disease themselves, and are picked up by Albert Schweitzer and the orderlies from his jungle hospital. At first resistant to being treated by a German, Indy soon begins to realize that Schweitzer is not interested in war, only attempting to cure people against all odds.
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On Guard
Title: On Guard
Character: Baron of Caylus
Released: December 3, 1997
Type: Movie
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent life of the duke's last heir.
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Comme des rois
Title: Comme des rois
Character: Monsieur Botteret
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Two Polish brothers arrive in Paris with dreams of becoming rich and famous, and sure enough, they are soon participating in some forgotten film festival as a producer and a director -- but will this get them anywhere?
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La serva amorosa
Title: La serva amorosa
Character: Ottavio
Released: November 4, 1996
Type: Movie
Coraline, a young servant in love with Florindo, will thwart the plans of Beatrice, the second wife of Ottavio, father of Florindo, who wants to capture the legacy of Florindo for his own advantage and that of his own son.
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La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué
Title: La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 1996
Type: Movie
La Comédie-Française is the oldest continuous repertory company in the world, founded in Paris in the late 17th century. This is the first time a documentary film-maker has been allowed to look at all the aspects of the work of this great theatrical company. Sequences in the film include sections of plays, casting, set and costume design, administrative meetings and rehearsals and performances of four classic French plays, Don Juan by Molière, La Thebaide by Racine, La Double Inconstance by Marivaux and Occupe-toi d'Amelie by Feydeau. (Zipporah Films)
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The Horseman on the Roof
Title: The Horseman on the Roof
Character: The old man
Released: September 20, 1995
Type: Movie
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
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La vie de Galilée
Title: La vie de Galilée
Character: Le cardinal inquisiteur
Released: March 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Mise-en-scène, at the Comédie-Française, of La Vie de Galilée by Bertolt Brecht. This is the last staging by Antoine Vitez.
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Title: Nestor Burma
Character: Pierre
Released: September 29, 1991
Type: TV
Cynical private detective Nestor Burma investigating murders, missing persons, kidnapping and extortion cases in every arrondissement of Paris.
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L'Opération Corned Beef
Title: L'Opération Corned Beef
Character: Le ministre de la Défense
Released: February 6, 1991
Type: Movie
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
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The Elegant Criminal
Title: The Elegant Criminal
Character: Pertuizet
Released: December 19, 1990
Type: Movie
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
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Title: The Gravy Train
Character: Villeneuve
Released: June 27, 1990
Type: TV
A four-part comedy about bureaucratic bribery and corruption in the European Union.
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The Governor's Party
Title: The Governor's Party
Character: Governor
Released: February 27, 1990
Type: Movie
A French civil servant throws The Governor's Party when his daughter comes of age regardless of colonial unrest and her parents' stormy marriage.
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Title: Palace
Character: Client qui organise une partouze
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: L'un des deux hommes de Conversation sur la terrasse
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: Le duc financé par Canibouffe
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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La Petite Amie
Title: La Petite Amie
Character: Benoît
Released: September 14, 1988
Type: Movie
Martin Morel wants to spend Sylvester with both his wife and family and his girlfriend Agnes. So he asks his clumsy friend Bertin to pretend she'd be his wife. But the two can't stand each other... at first.
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Title: Le Paria
Character: Jacques Mauriès
Released: October 11, 1985
Type: TV
Julien Mauriès, the youngest of a perfumer's family was forced to go into exile after having an unfortunate experience in the estate business. He spent 20 years in Venezuela and made fortune in the perfume business. Now, Julien has decided to come back in France in order to start again and to cleanse his honour.
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L'Addition
Title: L'Addition
Character: Prison Director
Released: April 3, 1984
Type: Movie
For having wanted to defend a young girl accused of theft, a comedian finds himself in prison. Embarked in spite of himself in an escape attempt, he is condemned by a particularly incompetent court which follows without thinking the pleadings of an overzealous public prosecutor! Once incarcerated, the poor comedian has to deal with the harassment of one of the guards, a kind of dangerous sociopath frustrated with life.
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Le Bon Plaisir
Title: Le Bon Plaisir
Character: Le ministre des Affaires étrangères
Released: January 18, 1984
Type: Movie
Claire's handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is now the French President. In the letter he urges his pregnant mistress to have an abortion. Claire immediately alerts the President's men. From that moment, the machinery of state swings into action.
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La Dame de chez Maxim
Title: La Dame de chez Maxim
Character: Varlin
Released: February 12, 1981
Type: Movie
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La Faute
Title: La Faute
Character: Maître Vinci
Released: December 16, 1980
Type: Movie
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Nina
Title: Nina
Character: Gérard
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
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I... For Icarus
Title: I... For Icarus
Character: Richard Mallory
Released: December 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
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The Bit Between the Teeth
Title: The Bit Between the Teeth
Character: Poinsot-Dubreuil
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
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A Simple Story
Title: A Simple Story
Character: Charles
Released: November 22, 1978
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.
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Les femmes savantes
Title: Les femmes savantes
Character: Vadius
Released: August 19, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Savage State
Title: The Savage State
Character: Premier Ministre
Released: April 18, 1978
Type: Movie
L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of both the departing French colonial overlords and the emergent black Africans in a newly emerging African state. Laurence (Marie-Christine Barrault) suffers the outrage of her white acquaintances, including her former lover Gravenoir (Claude Brasseur) and her ex-husband Avit (Jacques Dutronc), for her affair with Patrice Doumbe (Doura Mane), an official in the new government. He in turn is ridiculed by his fellow cabinet ministers for stepping out with a white woman. The vilification escalates to such a point that Patrice is brutally murdered, and Laurence barely escapes the country alive, with the help of her ex-husband Avit.
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Appelez-moi maître
Title: Appelez-moi maître
Character: Robert
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
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The Gang
Title: The Gang
Character: The prefect
Released: January 19, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?
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Title: Adios
Character: Gédéon Dutoit
Released: September 15, 1976
Type: TV
Miniseries based upon the autobiographical novel by sport jounalist Kléber Haedens.
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Le Pirate
Title: Le Pirate
Character: M. Roussel
Released: March 12, 1976
Type: Movie
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Ah! La police de Papa
Title: Ah! La police de Papa
Character: Albert Landier
Released: September 4, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Murmur of the Heart
Title: Murmur of the Heart
Character: Doctor
Released: April 27, 1971
Type: Movie
This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Johnny
Released: October 30, 1968
Type: Movie
The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: M. Roussel
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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The Fire Within
Title: The Fire Within
Character: Cyrille Lavaud
Released: October 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.
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Demons at Midnight
Title: Demons at Midnight
Released: December 5, 1961
Type: Movie
This drama's main asset is Charles Boyer as Pierre, a father out looking for his son one night. Pierre receives a call from a woman who says she will kill herself because of his son. Naturally disturbed at this news, Pierre takes off to find his son and avert disaster. Along the way, he picks up a malcontent, wealthy young woman who decides to stick with him and help him look for his son. After traveling through some of the worst aspects of Paris' demi-monde, Pierre begins to wonder if his son will ever be found. Meanwhile, the relationship with his newfound wealthy friend is heating up.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Title: Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Character: Daniel Savary, armateur, prétendant d'Henriette
Released: December 25, 1958
Type: Movie