Rémi Laurent

Rémi Laurent
Born	Rémi François Simon Laurent (1957-10-12)October 12, 1957 Suresnes, Paris, France
Died	November 14, 1989(1989-11-14) (aged 32) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–1987

Rémi Laurent (12 October 1957 – 14 November 1989) was a French actor who was born in Suresnes, best known for playing the son Laurent in La Cage aux Folles. He died in Paris from an HIV related illness in 1989.

Biography

Laurent was born and raised in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and was the son of a nursery nurse (his mother) and an agricultural engineer. He learned to play the piano at an early age but decided in his adolescence to pursue comedic acting.

Laurent debuted in the 1976 film À nous les petites Anglaises. He was then featured in a number of popular French films in the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. He is particularly remembered in his role in the film La Cage aux Folles as Laurent, the son of Renato Baldi (Ugo Tognazzi). He also is remembered in his role as Denis Boucher in the Québécois film The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) directed by Gilles Carle.

He was romantically involved with actress Anne Caudry, who in turn died of HIV in 1991, then married Emöke Masznyik, a young Hungarian dancer and mime.

He died of an HIV-related illness on 14 November 1989 and is interred at Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	À nous les petites Anglaises (Let's Get Those English Girls)	Alain
1977	Dis bonjour à la dame	David Ferry
1977	Arrête ton char... bidasse!	Francis
1978	La Cage aux folles	Laurent Baldi
1978	Les Seize ans de Jérémy Millet		Short
1979	C'est dingue... mais on y va	Nicolas
1980	All Stars	Laurent Dermoncourt
1981	Les Plouffe	Denis Boucher
1981	La Cassure	Le frère de Rauffast
1982	Une glace avec deux boules ou je le dis à maman	Bernard
1982	Le Cadeau (Bankers Also Have Souls aka. The Gift)	Laurent
1986	Black Mic Mac	L'inspecteur adjoint
1987	La Princesse surgelée		Short, (final film role)

References

Translated from the French article.

External links

• Rémi Laurent at IMDb