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He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, Hibernatus), My Uncle Benjamin (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), Dracula and Son (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi).
Dec 9, 2013 · Edouard Molinaro, who received an Oscar nomination for directing the 1978 French film “La Cage aux Folles,” which was remade in the United States as “The Birdcage” and as a Broadway musical, died...
Dec 8, 2013 · French filmmaker Edouard Molinaro, who earned an Academy Award nomination for directing “La Cage aux Folles,” died Saturday at age 85. According to the BBC , the cause of death was lung...
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Édouard Molinaro was born on May 13, 1928 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Birdcage (1996), La Cage aux Folles (1978) and A Mistress for the Summer (1960). He was married to Catherine Molinaro, Marie-Hélène Breillat and Pierrette Carvallo. He died on December 7, 2013 in Paris, France.
- May 13, 1928
- December 7, 2013
Dec 8, 2013 · Edouard Molinaro, who directed classic French farce La Cage aux Folles and other much-loved films, has died in Paris at the age of 85. After starting out in crime films, he switched...
Dec 7, 2013 · Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although he had almost exclusively been producing works for television.[2] In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work.
Edouard Molinaro. Director and Screenwriter. 12 May 1928 to 7 December 2013. A French director and screenwriter best known for La Cage aux Folles (1978), for which his writing and direction was Oscar-nominated.
