La cage aux folles
1979
Search results
Biography. He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. 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 ).
Édouard Molinaro was born on 13 May 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 7 December 2013 in Paris, France.
- January 1, 1
- Bordeaux, Gironde, France
- January 1, 1
- Paris, France
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,...
People also ask
Who was Edouard Molinaro?
Did Edouard Molinaro get an Oscar?
Who is Nicolas Molinaro?
Who is Dr Molinaro?
Dec 9, 2013 · Mon 9 Dec 2013 05.16 EST. Édouard Molinaro, the French film director behind the pioneering gay farce La Cage aux Folles, has died at the age of 85 from lung failure.
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 failure....
- meredith.blake@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Dec 10, 2013 · Edouard Molinaro, a French film director best known for his groundbreaking, gay-themed comedy “La Cage Aux Folles,” died Saturday at a Paris hospital. He was 85. He had a pulmonary illness,...
Dec 9, 2013 · Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing 1978’s “ La Cage aux Folles ,” a French farce about a gay couple that struck a chord with a broad range of audiences, died Dec. 7...
