Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in
Toulouse
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– 2 July 2010, in
Paris
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) was a French
actor
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.
Biography
Terzieff was the son of French
ceramistL'acteur et réalisateur Laurent Terzieff est mort
''Le Monde'', 3 July 2010 Marina and her husband Jean Terzieff
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, a Romania
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n-born sculptor of Russian and Romanian descent who came to France
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from Bucharest
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during the First World War
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. The original surname of his family was Chemerzin (russian: Чемерзин). As an adolescent, he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry. He assisted with a representation of the ''La Sonate des spectres'' by Strindberg
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, directed by Roger Blin
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; while involved in the theater he decided he wanted to become an actor.
Terzieff made his debut in 1953 at the Parisian '' of Jean-Marie Serreau
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in ''Tous contre tous'' of Adamov. After several more roles, Marcel Carné offered him a lead role in 1958's ''Tricheurs'', a tale about existentialist
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youth. He then appeared in the late works of French scenario writers such as Claude Autant-Lara
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Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
, with whom he appeared in three films including ''Tu ne tueras point'' in 1961. Other collaborators included Henri-Georges Clouzot
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with '' La prisonnière'', in which he interprets an artist manipulator. In 1975 Terzieff played the leading role as the priest in the Irish artist Reginald Gray's production and direction of ''Jeu''. His partner Pascale de Boysson
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, Dirk Kinnane and Bibi Hure were also in the cast.
Other film appearances include ''Les Garcons'' by Mauro Bolognini
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in 1959, ''Vanina Vanini
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'' (1961), '' Two Weeks in September'' (1967), in which he appeared with Brigitte Bardot
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, ''The Milky Way
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'' (1969), ''Medea
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'' (1969), ''The Desert of the Tartars
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'' (1976), and the TV miniseries ''Moses the Lawgiver
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'' (1974), starring Burt Lancaster
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. In the 1980s, he primarily acted on stage. Appearances during this era include ''Rouge Baiser
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Cast
* Charlotte Vala ...
'', ''Germinal'' in 1993, and ''The Raft of the Medusa
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'' in 1998. In 2005, he appeared in ''Mon petit doigt m'a dit''. Terzieff died on July 2, 2010, due to lung complications.
Awards and nominations
Molière Awards
Notes
External links
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Portrait of Laurent Terzieff
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1935 births
2010 deaths
20th-century French people
20th-century French male actors
French male film actors
French male television actors
French people of Romanian descent
French people of Russian descent
Male actors from Toulouse
Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite