Jean Rochefort, born in 1930, passed away at age 87 in Paris, after a long-term hospitalisation.
When he was 19, he attended the Centre Dramatique de la rue Blanche and then he attended the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique.
After his service in the army, he played for the Compagnie Garnier Hussenot in 1953.
He took part in the first three movies of the Angelique saga: Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964), Angélique and the King and Marveilleurse Angélique (1966)
The year 1972 marked the turning point for his career: his interpretation in Hearth Fires (french-italian coproduction) remains memorable, where he played Alexandre Boursault, Annie Girardot’s ex-husband and father of Claude Jade, who tries to bring the couple back together. Among his vast filmography, we remember The Clockmaker (1974), Let joy reign supreme (1976), Pardon mon affair (1976) and, his last movie, Floride (2015).
Famous on television, cinema and stage, Rochefort was one of the most acclamed French actors of the century. Eclectic and brilliant, he won two Césars, the most important cinema award in France.
