Laurent Terzieff

Laurent Terzieff 27 June 1935 in Toulouse 2 July 2010 in Paris was a French actor Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Marina and her husband Jean Terzieff a Romanianborn sculptor of Russian and Romanian descent who came to France from Bucharest during the First World War The original surname of his family was Chemerzin As an adolescent he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry He assisted with a representation of the La Sonate des spectres by Strindberg directed by Roger Blin while involved in the theater he decided he wanted to become an actor Terzieff made his debut in 1953 at the Parisian Théâtre de Babylone of JeanMarie Serreau in Tous contre tous of Adamov After several more roles Marcel Carné offered him a lead role in 1958s Tricheurs a tale about existentialist youth He then appeared in the late works of French scenario writers such as Claude AutantLara with whom he appeared in three films including Tu ne tueras point in 1961 Other collaborators included HenriGeorges Clouzot 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 Grays production and direction of Jeu His partner Pascale de Boysson Dirk Kinnane and Bibi Hure were also in the cast Other film appearances include Les Garcons by Mauro Bolognini in 1959 Vanina Vanini 1961 Two Weeks in September 1967 in which he appeared with Brigitte Bardot The Milky Way 1969 Medea 1969 The Desert of the Tartars 1976 and the TV miniseries Moses the Lawgiver 1974 starring Burt Lancaster In the 1980s he primarily acted on stage Appearances during this era include Rouge Baiser Germinal in 1993 and The Raft of the Medusa in 1998 In 2005 he appeared in Mon petit doigt ma dit Terzieff died on July 2 2010 due to lung complications Source Article Laurent Terzieff from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30