Jacques Sereys 2 June 1928 1 January 2023 was a French actor and theatre director Raised by a single mother who worked as an embroiderer Sereys grew up in Marseille He began to make money at the age of 14 while working for Crédit Lyonnais In 1951 he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur dart dramatique and attended classes taught by Henri Rollan He joined the ComédieFrançaise in 1955 first as an associate before becoming a sociétaire in 1959 In 1964 Sereys left the ComédieFrançaise to devote himself to boulevard theatre a period in which he met the likes of Jacques Charon and Robert Hirsch However he returned to the ComédieFrançaise in 1977 and regained his membership in 1979 He retired in 1997 and became a de facto honorary sociétaire He regularly continued to perform at the ComédieFrançaise until 2014 Sereys married actress Philippine Pascal the stage name of Philippine de Rothschild with whom he had two children Camille born 1961 and Philippe born 1963 The couple divorced on 25 October 1999 Their children became the owners of Château Mouton Rothschild Château dArmailhac and Château Clerc Milon Sereys died on 1 January 2023 at the age of 94 Source Article Jacques Sereys from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30