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Jean Ferrat(1930-2010)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Jean Ferrat in Ad Lib (1986)
Jean Ferrat was born on 26 December 1930 in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a composer and actor, known for La vieille dame indigne (1965), Le coup de grâce (1965) and Personne ne m'aime (1994). He was married to Colette Laffont and Christine Sèvres. He died on 13 March 2010 in Aubenas, Ardèche, France.
BornDecember 26, 1930
DiedMarch 13, 2010(79)
BornDecember 26, 1930
DiedMarch 13, 2010(79)
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Known for

Sylvie in La vieille dame indigne (1965)
La vieille dame indigne
7.1
  • Composer
  • 1965
Le coup de grâce (1965)
Le coup de grâce
5.6
  • Composer
  • 1965
Personne ne m'aime (1994)
Personne ne m'aime
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 1994
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Judith Godrèche, Fabrice Luchini, Jérémie Renier, and Karin Viard in Potiche (2010)
Potiche
6.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2010

Credits

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Composer

  • L'âge de son retour (2013)
    L'âge de son retour
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • L'enfant prisonnier (1976)
    L'enfant prisonnier
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Wim Sonneveld en Ina van Faassen
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Le coup de grâce (1965)
    Le coup de grâce
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Sylvie in La vieille dame indigne (1965)
    La vieille dame indigne
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1965

Music Department

  • Thierry Genovese, Rcn, and Yossi Benavraham in Il était une fois (2024)
    Il était une fois
    Podcast Series
    • singer
    • 2025
  • Springtime in Amsterdam (2023)
    Springtime in Amsterdam
    6.2
    • Music Department
    • 2023
  • Quelques parts (2018)
    Quelques parts
    Short
    • composer: additional music
    • 2018
  • Sylvie in La vieille dame indigne (1965)
    La vieille dame indigne
    7.1
    • singer
    • 1965

Actor

  • Anna Karina in My Life to Live (1962)
    My Life to Live
    7.8
    • Homme près du Jukebox (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Witness in the City (1959)
    Witness in the City
    7.0
    • Un voyageur du métro (uncredited)
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Jean Laroche
  • Born
    • December 26, 1930
    • Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Died
    • March 13, 2010
    • Aubenas, Ardèche, France(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Colette LaffontJanuary 28, 1992 - March 13, 2010 (his death)
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    • 8 Print Biographies
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His father was sent to Auschwitz during WWII. Ferrat wrote about this in one of his earliest hit songs, "Nuit et brouillard" (Night and Fog).

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