Laurent Terzieff

Acting

Born Jun 27, 1935

From Toulouse, HauteGaronne, France

Died Jul 02, 2010

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 Romanian-born 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 Jean-Marie Serreau 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 youth. He then appeared in the late works of French scenario writers such as Claude Autant-Lara, with whom he appeared in three films including Tu ne tueras point in 1961. Other collaborators included Henri-Georges 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 Gray's 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 m'a dit. Terzieff died on July 2, 2010, due to lung complications. Source: Article "Laurent Terzieff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Laurent Terzieff

Known For

Kapo

Largo Winch II

Germinal

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Milky Way

Medea

Etoile

The Desert of the Tartars

Moses the Lawgiver

Woman in Chains

Filmography — Acting

Kapo

Largo Winch II

Germinal

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Milky Way

Medea

Etoile

The Desert of the Tartars

Moses the Lawgiver

Woman in Chains

Don Bosco

Le radeau de la Méduse

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Lust

Love Sins

Detective

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

Vanina Vanini

Twelve Hours by the Clock

L'Apprentissage de la ville

The Cheaters

Ostia

Ballad for a Hoodlum

The Big Night

La ragazza dei lillà

Fiesta

Father's Trip

The Pianist

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Once Upon an Angel

Lovers Woods

Two Weeks in September

Premier mai

The Immoral Moment

Death, Where Is Your Victory?

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

War in the Highlands

Rain over Santiago

Red Kiss

The Prince's Manuscript

Les Culottes rouges

Diesel

Araya

La Flambeuse

The Regattas of San Francisco

Gila and Rik

Hedda Gabler

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Blood Wedding

The Purloined Letter

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

Medea: On-Set Memories

The Circular Triangle

Bitter Fruit

La Vénitienne

Flesh Color

Rien, voilà l'ordre

Les Hautes solitudes

The Horla

Utopia

Territori d'ombra

Le Révélateur

An Angel Passes

Bérénice

Zoo Story

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo

Journey to the Garden of the Dead