Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Biography. 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.