Rémi Laurent

Rémi Laurent (12 October 1957 – 14 November 1989) was a French actor who was born in Suresnes, known for playing the son Laurent in La Cage aux Folles. He died in Paris from an HIV-related illness in 1989.

Biography Laurent was born and raised in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and was the son of a nursery nurse (his mother) and an agricultural engineer. He learned to play the piano at an early age but decided in his adolescence to pursue comedic acting.

Laurent debuted in the 1976 film À nous les petites Anglaises. He was then featured in a number of popular French films in the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. He is particularly remembered in his role in the 1978 film La Cage aux Folles as Laurent, the son of Renato Baldi (Ugo Tognazzi). He also is remembered in his role as Denis Boucher in the 1981 Québécois film The Plouffe Family directed by Gilles Carle.

He was romantically involved with actress , who died of AIDS in 1991, then married Emöke Masznyik, a young Hungarian dancer and mime.

He died of AIDS on 14 November 1989 and is interred at Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1976 À nous les petites Anglaises (Let's Get Those English Girls) Alain 1977 Dis bonjour à la dame David Ferry 1977 Arrête ton char... bidasse! Francis 1978 La Cage aux folles Laurent Baldi 1978 Les Seize ans de Jérémy Millet Short1979 C'est dingue... mais on y va Nicolas 1980 All Stars Laurent Dermoncourt 1981 Les Plouffe Denis Boucher 1981 La Cassure Le frère de Rauffast 1982 Une glace avec deux boules ou je le dis à maman Bernard 1982 Le Cadeau (Bankers Also Have Souls aka. The Gift) Laurent 1986 Black Mic Mac L'inspecteur adjoint 1987 La Princesse surgelée Short film (final film role)