This Wednesday, April 13, Michel Bouquet died at the age of 96. An AFP dispatch reveals that the great comedian has died “at the end of the morning in a Parisian hospital“, as specified by his entourage. The one who has distinguished himself in the theater and in the cinema has been more than once Caesarized but also rewarded with a Molière. A great friend of Muriel Robin, does Michel Bouquet have a link? of kinship with another great actress who bears the same name: Carole Bouquet?
If many are asking the question, the answer is no. Carole Bouquet is not the least related to Michel Bouquet. The mother of Dimitri Rassam and Louis Giacobetti therefore only shares their last name and their taste for comedy. The actor Michel Bouquet did not have any children. The one who married Juliette Carré, also an actress, in a second marriage, had other love stories before this one, including one in particular.
The love of actresses
The actor who died on April 13 was married for a long time to another actress, Ariane Borg. Separated since 1967, they decided to divorce in 1970 so that the late Michel Bouquet could marry his partner Juliette Carré. A partner in life but also on stage since they have shared the latter on many occasions., in The Tartuffein 2017, or in Right or wrongin 2016. They shared their lives for almost 50 years.
Genius of the boards, Michel Bouquet remains a great figure of the Paris Conservatory. Born in 1925, he had a painful early childhood and youth, including seven years spent in boarding school. As a teenager, her father was a prisoner of war. The latter does odd jobs before his mother finds a job as a milliner, in order to meet the needs of the family.