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Jacques Chazot

Jacques Chazot

Acting

Born: 1928 Locmiquélic, Morbihan, France 7 Global Credits 🔥 0.2 Popularity
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Biography

Jacques Chazot, (b. 25 September 1928 in Locmiquélic (Morbihan), d. 12 July 1993 in Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne) was a French dancer and socialite.

He joined Opéra de Paris in 1947 as a dancer. In 1956, he joined Opéra-Comique. The same year, he wrote Les Carnets de Marie-Chantal, creating a character who is the archetype of the snobbish socialite.

He was a very close friend of Françoise Sagan, Juliette Gréco, Régine, Claude Bessy, Hassan II among others and a companion of Coco Chanel.

He became famous through television, dancing in many television shows of the 1970s. He was at the time one of the few people to appear on television as openly gay.

He had oral cancer. In his last years he lived in a castle of Monthyon, a property in the vicinity of Paris owned by Jean-Claude Brialy.

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Known For

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Show / Title Year Credit / Role
Le monde est à vous 1987 Self
Champs-Elysées 1982 Self
Numéro un 1975 Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1975 Self
Midi Première 1975 Self
Samedi soir 1971 Self
Discorama 1959 Self