Jean-Pierre Coffe

Acting

Jean-Pierre Coffe

Born — Died

1938-03-24 — 2016-03-29

Place of birth

Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Jean-Pierre Coffe (24 March 1938 – 29 March 2016) was a French radio and television presenter, food critic, and author. Jean-Pierre Coffe spent a major part of his childhood in the town where he was born, Lunéville. He never knew his father, mobilized in 1937 and killed on the field of battle in 1940. He was raised by his mother, who took over the family hairdressing salon. His grandmother was a cook and his grandfather a market gardener. His mother left Lorraine for Paris where he studied at boarding school. At the age of 13, he was seized by a passion for theatre. After completing his studies, he took classes at the Cours Simon and had a number of small jobs at the same time. Jean-Pierr…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 2 titles

1980s · 4 titles

1970s · 8 titles

Violette Nozière poster
6.7

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.

Violette Nozière

1978

The Associate poster
6.5

An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.

The Associate

1979

These Kids Are Grown-Ups poster
4.8

When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him. By pooling their knowledge, they are able to pull off a crucial robbery using a very special box of chocolates.

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

1979

What a Flash! poster
5.1

The producers of this French film took approximately 100 people, put them on a soundstage and had them improvise this film based on the premise that they are on a spaceship escaping from the dictators of earth and only have a few days to live. Improvisation is a dangerous art-form; unprepared amateurs invariably come up with gross caricatures when challenged to improvise. The actors' choices in this film include an allegorical pageant of the life of Jesus, a marriage, an orgy, and some genuinely affectionate moments. Nonetheless, as an experimental effort in large-group improvisation, the film is instructive. - Clarke Fountain, Rovi

What a Flash!

1972

La boucle d'oreille poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La boucle d'oreille

1979

Le Dernier Baiser poster
5.7

The meeting of two women of the same age. One is a taxi driver, a little idealistic and romantic and the other is a wealthy and idle bourgeois.

Le Dernier Baiser

1977

Make Room for Tomorrow poster
4.5

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed, threatening suicide if she says no. They gather at Isaac's grandson's, Ben, who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias who's 10. Joining them, from Israel, is Isaac's son Elie. Against a backdrop of Elie's attempts to call his ex-wife, Ben and Peggy's marital difficulties, Mathias's budding sexuality, everyone's love of chess and practical jokes, Ben's house (shifting dangerously on its foundation), and the twentieth-century struggles of the Jews, the film explores their relationships and Isaac's aging.

Make Room for Tomorrow

1979

Scrambled Eggs poster
6.0

Brumaire, the director of public relations at the Élysée, is trying to boost the rating of his government.

Scrambled Eggs

1976

Series credits

Sacrée soirée poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sacrée soirée

1987

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Vivement dimanche poster
3.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vivement dimanche

1998

Apostrophes poster
8.5

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Apostrophes

1975

Nulle part ailleurs poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

Nulle part ailleurs

1987

The Unexpected Getaway poster
8.5

In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.

The Unexpected Getaway

2012

Panique dans l'oreillette poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Panique dans l'oreillette

2008

Les Thibault poster
6.0

Between 1905 and 1918, the opposing destinies of two brothers from a large Catholic bourgeois family.

Les Thibault

2003

Yummy Yummy! poster
7.0

Healthy eating reviewed in an alternative form, light hearted and funny, while getting across a clear, positive and constructive educational message and without using a heavy moralistic tone. The series is also designed to be ultimately distributed on various audiovisual mediums as part of themes like the promotion of quality nutrition and the development of healthy nutritional habits.

Yummy Yummy!

2013