They are reunited again. Juliette Carré, the widow of Michel Bouquet, died at the age of 90 on the night of Tuesday December 26 to Wednesday December 27. A little more than a year after the death of the French actor who passed away at the age of 96 on Wednesday April 13, 2022. Having won a Cesar twice, he made a film for the last time in 2020 in the movie Villa Caprice by Bernard Stora with Niels Arestrup and Patrick Bruel. But it is especially in the theater that the one who had played more than 800 times The king is dying by Eugène Ionesco had left his mark. In 2016, he made one of his last appearances on stage in the play Rightly and wrongly by Ronald Harwood. He played alongside Juliette Carré. A partner on stage, but also in life since the actress was his wife of over 50 years. Half a century of love… After his marriage to actress Ariane Borg, he married Juliette Carré in 1970.
This actress had played in more than fifty plays. In 1966, it was already a hit in How a cinema script is born by Cesare Zavattini at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. She often played alongside her late husband. An atypical duo that left its mark. On Wednesday April 13, she had become widowed at the age of 88, eight years younger than her husband. In addition to her numerous successes in the theater, Juliette Carré also caught the eye of Josée Dayan. In 2019, the director directed her in the France 2 TV film When the recluse comes out. More than thirty years earlier, in 1982, it was Claude Chabrol who offered his services in The Dance of Death.
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The rare confidences of Michel Bouquet about his relationship
In the 2000s, she often played The king is dying with Michel Bouquet. She played Queen Marguerite. A piece that the couple had performed in Pézenas during the 47th Festival de la Mirondela dels Arts in 2013. A city for which they had both had a thunderbolt. “It’s true that Michel immediately loved the city. This is the first time that I agree with him”, launched Juliette Carré during an interview available on YouTube. A little touch of humor which made her husband laugh a lot, welcoming a “total agreement”. Before playing The King is Dying, they had already gone on stage together in Imaginary sick. A show that they performed at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in 2008.
This was an opportunity for Michel Bouquet to talk about his relationship as rarely in an interview given to Figaro. “Even if we prioritize the truth between ussometimes to the point of putting us in danger, we don’t talk much about theater”, the actor confided. What was the secret to their longevity? “We rarely interfere in each other’s work, even if we we sometimes allow a few small remarksthe faults that must be feared”, he explained to the newspaper in September 2008. Before specifying: “It doesn’t feel good at the time, but it’s necessary. And if I make fewer remarks to him than her, it’s not only because I’m gallant, it’s also because I’m timid!”
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