Michel Serrault
- Acting
- January 24, 1928 · Brunoy, Essonne, France
- July 29, 2007
Biography
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
- Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra · Author, Dialogue
- Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles · Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées · Self
- Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) · Self
- Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice · L'archevêque de Venise
- Le Bénévole · Max Birgos
- Have Mercy on Us All · Hervé Decambrais
- L'Avare · Harpagon
- Les enfants du pays · Gustave
- Monsieur Léon · Docteur Léon Chapuis
- Joyeux Noel · The Castle Keeper
- Grabuge! · Commissaire Lancret
- Albert est méchant · Albert Moulinot
- Le Furet · Anzio
- L'Affaire Dominici · Gaston Dominici
- L'Affaire Dominici · Gaston Dominici
- The Butterfly · Julien
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman · Louis
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes · Self
- Vajont · L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
- The Girl from Paris · Adrien Rochas
- Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre · Verlac
- Un cœur oublié · Monsieur de Fontenelle
- Actors · Michel Serrault
- The Libertine · Le Cardinal
- Marty's World · Antoine Berrant
- The Children of the Marshland · Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- The Comedian · Le comédien
- The Swindle · Victor
- Artemisia · Orazio Gentileschi
- Assassin(s) · Mr. Wagner
- Beaumarchais the Scoundrel · Louis XV
- Happiness Is in the Field · Francis Bergeade
- Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud · Mr. Pierre Arnaud
- Tel est Serrault · Self
- Bonsoir · Alex Ponttin
- Old Rascal · Darius Caunes
- Room Service · M. Luc
- Ville à vendre · Rousselot, le maire
- The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea · Pompilius
- Héloïse · Maurice Martin, Héloïse
- L'Huissier · Maître Malicorne
- Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé · Martin / Héloïse, Maître Malicorne
- Dr. Petiot · Docteur Petiot, Producer
- Stars 90 · Self
- Merry Christmas... Happy New Year · Gino
- Love Comedy · Paul Léautaud
- Let Sleeping Cops Lie · Roger Scatti
- Bonjour l'angoisse · Michaud
- No Harm Intended · Paul Duchêne
- Ennemis intimes · Baudin
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Matin Bonheur · Self
- Miracle Healing · Ronald Fox-Terrier
- My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister · Octave Clapoteau
- La Cage aux Folles 3 · Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- He Died with His Eyes Open · Robert Staniland
- Liberté, égalité, choucroute · Louis XVI
- Les Rois du gag · Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
- Good King Dagobert · Otarius
- Kill the Referee · Rico, aggressive supporter
- Le Bon Plaisir · Le ministre de l'Intérieur
- Deadly Circuit · Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
- Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ · Jules César
- The Roaring Forties · Sébastien Barral
- The Hatter's Ghost · Léon Labbé
- Nestor Burma, détective de choc · Nestor Burma
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- The Inquisitor · Jérôme Martinaud
- Malevil · Emmanuel Comte
- La Cage aux Folles II · Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- Heads or Tails · Édouard Morlaix
- Il lupo e l'agnello · Léon
- Buffet Froid · Le comptable
- The Other One's Mug · Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
- The Associate · Julien Pardot
- La Grâce · Henri Dupérier
- L'Esprit de famille · le docteur Charles Moreau
- La Cage aux Folles · Zaza