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Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

ActingBorn January 24, 1928Died July 29, 2007 (age 79)Brunoy, Essonne, France

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.

Filmography

2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles

as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice

as L'archevêque de Venise

Movie
2007
Le Bénévole

as Max Birgos

Movie
2007
Have Mercy on Us All

as Hervé Decambrais

Movie
2007
L'Avare

as Harpagon

Movie
2006Movie
2005
Monsieur Léon

as Docteur Léon Chapuis

Movie
2005
Joyeux Noel

as The Castle Keeper

Movie
2005
Grabuge!

as Commissaire Lancret

Movie
2004
Albert est méchant

as Albert Moulinot

Movie
2003
Le Furet

as Anzio

Movie
2003
L'Affaire Dominici

as Gaston Dominici

TV
2003
L'Affaire Dominici

as Gaston Dominici

Movie
2002
The Butterfly

as Julien

Movie
2001
Vajont

as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza

Movie
2001
The Girl from Paris

as Adrien Rochas

Movie
2001
Un cœur oublié

as Monsieur de Fontenelle

Movie
2000
Actors

as Michel Serrault

Movie
2000
The Libertine

as Le Cardinal

Movie
2000
Marty's World

as Antoine Berrant

Movie
1999
The Children of the Marshland

as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'

Movie
1998TV
1997
The Comedian

as Le comédien

Movie
1997
The Swindle

as Victor

Movie
1997
Artemisia

as Orazio Gentileschi

Movie
1997
Assassin(s)

as Mr. Wagner

Movie
1996Movie
1995
Happiness Is in the Field

as Francis Bergeade

Movie
1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

as Mr. Pierre Arnaud

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Bonsoir

as Alex Ponttin

Movie
1992
Old Rascal

as Darius Caunes

Movie
1992
Room Service

as M. Luc

Movie
1992
Ville à vendre

as Rousselot, le maire

Movie
1991
Héloïse

as Maurice Martin, Héloïse

Movie
1991
L'Huissier

as Maître Malicorne

Movie
1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé

as Martin / Héloïse

TV
1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé

as Maître Malicorne

TV
1990
Dr. Petiot

as Docteur Petiot

Movie
1990
Stars 90

as Self

TV
1989
Love Comedy

as Paul Léautaud

Movie
1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie

as Roger Scatti

Movie
1988Movie
1988
No Harm Intended

as Paul Duchêne

Movie
1987Movie
1987TV
1987
Sacrée soirée

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1987TV
1987
Miracle Healing

as Ronald Fox-Terrier

Movie
1986Movie
1985
La Cage aux Folles 3

as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

Movie
1985
He Died with His Eyes Open

as Robert Staniland

Movie
1985Movie
1985
Les Rois du gag

as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Kill the Referee

as Rico, aggressive supporter

Movie
1984
Le Bon Plaisir

as Le ministre de l'Intérieur

Movie
1983
Deadly Circuit

as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '

Movie
1982Movie
1982
The Roaring Forties

as Sébastien Barral

Movie
1982
The Hatter's Ghost

as Léon Labbé

Movie
1982Movie
1982TV
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1981
The Inquisitor

as Jérôme Martinaud

Movie
1981
Malevil

as Emmanuel Comte

Movie
1980
La Cage aux Folles II

as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

Movie
1980
Heads or Tails

as Édouard Morlaix

Movie
1980Movie
1979
Buffet Froid

as Le comptable

Movie
1979
The Other One's Mug

as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard

Movie
1979
The Associate

as Julien Pardot

Movie
1979
La Grâce

as Henri Dupérier

Movie
1979
L'Esprit de famille

as le docteur Charles Moreau

Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1977
Le Passe-muraille

as Dutilleul

Movie
1977
Les Folies Offenbach

as Jacques Offenbach

TV
1977Movie
1976TV
1975
The Red Ibis

as Jérémie

Movie
1975Movie
1975
Système 2

as Self

TV
1975TV
1974
No Pockets in a Shroud

as Justin Blesh

Movie
1974TV
1974Movie
1974
La Gueule de l’emploi

as L'inspecteur de police

Movie
1974
Bloody Murder

as Edouard Henricot

Movie
1974
Chinese In Paris

as Grégoire Montclair

Movie
1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

as Jean-Paul Rondin

Movie
1973
The Big Store

as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché

Movie
1973
Big Deal

as Paul

Movie
1973Movie
1973
La Cage aux folles

as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'

Movie
1972
A Murder Is a Murder

as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant

Movie
1972TV
1972
The Annuity

as Louis Martinet

Movie
1972TV
1971TV
1970
La Liberté en croupe

as Paul Cérès

Movie
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette

as Gabriel Pelletier

Movie
1969
Call Me Mathilde

as François

Movie
1969
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille

as Commissaire Le Gac

Movie
1968
Would-Be Gentleman

as M. Jourdain

Movie
1968TV
1968
The Great Chase

as Aldo Moreni

Movie
1968
The Men in the Family

as Gabriel Pelletier

Movie
1967
The Madman of Lab Four

as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory

Movie
1967
Loose in the Trigger

as The armorer

Movie
1967Movie
1967Movie
1967
Order of the Daisy

as L'inspecteur Papin

Movie
1966
King of Hearts

as Monsieur Marcel

Movie
1966
Les enquiquineurs

as Martin - instituteur

Movie
1966TV
1966Movie
1966
Les Combinards

as La père de Lucile

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Under Your Hat

as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max

Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1964
Male Hunt

as Gaston Lartois

Movie
1964
Clémentine chérie

as Maître Brunet

Movie
1964Movie
1964
Hard Boiled Ones

as Rossignol, private detective

Movie
1964
Dandelions by the Roots

as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien

Movie
1964Movie
1963Movie
1963
Carom Shots

as Le commissaire Baudu

Movie
1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Lucien Moreau

Movie
1962
The Four Truths

as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

Movie
1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

as Charpentier, le conférencier

Movie
1962
How to Succeed in Love

as Commissioner

Movie
1962Movie
1962
The Dance

as Pétrarque

Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961
On purge bébé

as Guillaume Chouilloux

Movie
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

as Le second policier / Policeman

Movie
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman

as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")

Movie
1959
La Malle volante

as M. Loiseau

Movie
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Dr. Emile Couzan

Movie
1959
The Bureaucrats

as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils

Movie
1959
Oh! What a Mambo

as L'inspecteur Vidalie

Movie
1959
Discorama

as Self

TV
1959
Nina

as Adolphe Tessier

Movie
1959
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle

as Eugène, l'interprète

Movie
1958Movie
1958
Musée Grévin

as The visitor

Movie
1957
The Innocent with Forty Children

as Jean-François Robignac

Movie
1957
Adorables démons

as Jacques Willis Senior

Movie
1957
L'Habit vert

as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Murderers and Thieves

as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur

Movie
1956
Life is beautiful

as le démarcheur

Movie
1956
Mon bébé

as Jimmy Scott

Movie
1956
That Naughty Girl

as Inspector Leduc

Movie
1955
Diabolique

as Mr. Raymond

Movie
1954
Peek-a-boo

as Serrault, le trompettiste

Movie
1954Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 24, 1928
Day of DeathJuly 29, 2007
Place of BirthBrunoy, Essonne, France
Popularity0.5
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