Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

  • Birthday: 1928-01-24
  • Deathday: 2007-07-29
  • Place of birth: Brunoy, Essonne, France
  • Also know as: Michel Lucien Serrault

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. 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 3.0.

Filmography

Bonsoir

1994

As Alex Ponttin

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

1974

As Jean-Paul Rondin

The Other One's Mug

1979

As Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard

The Red Ibis

1975

As Jérémie

La Cage aux Folles II

1980

As Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

The Associate

1979

As Julien Pardot

The Girl from Paris

2001

As Adrien Rochas

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995

As M. Pierre Arnaud

Assassin(s)

1997

As Mr. Wagner

Happiness Is in the Field

1995

As Francis Bergeade

Le Viager

1972

As Louis Martinet

Deadly Circuit

1983

As Beauvoir, « l'Œil »

The Butterfly

2002

As Julien

Miracle Healing

1987

As Ronald Fox-Terrier

The Comedian

1997

As Le comédien

Les enfants du pays

2006

As Gustave

Dr. Petiot

1990

As Docteur Petiot

Malevil

1981

As Emmanuel Comte

Bonjour l'angoisse

1988

As Michaud

Vajont

2001

As L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza

The Hatter's Ghost

1982

As Léon Labbé

Kill the Referee

1984

As Rico, aggressive supporter

Grabuge!

2005

As Commissaire Lancret

Murderers and Thieves

1956

As Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur

We Will Go to Deauville

1962

As Lucien Moreau

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister

1986

As Octave Clapoteau

He Died with His Eyes Open

1985

As Robert Staniland

La Belle Affaire

1973

As Paul

Appelez-moi Mathilde

1969

As François

Old Rascal

1992

As Darius Caunes

Room Service

1992

As M. Luc

Love Comedy

1989

As Paul Léautaud

Monsieur Léon

2005

As Docteur Léon Chapuis

No Harm Intended

1988

As Paul Duchêne

L'Affaire Dominici

2003

As Gaston Dominici

Le Bénévole

2007

As Max Birgos

Under Your Hat

1965

As Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max

Il lupo e l'agnello

1980

As Léon

L'Esprit de famille

1979

As le docteur Charles Moreau

La Grâce

1979

As Henri Dupérier

The Innocent with Forty Children

1957

As Jean-François Robignac

L'Huissier

1991

As Maître Malicorne

Le Passe-muraille

1977

As Dutilleul

The Double Bed

1965

As Albert

Héloïse

1991

As Maurice Martin, Héloïse

Musée Grévin

1958

As The visitor

Would-Be Gentleman

1968

As M. Jourdain

Ennemis intimes

1987

As Baudin

Tel est Serrault

1995

As Self

La Cage aux folles

1973

As Albin dit "Zaza Napoli"

La Cage aux Folles

1978

As Zaza

The Inquisitor

1981

As Jérôme Martinaud

Good King Dagobert

1984

As Otarius

Heads or Tails

1980

As Edouard Morlaix

The Swindle

1997

As Victor

Artemisia

1997

As Orazio Gentileschi

Le Furet

2003

As Anzio

Albert est méchant

2004

As Albert Moulinot

Ville à vendre

1992

As Rousselot, le maire

Dandelions by the Roots

1964

As Jérôme, comédien de théâtrre et cousin de Jockey Jack

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

1985

As Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

Let Sleeping Cops Lie

1988

As Roger Scatti

Le Bon Plaisir

1984

As Le ministre de l'Intérieur

Les Compagnons de la marguerite

1967

As L'inspecteur Papin

Les combinards

1966

As La père de Lucile

Le Roi des bricoleurs

1977

As Bordin

Un cœur oublié

2001

As Monsieur de Fontenelle

Clémentine chérie

1964

As Maître Brunet

Les Baratineurs

1965

As Henri

La Liberté en croupe

1970

As Paul Cérès

The Bureaucrats

1959

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

Mon bébé

1956

As Jimmy Scott

La Malle volante

1959

As M. Loiseau

Have Mercy on Us All

2007

As Hervé Decambrais

Carom Shots

1963

As Le commissaire Baudu

Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice

2007

As L'archevêque de Venise

The Men in the Family

1967

As Gabriel Pelletier

The Great Chase

1968

As Aldo Moreni

The Four Truths

1962

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

Jaloux comme un tigre

1964

As M. Lurot

Ces messieurs de la gâchette

1970

As Gabriel Pelletier

The Great Gadget

1967

As Pounet

On purge bébé

1961

As Guillaume Chouilloux

The Roaring Forties

1982

As Sébastien Barral

Les enquiquineurs

1966

As Martin - instituteur

What the East Wind Saw

1954

As Zamore

Hard Boiled Ones

1964

As Rossignol, le détective privé

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

1978

As le voisin

Oh! Qué mambo

1959

As L'inspecteur Vidalie

Buffet Froid

1979

As Le comptable

King of Hearts

1966

As Monsieur Marcel

Love on a Pillow

1962

As Varange

Chinese In Paris

1974

As Grégoire Montclair

The Libertine

2000

As Le Cardinal

Other People's Money

1978

As Miremant

The American Beauty

1961

As le clochard

The Madman of Lab Four

1967

As M. Granger, directeur du laboratoire scientifique

A Murder Is a Murder

1972

As Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant

The Children of the Marshland

1999

As Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'

Pour avoir Adrienne

1967

As Thomeret

How Do You Like My Sister?

1964

As Varangeot

Bloody Murder

1974

As Edouard Henricot

Nina

1959

As Adolphe Tessier

My Wife Is a Panther

1961

As le boucher

La Gueule de l’emploi

1974

As L'inspecteur de police

L'Habit vert

1957

As

The Dance

1962

As Pétrarque

That Naughty Girl

1956

As Inspector #2

Adorables démons

1957

As Jacques Willis Senior

Clara and the Villains

1958

As La Parole

The Big Store

1973

As Félix Boucan

Bébert et l'omnibus

1963

As Barthoin

No Pockets in a Shroud

1974

As Justin Blesh

Life is beautiful

1956

As le démarcheur

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Diabolique

1955

As Mr. Raymond

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

1960

As Le second policier / Policeman

Peek-a-boo

1954

As Serrault, le trompettiste

The Terror with Women

1956

As Un gendarme

Du mou dans la gâchette

1967

As The armorer

You Have Nothing to Declare?

1959

As Dr. Emile Couzan

Moi y'en a vouloir des sous

1973

As Le curé Léon

Un clair de lune à Maubeuge

1962

As Charpentier, le conférencier

How to Succeed in Love

1962

As Le commissaire

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Male Hunt

1964

As Gaston Lartois

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille

1969

As Commissaire Le Gac

Joyeux Noel

2005

As The Castle Keeper

Actors

2000

As Self

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960

As L'avocat de Danielle (Le Divorce)

Production

Dr. Petiot

1990

As Producer

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