Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 24, 1928
Died
Jul 29, 2007
Place of Birth
Brunoy, Essonne, France
Credits
179 titles
Michel 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. 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
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
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 (archive footage)
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
Dr. Petiot
Docteur Petiot
Stars 90
Self
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Gino
Love Comedy
Paul Léautaud
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Roger Scatti
Bonjour l'angoisse
Michaud