Michel Serrault
Known for Acting · 176 credits
- Born
- 1928-01-24
- Died
- 2007-07-29
- Place of birth
- Brunoy, Essonne, France
- Also known as
- Michel Lucien Serrault · Мишель Серро
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.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Thomeret
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
À bout portant
1968
as Self
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
1990
as Martin / Héloïse / Maître Malicorne
L'Affaire Dominici
2003
as Gaston Dominici
Les Folies Offenbach
1977
as Jacques Offenbach
Movies (156)
Buffet Froid
1979
as Le comptable
Joyeux Noel
2005
as The Castle Keeper
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978
as le voisin
The Associate
1979
as Julien Pardot
Diabolique
1955
as Mr. Raymond
Les baratineurs
1965
as Henri
Chinese In Paris
1974
as Grégoire Montclair
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Zaza
Bonsoir
1994
as Alex Ponttin
The Libertine
2000
as Le Cardinal
The Inquisitor
1981
as Jérôme Martinaud
The Annuity
1972
as Louis Martinet
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
as Louis XV
Love on a Pillow
1962
as Varange
How to Succeed in Love
1962
as Commissioner
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
L'Huissier
1991
as Maître Malicorne
Deadly Circuit
1983
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
Le Bon Plaisir
1984
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
Ville à vendre
1992
as Rousselot, le maire
King of Hearts
1966
as Monsieur Marcel
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001
as Verlac
Good King Dagobert
1984
as Otarius
Carom Shots
1963
as Le commissaire Baudu
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
as Louis XVI
Artemisia
1997
as Orazio Gentileschi
That Naughty Girl
1956
as Inspector Leduc
Les Combinards
1966
as La père de Lucile
The American Beauty
1961
as Tramp
The Restroom Robbery
1975
as Max
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
The Swindle
1997
as Victor
Malevil
1981
as Emmanuel Comte
Actors
2000
as Michel Serrault
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982
as Jules César
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Alfred Mullanet
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
as Marcel Jolin
Albert est méchant
2004
as Albert Moulinot
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
as Octave Clapoteau
Vajont
2001
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
Have Mercy on Us All
2007
as Hervé Decambrais
What the East Wind Saw
1954
as Zamore
Assassin(s)
1997
as Mr. Wagner
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Serrault, le trompettiste
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
as Roger Scatti
Miracle Healing
1987
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
Male Hunt
1964
as Gaston Lartois
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
as Varangeot
Hard Boiled Ones
1964
as Rossignol, private detective
The Children of the Marshland
1999
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
The Big Store
1973
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
as Nestor Burma
The Butterfly
2002
as Julien
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
as Méloune
L'Affaire Dominici
2003
as Gaston Dominici
The Great Gadget
1967
as Pounet
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Lucien Moreau
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
as Louis
No Harm Intended
1988
as Paul Duchêne
Bonjour l'angoisse
1988
as Michaud
The Bureaucrats
1959
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Heads or Tails
1980
as Édouard Morlaix
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Jean-Paul Rondin
Les Rois du gag
1985
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
Grabuge!
2005
as Commissaire Lancret
He Died with His Eyes Open
1985
as Robert Staniland
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
as L'archevêque de Venise
Order of the Daisy
1967
as L'inspecteur Papin
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
as Le curé Léon
Oh! What a Mambo
1959
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Charpentier, le conférencier
Il lupo e l'agnello
1980
as Léon
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
1989
as Gino
Happiness Is in the Field
1995
as Francis Bergeade
The Hatter's Ghost
1982
as Léon Labbé
The Four Truths
1962
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
The Comedian
1997
as Le comédien
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
as Pompilius
The Great Chase
1968
as Aldo Moreni
Loose in the Trigger
1967
as The armorer
Musée Grévin
1958
as The visitor
Other People's Money
1978
as Miremant
Call Me Mathilde
1969
as François
Le Passe-muraille
1977
as Dutilleul
The Dance
1962
as Pétrarque
The Double Bed
1965
as Albert
Pour avoir Adrienne
1967
as Thomeret
The Boss of Champignol
1966
as Hector
Big Deal
1973
as Paul
The Other One's Mug
1979
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
Le Furet
2003
as Anzio
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Barthoin
Room Service
1992
as M. Luc
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Justin Blesh
Nina
1959
as Adolphe Tessier
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965
as Bénéchol
Would-Be Gentleman
1968
as M. Jourdain
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le second policier / Policeman
Dr. Petiot
1990
as Docteur Petiot
Clémentine chérie
1964
as Maître Brunet
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971
as Achille
Love Comedy
1989
as Paul Léautaud
The Roaring Forties
1982
as Sébastien Barral
Old Rascal
1992
as Darius Caunes
Héloïse
1991
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
Adorables démons
1957
as Jacques Willis Senior
The Terror with Women
1956
as Gendarme
The Red Ibis
1975
as Jérémie
L'Esprit de famille
1979
as le docteur Charles Moreau
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Commissaire Le Gac
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970
as Gabriel Pelletier
Un cœur oublié
2001
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
as L'inspecteur de police
Bloody Murder
1974
as Edouard Henricot
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
About Michel Serrault
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 diaboliq… With 176 credits spanning from 1954 to 2023, Michel Serrault has appeared in 156 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michel Serrault Movies
- Buffet Froid (1979) — as Le comptable
- Joyeux Noel (2005) — as The Castle Keeper
- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) — as le voisin
- The Associate (1979) — as Julien Pardot
- Diabolique (1955) — as Mr. Raymond
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