
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.
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Acting (148 movies)

Diabolique
1955

Bonsoir
1994

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978

The Other One's Mug
1979

The Red Ibis
1975

La Cage aux Folles
1978

Male Hunt
1964

The Dance
1962

Clara and the Villains
1958

The Inquisitor
1981

La Cage aux Folles II
1980

The Associate
1979

Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972

The Girl from Paris
2001

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995

Assassin(s)
1997

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001

The Children of the Marshland
1999

Have Mercy on Us All
2007

Carom Shots
1963

Happiness Is in the Field
1995

The Big Store
1973

Deadly Circuit
1983

The Annuity
1972

Oh! What a Mambo
1959

Good King Dagobert
1984

Buffet Froid
1979

Bebert and the Train
1963

No Pockets in a Shroud
1974

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002

Heads or Tails
1980

The Butterfly
2002

Miracle Healing
1987

The Swindle
1997

Les Rois du gag
1985

Les enfants du pays
2006

Dr. Petiot
1990

Artemisia
1997

Malevil
1981

Love on a Pillow
1962

That Naughty Girl
1956

Vajont
2001

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996

King of Hearts
1966

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982

Bonjour l'angoisse
1988

Le Furet
2003

Albert est méchant
2004

Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007

Chinese In Paris
1974

Kill the Referee
1984

The Hatter's Ghost
1982

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971

When the Pheasants Pass
1965

The Men in the Family
1968

Ville à vendre
1992

Grabuge!
2005

Murderers and Thieves
1956

Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982

La Cage aux Folles 3
1985

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991

Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023

The Restroom Robbery
1975

The Libertine
2000

Other People's Money
1978

Let Sleeping Cops Lie
1988

The American Beauty
1961

He Died with His Eyes Open
1985

Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965

Dandelions by the Roots
1964

We Will Go to Deauville
1962

Love and the Frenchwoman
1960

What the East Wind Saw
1954

Le Bon Plaisir
1984

Big Deal
1973

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960

The Great Chase
1968

Call Me Mathilde
1969

Order of the Daisy
1967

Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967

Old Rascal
1992

The Four Truths
1962

Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985

The Madman of Lab Four
1967

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959

Room Service
1992

Love Comedy
1989

Monsieur Léon
2005

No Harm Intended
1988

Jaloux comme un tigre
1964

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962

How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965

Life is beautiful
1956

A Murder Is a Murder
1972

Pour avoir Adrienne
1967

How to Succeed in Love
1962

L'Affaire Dominici
2003
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Petiot | 1990 | Producer |
| Poiret Serrault extraits extra | 2024 | Writer |