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 |