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Michel Serrault
Actor, Producer
Died July 29, 2007 (79 years)
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.
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2017 | Le scandale Clouzot · as Mr. Raymond |
| 2007 | Have Mercy on Us All · as Hervé Decambrais |
| 2006 | Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise · as L'archevêque De Venise |
| 2006 | Le bénévole · as Max Birgos |
| 2006 | Monsieur Léon · as Docteur Léon Chapuis |
| 2006 | Les enfants du pays · as Gustave |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noel · as The Castle Keeper |
| 2005 | Grabuge! · as Commissaire Lancret |
| 2004 | Ne quittez pas! · as Lucien Mandel |
| 2004 | Albert est méchant · as Albert Moulinot |
| 2003 | Le Furet · as Anzio |
| 2003 | L'Affaire Dominici · as Gaston Dominici |
| 2002 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman · as Louis |
| 2002 | The Butterfly · as Julien |
| 2001 | Vajont - La diga del disonore · as L'ingegner Carlo Semenza |
| 2001 | The Girl from Paris · as Adrien Rochas |
| 2001 | Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre · as Verlac |
| 2001 | Un coeur oublié · as Monsieur De Fontenelle |
| 2000 | The Libertine · as Le Cardinal |
| 2000 | Le monde de Marty · as Antoine Berrant |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland · as Hyacinthe Richard, Aka 'pépé La Rainette' |
| 1997 | The Swindle · as Victor |
| 1997 | Artemisia · as Orazio Gentileschi |
| 1997 | Assassin(s) · as Mr. Wagner |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel · as Louis Xv |
| 1995 | Happiness Is in the Field · as Francis Bergeade |
| 1995 | Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud · as M. Pierre Arnaud |
| 1994 | Bonsoir · as Alex Ponttin |
| 1992 | Old Rascal · as Darius Caunes |
| 1992 | Room Service · as M. Luc |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre · as Rousselot, Le Maire |
| 1991 | The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea · as Pompilius |
| 1990 | Dr. Petiot · as Docteur Petiot |
| 1989 | Merry Christmas... Happy New Year · as Gino |
| 1989 | Love Comedy · as Paul Léautaud |
| 1988 | Let Sleeping Cops Lie · as Roger Scatti |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse · as Michaud |
| 1988 | En toute innocence · as Paul Duchêne |
| 1987 | Ennemis intimes · as Baudin |
| 1987 | Le miraculé · as Ronald Fox-Terrier |
| 1986 | My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister · as Octave Clapoteau |
| 1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding · as Albin Mougeotte / 'zaza Napoli' |
| 1985 | He Died with His Eyes Open · as Robert Staniland |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute · as Louis Xvi |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Le bon roi Dagobert · as Otarius |
| 1984 | Kill the Referee · as Rico, Aggressive Supporter |
| 1984 | Le bon plaisir · as Le Ministre De L'intérieur |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit · as Beauvoir, « L'œil » |
| 1982 | Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ · as Jules César |
| 1982 | Les quarantièmes rugissants · as Sébastien Barral |
| 1982 | The Hatter's Ghost · as Léon Labbé |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc · as Nestor Burma |
| 1982 | Le voyageur imprudent · as Le Chef D'orchestre |
| 1981 | The Grilling · as Jérôme Martinaud |
| 1981 | Malevil · as Emmanuel Comte |
| 1980 | La Cage aux Folles II · as Albin Mougeotte / 'zaza Napoli' |
| 1980 | Pile ou face · as Edouard Morlaix |
| 1980 | Il lupo e l'agnello · as Léon |
| 1979 | Buffet Froid · as Le Comptable |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug · as Martial Perrin/gilbert Brossard |
| 1979 | L'associé · as Julien Pardot |
| 1979 | La grâce · as Henri Dupérier |
| 1979 | L'esprit de famille · as Le Docteur Charles Moreau |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles · as Zaza |
| 1978 | Other People's Money · as Miremant |
| 1978 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs · as Le Voisin |
| 1977 | Le passe-muraille · as Dutilleul |
| 1977 | Les folies Offenbach (TV Series) · as Jacques Offenbach |
| 1977 | Le roi des bricoleurs · as Bordin |
| 1976 | La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée · as Jean-Pierre Mazard |
| 1975 | Operation Lady Marlene · as Paulo |
| 1975 | The Red Ibis · as Jérémie |
| 1975 | The Restroom Robbery · as Max |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud · as Justin Blesh |
| 1974 | Bloody Murder · as Edouard Henricot |
| 1974 | Chinese in Paris · as Grégoire Montclair |
| 1974 | The Down-in-the-Hole Gang · as Jean-Paul Rondin |
| 1973 | The Big Store · as Félix Boucan |
| 1973 | La belle affaire · as Paul |
| 1973 | Me, I Want to Have Dough · as Le Curé Léon |
| 1972 | Murder Is a Murder · as Le Commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful · as Marcel Jolin |
| 1972 | The Annuity · as Louis Martinet |
| 1971 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? · as Achille |
| 1971 | Cry of the Cormoran · as Alfred Mullanet |
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette · as Gabriel Pelletier |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde · as François |
| 1969 | Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille · as Commissaire Le Gac |
| 1968 | À tout casser · as Aldo Moreni |
| 1968 | Ces messieurs de la famille · as Gabriel Pelletier |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Le fou du labo IV · as M. Granger, Directeur Du Laboratoire Scientifique |
| 1967 | Du mou dans la gâchette · as The Armorer |
| 1967 | Le grand bidule · as Pounet |
| 1967 | Pour avoir Adrienne · as Thomeret |
| 1967 | Les compagnons de la marguerite · as L'inspecteur Papin |
| 1966 | King of Hearts · as Monsieur Marcel |
| 1966 | Les combinards · as La Père De Lucile |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Thomeret |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass · as Rimero |
| 1965 | La tête du client · as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max |
| 1965 | The Double Bed · as Albert |
| 1965 | Me and the Forty Year Old Man · as Bénéchol |
| 1965 | Les baratineurs · as Henri |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre · as M. Lurot |
| 1964 | Male Hunt · as Gaston Lartois |
| 1964 | Clémentine chérie · as Maître Brunet |
| 1964 | Dandelions by the Roots · as Jérôme, Comédien De Théâtrre Et Cousin De Jockey Jack |
| 1963 | Bebert and the Train · as Barthoin |
| 1963 | Carom Shots · as Baudu, L'inspecteur De Police |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville · as Lucien Moreau |
| 1962 | Three Fables of Love · as Corbeau (segment "le Corbeau Et Le Renard") |
| 1962 | Moonlight in Maubeuge · as Charpentier, Le Conférencier |
| 1962 | Love on a Pillow · as Varange |
| 1961 | The American Beauty · as Le Clochard |
| 1961 | On purge bébé · as Guillaume Chouilloux |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century · as Le Second Policier / Policeman |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman · as L'avocat De Danielle (le Divorce) |
| 1959 | La malle volante · as M. Loiseau |
| 1959 | L'anglais tel qu'on le parle · as Le Fiancé |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats · as Le Conservateur Du Musée De Vallembrais / Son Petit-Fils |
| 1959 | Oh! Qué mambo · as L'inspecteur Vidalie |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children · as Jean-François Robignac |
| 1957 | |
| 1956 | Lovers and Thieves · as Albert Lecagneux, Le Cambrioleur |
| 1956 | Naughty Girl · as Inspector #2 |
| 1955 | Diabolique · as Mr. Raymond |
| 1954 | Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus · as Serrault, Le Trompettiste |
| 1954 | Ce qu'a vu le vent d'est · as Zamore |