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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 24, 1928
Place of Birth:
Brunoy, Essonne, France
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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.
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles | Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage) |
| 2023 | The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Have Mercy on Us All | Hervé Decambrais |
| 2007 | Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice | L'archevêque de Venise |
| 2007 | Le Bénévole | Max Birgos |
| 2007 | L'Avare | Harpagon |
| 2006 | Les enfants du pays | Gustave |
| 2005 | Grabuge! | Commissaire Lancret |
| 2005 | Monsieur Léon | Docteur Léon Chapuis |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noel | The Castle Keeper |
| 2004 | Albert est méchant | Albert Moulinot |
| 2003 | Le Furet | Anzio |
| 2003 | L'Affaire Dominici | Gaston Dominici |
| 2002 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | Louis |
| 2002 | The Butterfly | Julien |
| 2001 | The Girl from Paris | Adrien Rochas |
| 2001 | Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre | Verlac |
| 2001 | Vajont | L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza |
| 2001 | Un cœur oublié | Monsieur de Fontenelle |
| 2000 | The Libertine | Le Cardinal |
| 2000 | Actors | Michel Serrault |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette' |
| 1997 | Assassin(s) | Mr. Wagner |
| 1997 | The Comedian | Le comédien |
| 1997 | The Swindle | Victor |
| 1997 | Artemisia | Orazio Gentileschi |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Louis XV |
| 1995 | Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud | M. Pierre Arnaud |
| 1995 | Happiness Is in the Field | Francis Bergeade |
| 1995 | Tel est Serrault | Self |
| 1994 | Bonsoir | Alex Ponttin |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Rousselot, le maire |
| 1992 | Old Rascal | Darius Caunes |
| 1992 | Room Service | M. Luc |
| 1991 | The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea | Pompilius |
| 1991 | L'Huissier | Maître Malicorne |
| 1991 | Héloïse | Maurice Martin, Héloïse |
| 1990 | Dr. Petiot | Docteur Petiot |
| 1989 | Love Comedy | Paul Léautaud |
| 1989 | Merry Christmas... Happy New Year | Gino |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Michaud |
| 1988 | Let Sleeping Cops Lie | Roger Scatti |
| 1988 | No Harm Intended | Paul Duchêne |
| 1987 | Miracle Healing | Ronald Fox-Terrier |
| 1987 | Ennemis intimes | Baudin |
| 1986 | My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Octave Clapoteau |
| 1985 | Les Rois du gag | Gaëtan / Robert Wellson |
| 1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3 | Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli' |
| 1985 | He Died with His Eyes Open | Robert Staniland |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Louis XVI |
| 1984 | Good King Dagobert | Otarius |
| 1984 | Kill the Referee | Rico, aggressive supporter |
| 1984 | Le Bon Plaisir | Le ministre de l'Intérieur |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit | Louis Beauvoir, « l'Œil » |
| 1982 | Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ | Jules César |
| 1982 | The Hatter's Ghost | Léon Labbé |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Nestor Burma |
| 1982 | The Roaring Forties | Sébastien Barral |
| 1981 | The Inquisitor | Jérôme Martinaud |
| 1981 | Malevil | Emmanuel Comte |
| 1980 | La Cage aux Folles II | Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli' |
| 1980 | Heads or Tails | Édouard Morlaix |
| 1980 | Il lupo e l'agnello | Léon |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard |
| 1979 | The Associate | Julien Pardot |
| 1979 | Buffet Froid | Le comptable |
| 1979 | L'Esprit de famille | le docteur Charles Moreau |
| 1979 | La Grâce | Henri Dupérier |
| 1978 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | le voisin |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Zaza |
| 1978 | Other People's Money | Miremant |
| 1977 | Le Roi des bricoleurs | Bordin |
| 1977 | Le Passe-muraille | Dutilleul |
| 1976 | La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée | Jean-Pierre Mazard |
| 1975 | The Red Ibis | Jérémie |
| 1975 | The Restroom Robbery | Max |
| 1974 | The Down-in-the-Hole Gang | Jean-Paul Rondin |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud | Justin Blesh |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Grégoire Montclair |
| 1974 | Operation Lady Marlene | Paulo |
| 1974 | Bloody Murder | Edouard Henricot |
| 1974 | La Gueule de l’emploi | L'inspecteur de police |
| 1973 | The Big Store | Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché |
| 1973 | Big Deal | Paul |
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Le curé Léon |
| 1973 | La Cage aux folles | Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli' |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful | Marcel Jolin |
| 1972 | The Annuity | Louis Martinet |
| 1972 | A Murder Is a Murder | Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Alfred Mullanet |
| 1971 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? | Achille |
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Gabriel Pelletier |
| 1970 | La Liberté en croupe | Paul Cérès |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde | François |
| 1969 | Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille | Commissaire Le Gac |
| 1968 | The Great Chase | Aldo Moreni |
| 1968 | Would-Be Gentleman | M. Jourdain |
| 1967 | The Men in the Family | Gabriel Pelletier |
| 1967 | Order of the Daisy | L'inspecteur Papin |
| 1967 | Cette nuit-là à Bethléem | |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab Four | Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory |
| 1967 | Pour avoir Adrienne | Thomeret |
| 1967 | The Great Gadget | Pounet |
| 1967 | Du mou dans la gâchette | The armorer |
| 1966 | King of Hearts | Monsieur Marcel |
| 1966 | Les Combinards | La père de Lucile |
| 1966 | The Boss of Champignol | Hector |
| 1966 | Les enquiquineurs | Martin - instituteur |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass | Rimero |
| 1965 | Me and the Forty Year Old Man | Bénéchol |
| 1965 | How Not to Rob a Department Store | Méloune |
| 1965 | Under Your Hat | Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max |
| 1965 | The Real Bargain | Hutin |
| 1965 | Le petit monstre | Valet |
| 1965 | Les baratineurs | Henri |
| 1965 | The Double Bed | Albert |
| 1964 | Male Hunt | Gaston Lartois |
| 1964 | Dandelions by the Roots | Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre | M. Lurot |
| 1964 | How Do You Like My Sister? | Varangeot |
| 1964 | Hard Boiled Ones | Rossignol, private detective |
| 1964 | Clémentine chérie | Maître Brunet |
| 1963 | Carom Shots | Baudu, police inspector |
| 1963 | Bebert and the Train | Barthoin |
| 1962 | The Dance | Pétrarque |
| 1962 | Love on a Pillow | Varange |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | Lucien Moreau |
| 1962 | The Four Truths | Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard") |
| 1962 | Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge | Charpentier, le conférencier |
| 1962 | How to Succeed in Love | Commissioner |
| 1961 | The American Beauty | Tramp |
| 1961 | On purge bébé | Guillaume Chouilloux |
| 1961 | My Wife Is a Panther | Butcher |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce") |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Le second policier / Policeman |
| 1959 | Oh! What a Mambo | L'inspecteur Vidalie |
| 1959 | La Malle volante | M. Loiseau |
| 1959 | You Have Nothing to Declare? | Dr. Emile Couzan |
| 1959 | L'anglais tel qu'on le parle | Eugène, l'interprète |
| 1959 | Nina | Adolphe Tessier |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats | le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils |
| 1958 | Clara and the Villains | 'La Parole' |
| 1958 | Musée Grévin | The visitor |
| 1957 | L'Habit vert | |
| 1957 | Adorables démons | Jacques Willis Senior |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children | Jean-François Robignac |
| 1956 | That Naughty Girl | Inspector Leduc |
| 1956 | Murderers and Thieves | Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur |
| 1956 | Life is beautiful | le démarcheur |
| 1956 | Mon bébé | Jimmy Scott |
| 1956 | The Terror with Women | Gendarme |
| 1955 | Diabolique | Mr. Raymond |
| 1954 | What the East Wind Saw | Zamore |
| 1954 | Peek-a-boo | Serrault, le trompettiste |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Il était une fois Champs-Élysées | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1990 | Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé | Martin / Héloïse |
| 1990 | Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé | Maître Malicorne |
| 1990 | Stars 90 | Self |
| 1987 | Matin Bonheur | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Les Folies Offenbach | Jacques Offenbach |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amis | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
| 1968 | À bout portant | Self |
| 1966 | At Theatre Tonight | Thomeret |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |