Michel Serrault

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-01-24

Deathday 2007-07-29 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Brunoy, Essonne, France

Also Known As Michel Lucien Serrault, Мишель Серро

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. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Actor

2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)

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

as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice

as L'archevêque de Venise

2007
Le Bénévole

as Max Birgos

2007
Have Mercy on Us All

as Hervé Decambrais

2007
L'Avare

as Harpagon

2006
2005
Monsieur Léon

as Docteur Léon Chapuis

2005
Joyeux Noel

as The Castle Keeper

2005
Grabuge!

as Commissaire Lancret

2004
Albert est méchant

as Albert Moulinot

2003
Le Furet

as Anzio

2003
L'Affaire Dominici

as Gaston Dominici

2002
The Butterfly

as Julien

2001
Vajont

as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza

2001
The Girl from Paris

as Adrien Rochas

2001
Un cœur oublié

as Monsieur de Fontenelle

2000
Actors

as Self

2000
The Libertine

as Le Cardinal

1999
The Children of the Marshland

as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'

1998
1997
The Comedian

as Le comédien

1997
The Swindle

as Victor

1997
Artemisia

as Orazio Gentileschi

1997
Assassin(s)

as Mr. Wagner

1995
Happiness Is in the Field

as Francis Bergeade

1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

as M. Pierre Arnaud

1995
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
Héloïse

as Maurice Martin, Héloïse

1991
L'Huissier

as Maître Malicorne

1990
Dr. Petiot

as Docteur Petiot

1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé

as Martin / Héloïse

1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé

as Maître Malicorne

1990
Stars 90

as self

1989
Love Comedy

as Paul Léautaud

1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie

as Roger Scatti

1988
1988
No Harm Intended

as Paul Duchêne

1987
Ennemis intimes

as Baudin

1987
Miracle Healing

as Ronald Fox-Terrier

1987
1986
1985
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

1985
He Died with His Eyes Open

as Robert Staniland

1984
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
The Roaring Forties

as Sébastien Barral

1982
The Hatter's Ghost

as Léon Labbé

1982
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self (archive footage)

1981
The Inquisitor

as Jérôme Martinaud

1981
Malevil

as Emmanuel Comte

1980
La Cage aux Folles II

as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

1980
Heads or Tails

as Edouard Morlaix

1980
1979
Buffet Froid

as Le comptable

1979
The Other One's Mug

as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard

1979
The Associate

as Julien Pardot

1979
La Grâce

as Henri Dupérier

1979
L'Esprit de famille

as le docteur Charles Moreau

1978
1978
1977
Le Passe-muraille

as Dutilleul

1977
1977
Les Folies Offenbach

as Jacques Offenbach

1976
1975
The Red Ibis

as Jérémie

1975
Système 2

as Self

1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1974
No Pockets in a Shroud

as Justin Blesh

1974
La Gueule de l’emploi

as L'inspecteur de police

1974
Bloody Murder

as Edouard Henricot

1974
Chinese In Paris

as Grégoire Montclair

1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

as Jean-Paul Rondin

1974
1973
The Big Store

as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché

1973
Big Deal

as Paul

1973
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous

as Le curé Léon

1973
La Cage aux folles

as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'

1972
A Murder Is a Murder

as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant

1972
The Annuity

as Louis Martinet

1972
Midi trente

as Self

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1970
La Liberté en croupe

as Paul Cérès

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
Would-Be Gentleman

as M. Jourdain

1968
The Great Chase

as Aldo Moreni

1968
1967
The Madman of Lab Four

as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory

1967
1967
1967
1967
Les Compagnons de la marguerite

as L'inspecteur Papin

1967
The Men in the Family

as Gabriel Pelletier

1966
King of Hearts

as Monsieur Marcel

1966
Les enquiquineurs

as Martin - instituteur

1966
Les combinards

as La père de Lucile

1966
At Theatre Tonight

as Thomeret

1965
Under Your Hat

as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max

1965
The Double Bed

as Albert

1965
1964
Male Hunt

as Gaston Lartois

1964
Clémentine chérie

as Maître Brunet

1964
1964
Hard Boiled Ones

as Rossignol, le détective privé

1964
Dandelions by the Roots

as Jérôme, comédien de théâtrre et cousin de Jockey Jack

1963
1963
Carom Shots

as Baudu, l'inspecteur de Police

1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Lucien Moreau

1962
The Four Truths

as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

as Charpentier, le conférencier

1962
How to Succeed in Love

as Le commissaire

1962
Love on a Pillow

as Varange

1962
The Dance

as Pétrarque

1961
1961
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 (segment "Le Divorce")

1959
La Malle volante

as M. Loiseau

1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Dr. Emile Couzan

1959
The Bureaucrats

as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils

1959
Oh! What a Mambo

as L'inspecteur Vidalie

1959
Nina

as Adolphe Tessier

1959
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle

as Eugène, l'interprète

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
1958
Musée Grévin

as The visitor

1957
The Innocent with Forty Children

as Jean-François Robignac

1957
Adorables démons

as Jacques Willis Senior

1956
1956
Murderers and Thieves

as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur

1956
Life is beautiful

as le démarcheur

1956
Mon bébé

as Jimmy Scott

1956
That Naughty Girl

as Inspector #2

1955
Diabolique

as Mr. Raymond

1954
Peek-a-boo

as Serrault, le trompettiste

Producer

1990
Dr. Petiot

as Producer

Writer