Michel Serrault
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-01-24
Day of Death
2007-07-29 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Brunoy, Essonne, France
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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Known For
Acting
(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)
(2009)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
(2007)
L'Avare
as Harpagon
(2007)
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de Venise
(2007)
Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
(2006)
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
(2005)
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
(2005)
Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
(2005)
Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
(2004)
Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
(2003)
L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
(2003)
Le Furet
as Anzio
(2002)
The Butterfly
as Julien
(2002)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Louis
(2001)
The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
(2001)
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Verlac
(2001)
Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
(2001)
Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
(2000)
Actors
as Michel Serrault
(2000)
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
(1999)
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
(1997)
The Swindle
as Victor
(1997)
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
(1997)
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
(1997)
The Comedian
as Le comédien
(1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
(1995)
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as M. Pierre Arnaud
(1995)
Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
(1995)
Tel est Serrault
as Self
(1994)
Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
(1992)
Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
(1992)
Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
(1992)
Room Service
as M. Luc
(1991)
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
(1991)
Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
(1991)
L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
(1990)
Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot
(1989)
(1989)
Love Comedy
as Paul Léautaud
(1988)
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
(1988)
No Harm Intended
as Paul Duchêne
(1988)
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
(1987)
Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
(1987)
Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
(1986)
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
(1985)
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
(1985)
Les Rois du gag
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
(1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
(1985)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
(1984)
Good King 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 Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
(1982)
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules César
(1982)
The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien Barral
(1982)
The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
(1982)
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
(1981)
The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
(1981)
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
(1980)
Heads or Tails
as Édouard Morlaix
(1980)
La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
(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'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
(1979)
The Associate
as Julien Pardot
(1979)
La Grâce
as Henri Dupérier
(1978)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
(1978)
La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
(1978)
Other People's Money
as Miremant
(1977)
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
(1977)
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
(1976)
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
(1975)
The Restroom Robbery
as Max
(1975)
The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
(1974)
Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
(1974)
Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
(1974)
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
(1974)
Operation Lady Marlene
as Paulo
(1974)
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
(1974)
La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de police
(1973)
The Big Store
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
(1973)
La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
(1973)
Big Deal
as Paul
(1973)
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
(1972)
A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
(1972)
The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
(1972)
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
(1971)
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred Mullanet
(1971)
(1970)
La Liberté en croupe
as Paul Cérès
(1970)
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
(1969)
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
(1969)
Call Me Mathilde
as François
(1968)
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
(1968)
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
(1967)
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
(1967)
Du mou dans la gâchette
as The armorer
(1967)
Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
(1967)
The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
(1967)
The Great Gadget
as Pounet
(1967)
(1967)
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
(1966)
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
(1966)
The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
(1966)
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
(1966)
Les Combinards
as La père de Lucile
(1965)
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
(1965)
Les baratineurs
as Henri
(1965)
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
(1965)
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
(1965)
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Méloune
(1965)
The Real Bargain
as Hutin
(1965)
The Double Bed
as Albert
(1965)
Le petit monstre
as Valet
(1964)
Clémentine chérie
as Maître Brunet
(1964)
Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
(1964)
Dandelions by the Roots
as Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
(1964)
Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
(1964)
Jaloux comme un tigre
as M. Lurot
(1964)
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
(1963)
Carom Shots
as Baudu, police inspector
(1963)
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
(1962)
We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
(1962)
Love on a Pillow
as Varange
(1962)
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
(1962)
The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
(1962)
How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
(1962)
The Dance
as Pétrarque
(1961)
The American Beauty
as Tramp
(1961)
My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
(1961)
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
(1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
(1960)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
(1959)
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
(1959)
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
(1959)
Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
(1959)
The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
(1959)
La Malle volante
as M. Loiseau
(1959)
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Eugène, l'interprète
(1958)
Clara and the Villains
as 'La Parole'
(1958)
Musée Grévin
as The visitor
(1957)
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
(1957)
(1957)
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
(1956)
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
(1956)
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
(1956)
Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
(1956)
Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
(1956)
Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
(1955)
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
(1954)
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
(1954)
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
Crew
(2024)
(1990)
Dr. Petiot
Producer