Michel Serrault
Acting
Born January 24, 1928 · Brunoy, Essonne, France
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. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Films (156)
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
Le Bénévole
2007
Have Mercy on Us All
2007
L'Avare
2007
Les enfants du pays
2006
Monsieur Léon
2005
Joyeux Noel
2005
Grabuge!
2005
Albert est méchant
2004
Le Furet
2003
L'Affaire Dominici
2003
The Butterfly
2002
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Vajont
2001
The Girl from Paris
2001
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001
Un cœur oublié
2001
Actors
2000
The Libertine
2000
Marty's World
2000
The Children of the Marshland
1999
The Comedian
1997
The Swindle
1997
Artemisia
1997
Assassin(s)
1997
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
Happiness Is in the Field
1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
Tel est Serrault
1995
Bonsoir
1994
Old Rascal
1992
Room Service
1992
Ville à vendre
1992
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
Héloïse
1991
L'Huissier
1991
Dr. Petiot
1990
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
1989
Love Comedy
1989
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
Bonjour l'angoisse
1988
No Harm Intended
1988
Ennemis intimes
1987
Miracle Healing
1987
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
He Died with His Eyes Open
1985
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
Les Rois du gag
1985
Good King Dagobert
1984
Kill the Referee
1984
Le Bon Plaisir
1984
Deadly Circuit
1983
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982
The Roaring Forties
1982
The Hatter's Ghost
1982
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
The Inquisitor
1981
Malevil
1981
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
Heads or Tails
1980
Il lupo e l'agnello
1980
Buffet Froid
1979
The Other One's Mug
1979
The Associate
1979
La Grâce
1979
L'Esprit de famille
1979
La Cage aux Folles
1978
Other People's Money
1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978
Le Passe-muraille
1977
Le Roi des bricoleurs
1977
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976
The Red Ibis
1975
The Restroom Robbery
1975
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
Bloody Murder
1974
Chinese In Paris
1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
The Big Store
1973
Big Deal
1973
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
La Cage aux folles
1973
A Murder Is a Murder
1972
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
The Annuity
1972
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
La Liberté en croupe
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970
Call Me Mathilde
1969
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
Would-Be Gentleman
1968
The Great Chase
1968
The Men in the Family
1968
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
Loose in the Trigger
1967
The Great Gadget
1967
Pour avoir Adrienne
1967
Order of the Daisy
1967
King of Hearts
1966
Les enquiquineurs
1966
The Boss of Champignol
1966
Les Combinards
1966
When the Pheasants Pass
1965
Under Your Hat
1965
The Double Bed
1965
Le petit monstre
1965
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965
The Real Bargain
1965
Les baratineurs
1965
Male Hunt
1964
Clémentine chérie
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
Hard Boiled Ones
1964
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
Bebert and the Train
1963
Carom Shots
1963
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
The Four Truths
1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
How to Succeed in Love
1962
Love on a Pillow
1962
The Dance
1962
The American Beauty
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
1961
On purge bébé
1961
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
La Malle volante
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
The Bureaucrats
1959
Oh! What a Mambo
1959
Nina
1959
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
Clara and the Villains
1958
Musée Grévin
1958
The Innocent with Forty Children
1957
Adorables démons
1957
L'Habit vert
1957
The Terror with Women
1956
Murderers and Thieves
1956
Life is beautiful
1956
Mon bébé
1956
That Naughty Girl
1956
Diabolique
1955
Peek-a-boo
1954
What the East Wind Saw
1954