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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.
Acted in 151
2000s
- 2007
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
L'archevêque de Venise
Have Mercy on Us All
Hervé Decambrais
L'Avare
Harpagon
- 2006
Les enfants du pays
Gustave
- 2005
Grabuge!
Commissaire Lancret
- 2004
Albert est méchant
Albert Moulinot
- 2003
Le Furet
Anzio
L'Affaire Dominici
Gaston Dominici · 2 episodes
L'Affaire Dominici
Gaston Dominici
- 2002
The Butterfly
Julien
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Louis
- 2001
Vajont
L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
The Girl from Paris
Adrien Rochas
Un cœur oublié
Monsieur de Fontenelle
- 2000
The Libertine
Le Cardinal
Marty's World
Antoine Berrant
1990s
- 1999
The Children of the Marshland
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
- 1997
The Swindle
Victor
Artemisia
Orazio Gentileschi
Assassin(s)
Mr. Wagner
- 1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Louis XV
- 1995
Happiness Is in the Field
Francis Bergeade
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Mr. Pierre Arnaud
- 1994
Bonsoir
Alex Ponttin
- 1992
Room Service
M. Luc
- 1991
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Pompilius
Héloïse
Maurice Martin, Héloïse
L'Huissier
Maître Malicorne
- 1990
Dr. Petiot
Docteur Petiot
1980s
- 1989
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Gino
Love Comedy
Paul Léautaud
- 1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Roger Scatti
Bonjour l'angoisse
Michaud
No Harm Intended
Paul Duchêne
- 1987
Ennemis intimes
Baudin
Miracle Healing
Ronald Fox-Terrier
- 1986
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Octave Clapoteau
- 1985
La Cage aux Folles 3
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
He Died with His Eyes Open
Robert Staniland
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Louis XVI
Les Rois du gag
Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
- 1984
Good King Dagobert
Otarius
Kill the Referee
Rico, aggressive supporter
Le Bon Plaisir
Le ministre de l'Intérieur
- 1983
- 1982
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Jules César
The Roaring Forties
Sébastien Barral
The Hatter's Ghost
Léon Labbé
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Nestor Burma
- 1981
The Inquisitor
Jérôme Martinaud
Malevil
Emmanuel Comte
- 1980
Heads or Tails
Édouard Morlaix
Il lupo e l'agnello
Léon
1970s
- 1979
The Other One's Mug
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
The Associate
Julien Pardot
La Grâce
Henri Dupérier
L'Esprit de famille
le docteur Charles Moreau
- 1978
Other People's Money
Miremant
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
le voisin
- 1977
Le Passe-muraille
Dutilleul
Les Folies Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach · 6 episodes
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Bordin
- 1976
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Jean-Pierre Mazard
- 1975
- 1974
No Pockets in a Shroud
Justin Blesh
Operation Lady Marlene
Paulo
La Gueule de l’emploi
L'inspecteur de police
Bloody Murder
Edouard Henricot
Chinese In Paris
Grégoire Montclair
- 1973
The Big Store
Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Big Deal
Paul
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Le curé Léon
La Cage aux folles
Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
- 1972
A Murder Is a Murder
Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Marcel Jolin
- 1971
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Achille
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Alfred Mullanet
- 1970
La Liberté en croupe
Paul Cérès
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Gabriel Pelletier
1960s
- 1969
Call Me Mathilde
François
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Commissaire Le Gac
- 1968
Would-Be Gentleman
M. Jourdain
The Great Chase
Aldo Moreni
The Men in the Family
Gabriel Pelletier
- 1967
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Movie
The Madman of Lab Four
Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
Loose in the Trigger
The armorer
The Great Gadget
Pounet
Pour avoir Adrienne
Thomeret
Order of the Daisy
L'inspecteur Papin
- 1966
Les enquiquineurs
Martin - instituteur
The Boss of Champignol
Hector
Les Combinards
La père de Lucile
- 1965
When the Pheasants Pass
Rimero
Under Your Hat
Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
The Double Bed
Albert
Le petit monstre
Valet
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Méloune
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Bénéchol
The Real Bargain
Hutin
- 1964
Male Hunt
Gaston Lartois
Clémentine chérie
Maître Brunet
Jaloux comme un tigre
Mr. Lurot
Hard Boiled Ones
Rossignol, private detective
How Do You Like My Sister?
Varangeot
- 1963
Bebert and the Train
Barthoin
Carom Shots
Le commissaire Baudu
- 1962
We Will Go to Deauville
Lucien Moreau
The Four Truths
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Charpentier, le conférencier
How to Succeed in Love
Commissioner
Love on a Pillow
Varange
The Dance
Pétrarque
- 1961
The American Beauty
Tramp
My Wife Is a Panther
Butcher
On purge bébé
Guillaume Chouilloux
- 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le second policier / Policeman
1950s
- 1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Dr. Emile Couzan
The Bureaucrats
le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
Oh! What a Mambo
L'inspecteur Vidalie
Nina
Adolphe Tessier
- 1958
Clara and the Villains
'La Parole'
Musée Grévin
The visitor
- 1957
The Innocent with Forty Children
Jean-François Robignac
The Green Dress
Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
- 1956
The Terror with Women
Gendarme
Murderers and Thieves
Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
Life is beautiful
le démarcheur
Mon bébé
Jimmy Scott
- 1955
- 1954
Peek-a-boo
Serrault, le trompettiste
What the East Wind Saw
Zamore
Produced 1
1990s
- 1990
Dr. Petiot
Producer
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2024
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Author, Dialogue
Appearances17
2020s
- 2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
- 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
2000s
- 2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
- 2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · 1 episode
- 1982
1970s
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
1960s
- 1968
1950s
- 1959
