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