Michel Serrault
Born
January 24, 1928
Died
July 29, 2007 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Self (archive footage)
2023
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
L'archevêque de Venise
2007
Le Bénévole
Max Birgos
2007
Have Mercy on Us All
Hervé Decambrais
2007
L'Avare
Harpagon
2007
Les enfants du pays
Gustave
2006
Monsieur Léon
Docteur Léon Chapuis
2005
Joyeux Noel
The Castle Keeper
2005
Grabuge!
Commissaire Lancret
2005
Albert est méchant
Albert Moulinot
2004
Le Furet
Anzio
2003
L'Affaire Dominici
Gaston Dominici
2003
The Butterfly
Julien
2002
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Louis
2002
Vajont
L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
2001
The Girl from Paris
Adrien Rochas
2001
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Verlac
2001
Un cœur oublié
Monsieur de Fontenelle
2001
Actors
Michel Serrault
2000
The Libertine
Le Cardinal
2000
The Children of the Marshland
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
1999
Vivement dimanche
Self · (5 episodes)
1998
The Comedian
Le comédien
1997
The Swindle
Victor
1997
Artemisia
Orazio Gentileschi
1997
Assassin(s)
Mr. Wagner
1997
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Louis XV
1996
Happiness Is in the Field
Francis Bergeade
1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
M. Pierre Arnaud
1995
Tel est Serrault
Self
1995
Bonsoir
Alex Ponttin
1994
Old Rascal
Darius Caunes
1992
Room Service
M. Luc
1992
Ville à vendre
Rousselot, le maire
1992
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Pompilius
1991
Héloïse
Maurice Martin, Héloïse
1991
L'Huissier
Maître Malicorne
1991
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
Martin / Héloïse · (1 episode)
1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
Maître Malicorne · (1 episode)
1990
Dr. Petiot
Docteur Petiot
1990
Stars 90
Self · (2 episodes)
1990
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Gino
1989
Love Comedy
Paul Léautaud
1989
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Roger Scatti
1988
Bonjour l'angoisse
Michaud
1988
No Harm Intended
Paul Duchêne
1988
Ennemis intimes
Baudin
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (4 episodes)
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Miracle Healing
Ronald Fox-Terrier
1987
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Octave Clapoteau
1986
La Cage aux Folles 3
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1985
He Died with His Eyes Open
Robert Staniland
1985
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Louis XVI
1985
Les Rois du gag
Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
1985
Good King Dagobert
Otarius
1984
Kill the Referee
Rico, aggressive supporter
1984
Le Bon Plaisir
Le ministre de l'Intérieur
1984
Deadly Circuit
Louis Beauvoir, « l'Œil »
1983
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Jules César
1982
The Roaring Forties
Sébastien Barral
1982
The Hatter's Ghost
Léon Labbé
1982
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Nestor Burma
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (8 episodes)
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1982
The Inquisitor
Jérôme Martinaud
1981
Malevil
Emmanuel Comte
1981
La Cage aux Folles II
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1980
Heads or Tails
Édouard Morlaix
1980
Il lupo e l'agnello
Léon
1980
Buffet Froid
Le comptable
1979
The Other One's Mug
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
1979
The Associate
Julien Pardot
1979
La Grâce
Henri Dupérier
1979
L'Esprit de famille
le docteur Charles Moreau
1979
La Cage aux Folles
Zaza
1978
Other People's Money
Miremant
1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
le voisin
1978
Le Passe-muraille
Dutilleul
1977
Les Folies Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach · (6 episodes)
1977
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Bordin
1977
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Jean-Pierre Mazard
1976
30 millions d'amis
Self · (1 episode)
1976
The Red Ibis
Jérémie
1975
The Restroom Robbery
Max
1975
Système 2
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (3 episodes)
1975
Apostrophes
Self · (1 episode)
1975
No Pockets in a Shroud
Justin Blesh
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (3 episodes)
1974
Operation Lady Marlene
Paulo
1974
La Gueule de l’emploi
L'inspecteur de police
1974
Bloody Murder
Edouard Henricot
1974
Chinese In Paris
Grégoire Montclair
1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Jean-Paul Rondin
1974
The Big Store
Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
1973
Big Deal
Paul
1973
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Le curé Léon
1973
La Cage aux folles
Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
1973
A Murder Is a Murder
Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
1972
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Marcel Jolin
1972
Midi trente
Self · (4 episodes)
1972
The Annuity
Louis Martinet
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Achille
1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Alfred Mullanet
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (1 episode)
1971
La Liberté en croupe
Paul Cérès
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Gabriel Pelletier
1970
Call Me Mathilde
François
1969
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Commissaire Le Gac
1969
Would-Be Gentleman
M. Jourdain
1968
À bout portant
Self · (1 episode)
1968
The Great Chase
Aldo Moreni
1968
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
The Madman of Lab Four
Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
1967
Du mou dans la gâchette
The armorer
1967
The Great Gadget
Pounet
1967
Pour avoir Adrienne
Thomeret
1967
Order of the Daisy
L'inspecteur Papin
1967
The Men in the Family
Gabriel Pelletier
1967
King of Hearts
Monsieur Marcel
1966
Les enquiquineurs
Martin - instituteur
1966
At Theatre Tonight
Thomeret · (1 episode)
1966
The Boss of Champignol
Hector
1966
Les Combinards
La père de Lucile
1966
When the Pheasants Pass
Rimero
1965
Under Your Hat
Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
1965
The Double Bed
Albert
1965
Le petit monstre
Valet
1965
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Méloune
1965
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Bénéchol
1965
The Real Bargain
Hutin
1965
Les baratineurs
Henri
1965
Male Hunt
Gaston Lartois
1964
Clémentine chérie
Maître Brunet
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
M. Lurot
1964
Hard Boiled Ones
Rossignol, private detective
1964
Dandelions by the Roots
Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
1964
How Do You Like My Sister?
Varangeot
1964
Bebert and the Train
Barthoin
1963
Carom Shots
Baudu, police inspector
1963
We Will Go to Deauville
Lucien Moreau
1962
The Four Truths
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Charpentier, le conférencier
1962
How to Succeed in Love
Commissioner
1962
Love on a Pillow
Varange
1962
The Dance
Pétrarque
1962
The American Beauty
Tramp
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
Butcher
1961
On purge bébé
Guillaume Chouilloux
1961
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le second policier / Policeman
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
1960
La Malle volante
M. Loiseau
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Dr. Emile Couzan
1959
The Bureaucrats
le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
1959
Oh! What a Mambo
L'inspecteur Vidalie
1959
Discorama
Self · (1 episode)
1959
Nina
Adolphe Tessier
1959
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
Eugène, l'interprète
1959
Clara and the Villains
'La Parole'
1958
Musée Grévin
The visitor
1958
The Innocent with Forty Children
Jean-François Robignac
1957
Adorables démons
Jacques Willis Senior
1957
L'Habit vert
1957
The Terror with Women
Gendarme
1956
Murderers and Thieves
Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
1956
Life is beautiful
le démarcheur
1956
Mon bébé
Jimmy Scott
1956
That Naughty Girl
Inspector Leduc
1956
Diabolique
Mr. Raymond
1955
Peek-a-boo
Serrault, le trompettiste
1954
What the East Wind Saw
Zamore
1954