Michel Serrault
Acting
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. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: January 24, 1928
Place of Birth: Brunoy, Essonne, France
Known For
Filmography
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as L'archevêque de Venise
as Max Birgos
as Hervé Decambrais
as Harpagon
as Gustave
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
as The Castle Keeper
as Commissaire Lancret
as Albert Moulinot
as Anzio
as Gaston Dominici
as Julien
as Louis
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
as Adrien Rochas
as Verlac
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
as Michel Serrault
as Le Cardinal
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
as Self
as Victor
as Orazio Gentileschi
as Mr. Wagner
as Louis XV
as Francis Bergeade
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
as Alex Ponttin
as Darius Caunes
as M. Luc
as Rousselot, le maire
as Pompilius
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
as Maître Malicorne
as Docteur Petiot
as Self
as Paul Léautaud
as Roger Scatti
as Michaud
as Paul Duchêne
as Baudin
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
as Octave Clapoteau
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
as Robert Staniland
as Louis XVI
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
as Otarius
as Rico, aggressive supporter
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
as Jules César
as Sébastien Barral
as Léon Labbé
as Nestor Burma
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Jérôme Martinaud
as Emmanuel Comte
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
as Édouard Morlaix
as Léon
as Le comptable
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
as Julien Pardot
as Henri Dupérier
as le docteur Charles Moreau
as Zaza
as Miremant
as le voisin
as Dutilleul
as Jacques Offenbach
as Bordin
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
as Self
as Jérémie
as Max
as Self
as Self
as Justin Blesh
as Self
as Paulo
as L'inspecteur de police
as Edouard Henricot
as Grégoire Montclair
as Jean-Paul Rondin
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
as Paul
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
as Le curé Léon
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
as Marcel Jolin
as Louis Martinet
as Self
as Alfred Mullanet
as Paul Cérès
as Gabriel Pelletier
as François
as Commissaire Le Gac
as M. Jourdain
as Self
as Aldo Moreni
as Gabriel Pelletier
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
as The armorer
as Pounet
as Thomeret
as L'inspecteur Papin
as Monsieur Marcel
as Martin - instituteur
as Thomeret
as Hector
as La père de Lucile
as Rimero
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
as Albert
as Valet
as Méloune
as Bénéchol
as Hutin
as Henri
as Gaston Lartois
as Maître Brunet
as Mr. Lurot
as Rossignol, private detective
as Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
as Varangeot
as Barthoin
as Baudu, police inspector
as Lucien Moreau
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
as Charpentier, le conférencier
as Commissioner
as Varange
as Pétrarque
as Tramp
as Butcher
as Guillaume Chouilloux
as Le second policier / Policeman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
as M. Loiseau
as Dr. Emile Couzan
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
as Self
as Adolphe Tessier
as Eugène, l'interprète
as 'La Parole'
as The visitor
as Jean-François Robignac
as Jacques Willis Senior
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
as Gendarme
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
as le démarcheur
as Jimmy Scott
as Inspector Leduc
as Mr. Raymond
as Serrault, le trompettiste
as Zamore