Michel Serrault

Known for ActingBorn 1928-01-24Died 2007-07-29Brunoy, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Comedian

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux folles

The Terror with Women

Spécial cinéma

Tel est Serrault

Would-Be Gentleman

Le petit monstre

L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle

Musée Grévin

Marty's World

La Grâce

Apostrophes

On purge bébé

Les Folies Offenbach

Le Grand Échiquier

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

À bout portant

The Boss of Champignol

Discorama

Diabolique

Joyeux Noel

The Inquisitor

The Children of the Marshland

L'Avare

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?

L'Affaire Dominici

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

Buffet Froid

Call Me Mathilde

Love Comedy

Ennemis intimes

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

The Butterfly

Happiness Is in the Field

Old Rascal

At Theatre Tonight

Monsieur Léon

How Do You Like My Sister?

La Cage aux Folles

Merry Christmas... Happy New Year

Vajont

Champs-Elysées

King of Hearts

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

The Swindle

Malevil

Un cœur oublié