Michel Serrault
Birthday: 1928-01-24 | Place of Birth: Brunoy, Essonne, FranceMichel 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
as le voisin
as Harpagon
as Hervé Decambrais
as L'archevêque de Venise
as Gustave
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
as Albert Moulinot
as Adrien Rochas
as Anzio
as Gaston Dominici
as Julien
as Louis
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
as Verlac
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
as Le Cardinal
as Le comédien
as Mr. Wagner
as Orazio Gentileschi
as Victor
as Louis XV
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
as Francis Bergeade
as Pompilius
