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Michel Serrault
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Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 â 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 MoliĂšre'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 FunÚs; 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 JâŠ
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Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 â 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 MoliĂšre's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert DhĂ©ry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert DhĂ©ry, Colette Brosset (DhĂ©ry's then-wife), and Louis de FunĂšs; 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 Ăquemauville 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.
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Michel Serrault's Filmography
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Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 Ă 4)
as Self (archive footage)
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevĂȘque de Venise
Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
L'Avare
as Harpagon
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
Monsieur LĂ©on
as Docteur LĂ©on Chapuis
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
Le Furet
as Anzio
L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
The Butterfly
as Julien
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Louis
Michel Audiard et le mystĂšre du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Verlac
Un cĆur oubliĂ©
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
Actors
as Michel Serrault
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
Marty's World
as Antoine Berrant
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
No Poster
The Comedian
as Le comédien
The Swindle
as Victor
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
No Poster
Tel est Serrault
as Self
Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
Room Service
as M. Luc
Ville Ă vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
HĂ©loĂŻse
as Maurice Martin, HĂ©loĂŻse
L'Huissier
as MaĂźtre Malicorne
Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
as Gino
Love Comedy
as Paul LĂ©autaud
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
No Harm Intended
as Paul DuchĂȘne
Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
Les Rois du gag
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
Good King Dagobert
as Otarius
Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporter
Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
Deadly Circuit
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Ćil '
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules CĂ©sar
The Roaring Forties
as SĂ©bastien Barral
The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
The Inquisitor
as JĂ©rĂŽme Martinaud
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Heads or Tails
as Ădouard Morlaix
Il lupo e l'agnello
as LĂ©on
Buffet Froid
as Le comptable
The Other One's Mug
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
The Associate
as Julien Pardot
La GrĂące
as Henri Dupérier
L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
Other People's Money
as Miremant
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
The Restroom Robbery
as Max
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
Operation Lady Marlene
as Paulo
La Gueule de lâemploi
as L'inspecteur de police
Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
The Big Store
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Big Deal
as Paul
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as Achille
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred Mullanet
La Liberté en croupe
as Paul CĂ©rĂšs
Ces messieurs de la gĂąchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
Call Me Mathilde
as François
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
Loose in the Trigger
as The armorer
The Great Gadget
as Pounet
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
Les Combinards
as La pĂšre de Lucile
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
The Double Bed
as Albert
Le petit monstre
as Valet
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as MĂ©loune
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
The Real Bargain
as Hutin
Les baratineurs
as Henri
Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
Clémentine chérie
as MaĂźtre Brunet
Jaloux comme un tigre
as Mr. Lurot
Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
Dandelions by the Roots
as JĂ©rĂŽme Martinet
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
Carom Shots
as Le commissaire Baudu
We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Un clair de Lune Ă Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
Love on a Pillow
as Varange
The Dance
as PĂ©trarque
The American Beauty
as Tramp
My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
No Poster
La Malle volante
as M. Loiseau
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
No Poster
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
as EugĂšne, l'interprĂšte
Clara and the Villains
as 'La Parole'
Musée Grévin
as The visitor
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
No Poster
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
The Green Dress
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
No Poster
On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
as Commissaire Roger Scatti