Michel Serrault
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.
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.
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Born
Jan 24, 1928
Brunoy, Essonne, France
Died
Jul 29, 2007
Known For
Acting
Movies
157 acting
4 crew
Popularity
1.2
Known For
Actors
2000
as Michel Serrault
Deadly Circuit
1983
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
The Annuity
1972
as Louis Martinet
The Children of the Marshland
1999
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Joyeux Noel
2005
as The Castle Keeper
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Zaza
Diabolique
1955
as Mr. Raymond
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001
as Verlac
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
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