Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007)<ref name="Reuters">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Masters">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Ronald Bergan">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Nesselson">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="BFI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.<ref name="Nesselson"/>

Life and career

His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin.<ref name="Ronald Bergan"/>

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.<ref name="Ronald Bergan"/> He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978.<ref name="Ronald Bergan"/><ref name="Nesselson"/><ref name="Masters"/> 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.<ref>INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel) web page for Les Folies Offenbach - Série Accessed 22 April 2024.</ref>

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.<ref name="cinema2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Theatre (partial)

• Knock
• L'Avare
• La cage aux folles
• Le tombeur
• Gugusse
• Pour avoir Adrienne
• Quand épousez-vous ma femme
• On purge bébé

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1954	Ah ! les belles bacchantes	Michel Serrault, le trompettiste	Robert Dhéry
1955	Les diaboliques ("Diabolique")	Monsieur Raymond, the teacher	Henri-Georges Clouzot
1956	Cette sacrée gamine ("Mademoiselle Pigalle")	the second inspector	Michel Boisrond
	La vie est belle	Le démarcheur	Roger Pierre
	The Terror with Women	Un gendarme	Jean Boyer
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Murderers and Thieves")	Albert Le Cagneux, the burglar	Sacha Guitry
1957	Adorables démons	Jacques Willis Senior	Maurice Cloche
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("The Innocent with Forty Children")	Jean-François Robignac, the new French teacher	Philippe Agostini
1958	Clara et les Méchants	La Parole	Raoul André
1959	Nina<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gérard Blonville	Jean Boyer
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Inspecteur Sapin	John Berry
	Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir	Le conservateur du Musée / Son petit-fils	Henri Diamant-Berger
	Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?	Dr. Couzan	Clément Duhour
1960	Love and the Frenchwoman	Danielle's lawyer	Various directors	(segment "Divorce, Le")
	Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle ("Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century")	the second policeman	Norbert Carbonnaux
1961	Ma femme est une panthère	Butcher	Raymond Bailly
	La Belle Américaine ("The American Beauty")	Chauveau	Robert Dhéry
1962	La gamberge<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("The Dance")	Pétrarque	Norbert Carbonnaux
	Le repos du guerrier<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Warrior's Rest")	Maître Varange	Roger Vadim
	How to Succeed in Love	Le commissaire	Michel Boisrond
	Un clair de lune à Maubeuge ("Moonlight in Maubeuge")	Monsieur Charpentier, the lecturer	Jean Chérasse
	Les quatre vérités ("Three Fables of Love")	the Raven	Hervé Bromberger	(segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
	Nous irons à Deauville ("We Will Go to Deauville")	Lucien Moreau	Francis Rigaud
1963	Carambolages ("Carom Shots")	Baudu, the investigating police inspector	Marcel Bluwal
	Bebert das Arábias	Barthoin - l'inspecteur des transports	Yves Robert
1964	How Do You Like My Sister?	Varangeot	Michel Boisrond
	Des pissenlits par la racine ("Salad by the Roots")	Jérôme	Georges Lautner
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Rossignol, private detective	Jack Pinoteau
	Clémentine chérie	L'huissier	Pierre Chevalier
	La chasse à l'homme <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gaston Lartois	Édouard Molinaro
	Jealous as a Tiger	M. Lurot	Darry Cowl
1965	Les baratineurs	Henri	Francis Rigaud
	La bonne occase	Hutin	Michel Drach
	Me and the Forty Year Old Man	Bénéchol	Jack Pinoteau
	Cent briques et des tuiles ("How Not to Rob a Department Store")<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Méloune	Template:Interlanguage link multi
	Le lit à deux places ("The Double Bed", episode "Un monsieur de passage")	Albert	Template:Interlanguage link multi
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gaston Bérrien, alias "Monsieur Max"	Jacques Poitrenaud
	Quand passent les faisans	Ribero	Édouard Molinaro
	Le Petit Monstre	Valet	Jean-Paul Sassy
1966	Les Combinards	Le père de Lucile	Jean-Claude Roy
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Hector	Jean Bastia
	Le roi de cœur ("King of Hearts")	Marcel, the hairdresser	Philippe de Broca
	King of Hearts	Monsieur Marcel	Philipe de Broca
1967	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Inspector Papin	Jean-Pierre Mocky
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Pounet	Raoul André
	Du mou dans la gâchette	L'armurier	Louis Grospierre
	Le fou du labo IV	Granger	Bernard Gérard
1968	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gabriel Pelletier	Raoul André
	À tout casser<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Aldo Morelli	John Berry
1969	Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille	Commissaire Le Gac	Rinaldo Bassi
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	François	Pierre Mondy
1970	Ces messieurs de la gâchette	Gabriel Pelletier	Raoul André
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Paul Cérès	Édouard Molinaro
1971	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Alfred Mullanet	Michel Audiard
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Achille	Jacques Poitrenaud
1972	Le Viager<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Louis Martinet	Pierre Tchernia
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Marcel Jolin	Jean Yanne
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Plouvier	Étienne Périer
1973	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Léon	Jean Yanne
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Paul	Jacques Besnard
	Le grand bazar ("The Big Store")	Félix Boucan	Claude Zidi
1974	Les Gaspards<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("The Holes")	Jean-Paul Rondin	Pierre Tchernia
	Les Chinois à Paris ("Chinese in Paris")	Grégoire Montclair	Jean Yanne
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Edouard Henricot	Étienne Périer
	La Gueule de l'emploi	La dame au chapeau vert / L'antiquaire / L'aveugle / Le taxi moustachu / Inspecteur Robillon	Jacques Rouland
	Un linceul n'a pas de poches ("No Pockets in a Shroud")	Justin Blesch	Jean-Pierre Mocky
1975	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Max	Jacques Besnard
	Template:Interlanguage link multi ("The Red Ibis"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>)	Jérémie	Jean-Pierre Mocky
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Paulo	Robert Lamoureux
1976	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Jean-Pierre Mazard	Jacques Besnard
1977	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Bordin	Jean-Pierre Mocky
1978	Préparez vos mouchoirs ("Get Out Your Handkerchiefs")	the neighbour	Bertrand Blier
	L'argent des autres	Monsieur Miremont	Christian de Chalonge
	La cage aux folles	Albin Mougeotte, alias "Zaza Napoli"	Édouard Molinaro
1979	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Doctor Charles Moreau	Jean-Pierre Blanc
	L'Associé ("The Associate")	Julien Pardot	René Gainville
	La gueule de l'autre	Martial Perrin / Gilbert Brossard	Pierre Tchernia
	Buffet froid	Le quidam / Man in the first scene	Bertrand Blier	cameo appearance
1980	Il lupo e l'agnello<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Le coucou")	Léon	Francesco Massaro
	Template:Interlanguage link multi <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Heads or Tails")	Édouard Morlaix	Robert Enrico
	La Cage aux Folles II	Albin Mougeotte, alias "Zaza Napoli"	Edouard Molinaro
1981	Malevil	Count Charles-Emile Emmanuel	Christian de Chalonge
	Garde à vue	Jerome / Charles / Emile Martinaud	Claude Miller
1982	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Nestor Burma	Template:Interlanguage link multi
	Les fantômes du chapelier ("The Hatter's Ghost")	Léon Labbé, the "chapelier"	Claude Chabrol
	Les quarantièmes rugissants ("The Roaring Forties")	Sébastien Barral	Christian de Chalonge
	Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ ("Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>)	Julius Caesar	Jean Yanne
1983	Mortelle randonnée ("Deadly Circuit")	privat detective "the eye" Beauvoir	Claude Miller
1984	Le bon plaisir	Minister	Francis Girod
	A mort l'arbitre ("Kill the Referee")	Rico	Jean-Pierre Mocky
	Le bon roi Dagobert ("Good King Dagobert")	Otarius	Dino Risi
1985	Les rois du gag	Gaëtan / Robert Wellson	Claude Zidi
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Louis XVI	Jean Yanne
	On ne meurt que deux fois<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Robert Staniland	Jacques Deray
	La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding	Albin Mougeotte, alias "Zaza Napoli"	Georges Lautner
1986	Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur ("My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister")	Octave Clapoteau	Jacques Rouffio
1987	Le miraculé ("The Miracle")	Ronald Fox Terrier	Jean-Pierre Mocky
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Baudin	Template:Interlanguage link multi
1988	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Paul Duchêne	Alain Jessua
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Michaud	Pierre Tchernia
	Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Let Sleeping Cops Lie")	Roger Scatti	José Pinheiro
1989	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Paul Léautaud	Template:Interlanguage link multi
	Buon natale, buonanno Luigi ("Merry Christmas... Happy New Year")	Gino	Luigi Comencini
1990	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Doctor Marcel Petiot	Christian de Chalonge
1991	La vieille qui marchait dans la mer ("The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea")	Pompilius	Template:Interlanguage link multi
1992	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Rousselot	Jean-Pierre Mocky
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Monsieur Luc	Georges Lautner
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Darius Caunes	Template:Interlanguage link multi
1994	Bonsoir	Alex Ponttin	Jean-Pierre Mocky
1995	Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud ("Nelly and Mr. Arnaud")	Monsieur Pierre Arnaud	Claude Sautet
	Le bonheur est dans le pré ("Happiness Is in the Field")	Francis Bergeade	Étienne Chatiliez
1996	Beaumarchais, l’insolent ("Beaumarchais")	Louis XV of France	Edouard Molinaro
1997	Assassin(s)	Mr Wagner	Mathieu Kassovitz
	Artemisia	Orazio Gentileschi	Agnès Merlet
	Rien ne va plus ("The Swindle")	Victor	Claude Chabrol
	Template:Interlanguage link multi ("The Comedian")	The Comedian	Christian de Chalonge
1999	Les enfants du marais ("The Children of the Marshland")	Pépé la Rainette	Jean Becker
2000	Le monde de Marty	Antoine Berrant	Denis Bardiau
	Le Libertin ("The Libertine")	the Cardinal	Gabriel Aghion
	Les acteurs ("The Actors")	Himself	Bertrand Blier
2001	Belphégor, le fantôme du Louvre ("Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre")	Verlac	Jean-Paul Salomé
	Une hirondelle a fait le printemps ("The Girl From Paris")	Adrien	Christian Carion
	Vajont - La diga del disonore ("Vajont")	Carlo Semenza	Renzo Martinelli
2002	24 heures de la vie d’une femme ("24 Hours in the Life of a Woman")	Louis	Laurent Bouhnik
	Le papillon ("The Butterfly")	Julien	Template:Interlanguage link multi
2003	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Anzio	Jean-Pierre Mocky
2004	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Albert Moulineau	Template:Interlanguage link multi
	Ne quittez pas!	Lucien Mandel	Arthur Joffé	Voice
2005	Joyeux Noël ("Merry Christmas")	the Lord of the castle	Christian Carion
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Inspector Lancret	Jean-Pierre Mocky
2006	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gustave	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Max Birgos	Jean-Pierre Mocky<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Interlanguage link multi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ("Grandpa's Secret", TV)	Monsieur Léon	Pierre Boutron	TV movie
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	the Doge of Venice	Jean-Louis Guillermou
2007	Pars vite et reviens tard ("Have Mercy on Us All")	Hervé Decambrais / Hervé Ducouëdic	Régis Wargnier

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1979	César Award	Best Supporting Actor	L'argent des autres	Template:Nom
	César Award	Best Actor	La Cage aux Folles	Template:Won
	David di Donatello Awards	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	La Cage aux Folles	Template:Won
1981	César Award	Best Actor	La Cage aux Folles II	Template:Nom
1982	César Award	Best Actor	Garde à Vue	Template:Won
1984	César Award	Best Actor	Mortelle Randonnée	Template:Nom
1986	César Award	Best Actor	On ne meurt que deux fois	Template:Nom
1987	Molière Award	Best Actor	L'Avare	Template:Nom
1991	César Award	Best Actor	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Template:Nom
1993	Molière Award	Best Actor	Knock	Template:Nom
1996	Lumière Awards	Best Actor	Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud	Template:Won
	César Award	Best Actor	Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud	Template:Won
1998	Lumière Awards	Best Actor	Rien ne va plus	Template:Won
2006	Prix du public des palmarès du Festival de la fiction TV de Saint-Tropez	Best actor	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Template:Won
2008	Prix du public des palmarès du Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2008	Best actor	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Template:Won

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• Michel Serrault in French
• Obituary - KSL Television & Radio, Salt Lake City UT
• Obituary in Cinema2000.pt (Portuguese)
• The Guardian Obituary