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Michel Serrault
Brunoy, 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 t…
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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.
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2024
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Movie Author
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2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Movie Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
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2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
Movie L'archevêque de Venise
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2007
Le Bénévole
Movie Max Birgos
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2007
Have Mercy on Us All
Movie Hervé Decambrais
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2007
L'Avare
Movie Harpagon
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2006
Les enfants du pays
Movie Gustave
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2005
Monsieur Léon
Movie Docteur Léon Chapuis
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2005
Joyeux Noel
Movie The Castle Keeper
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2005
Grabuge!
Movie Commissaire Lancret
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2004
Albert est méchant
Movie Albert Moulinot
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2003
Le Furet
Movie Anzio
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2003
L'Affaire Dominici
TV show Gaston Dominici
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2003
L'Affaire Dominici
Movie Gaston Dominici
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2002
The Butterfly
Movie Julien
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2002
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Movie Louis
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2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Vajont
Movie L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
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2001
The Girl from Paris
Movie Adrien Rochas
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2001
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Movie Verlac
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2001
Un cœur oublié
Movie Monsieur de Fontenelle
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2000
Actors
Movie Michel Serrault
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2000
The Libertine
Movie Le Cardinal
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2000
Marty's World
Movie Antoine Berrant
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1999
The Children of the Marshland
Movie Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1997
The Comedian
Movie Le comédien
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1997
The Swindle
Movie Victor
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1997
Artemisia
Movie Orazio Gentileschi
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1997
Assassin(s)
Movie Mr. Wagner
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1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Movie Louis XV
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1995
Happiness Is in the Field
Movie Francis Bergeade
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1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Movie Mr. Pierre Arnaud
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1995
Tel est Serrault
Movie Self
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1994
Bonsoir
Movie Alex Ponttin
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1992
Old Rascal
Movie Darius Caunes
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1992
Room Service
Movie M. Luc
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1992
Ville à vendre
Movie Rousselot, le maire
