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Michel Serrault (1928–2007)

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As accomplished and versatile the well-loved French actor Michel Serrault proved to be over the course of five decades, American audiences still remember this actor for one role only - that of the neurotic, outrageously flamboyant drag performer Albin (aka Zaza) in the side-splitting French gay farce La cage aux folles... See full bio »

Born:

in Brunoy, Essonne, France

Died:

(age 79) in Honfleur, Calvados, France
Still of Carole Laure and Michel Serrault in Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Artemisia and Orazio Still of Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Michel Serrault in Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
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2007 Have Mercy on Us All
Hervé Decambrais/Hervé Ducouëdic
 
2007 L'avare (TV movie)
Harpagon
 
2006 Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise
L'évêque de Venise
 
2006 Monsieur Léon (TV movie)
M. Léon
 
2006 Le bénévole
Max Birgos
 
2006 Les enfants du pays
Gustave
 
2005 Grabuge!
Commissaire Lancret
 
2005 Joyeux Noel
Le châtelain
 
2004 Ne quittez pas!
Lucien Mandel (voice)
 
2004 Albert est méchant
Albert Moulinot
 
2003 Le furet
Anzio
 
2003 The Dominici Case (TV movie)
Gaston Dominici
 
2002/I The Butterfly
Julien
 
2002 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Louis
 
2001 Vajont - La diga del disonore
Carlo Semenza
 
2001 The Girl from Paris
Adrien
 
2001 Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre
Verlac
 
2001 Un coeur oublié (TV movie)
Monsieur de Fontenelle
 
2000 Actors
Michel Serrault
 
2000 The Libertine
Le Cardinal
 
2000 Marty's World
Antoine Berrant
 
1999 The Children of the Marshland
Pépé la Rainette
 
1997 The Comedian
Le comédien
 
1997 The Swindle
Victor
 
1997 Artemisia
Orazio Gentileschi
 
1997 Assassin(s)
Mr. Wagner
 
1996 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Louis XV
 
1995 Happiness Is in the Field
Francis Bergeade
 
1995 Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
M. Pierre Arnaud
 
1994 Bonsoir
Alex Ponttin
 
1992 Le secret du petit milliard (TV movie)
Armand
 
1992 Vieille canaille
Darius Caunes
 
1992 Room Service
M. Luc
 
1992 Ville à vendre
Rousselot - le maire de Moussin
 
1991 The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Pompilius
 
1991 Héloïse (TV movie)
Maurice Martin/Héloïse
 
1991 L'huissier (TV movie)
Maître Malicorne
 
1990 Docteur Petiot
Docteur Petiot
 
1989 Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Gino
 
1989 Love Comedy
Paul Léautaud
 
1988 Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Roger Scatti
 
1988 Bonjour l'angoisse
Michaud
 
1988 En toute innocence
Paul
 
1987 Ennemis intimes
Baudin
 
1987 Le miraculé
Ronald Fox Terrier
 
1986 My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Octave Clapoteau
 
1985 La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
 
1985 He Died with His Eyes Open
Inspector Robert Staniland
 
1985 Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Louis XVI
 
1985 Les rois du gag
Gaëtan/Robert Wellson
 
1984 Good King Dagobert
Otarius
 
1984 À mort l'arbitre
Rico - un supporter agressif
 
1984 Le bon plaisir
Minister of the Interior
 
1983 Deadly Circuit
Beauvoir, The 'Eye'
 
1982 Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
César
 
1982 Les quarantièmes rugissants
Sébastien Barral
 
1982 The Hatter's Ghost
Léon Labbé
 
1982 Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Nestor Burma
 
1982 Le voyageur imprudent (TV movie)
Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited)
 
1981 Garde à vue
Jerome, Charles, Emile Martinaud
 
1981 Malevil
Emmanuel Comte
 
1980 La cage aux folles II
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
 
1980 Pile ou face
Edouard Morlaix
 
1980 Il lupo e l'agnello
Léon
 
1979 Buffet Froid
Le quidam/Man in the first scene (uncredited)
 
1979 The Other One's Mug
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
 
1979 L'associé
Julien Pardot
 
1979 La grâce (TV movie)
Henri Dupérier
 
1979 L'esprit de famille
Docteur Charles Moreau
 
1978 La cage aux folles
Albin Mougeotte dit Zaza Napoli
 
1978 Other People's Money
Miremont
 
1977-1978 Les folies Offenbach (TV mini-series)
Jacques Offenbach
– La valse oubliée (1978) … Jacques Offenbach
– Les bouffes Parisiens (1978) … Jacques Offenbach
– Le passage des princes (1978) … Jacques Offenbach
– Le train des cabots (1977) … Jacques Offenbach
– Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui (1977) … Jacques Offenbach
See all 6 episodes »
 
1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Le voisin/Neighbor
 
1977 Le passe-muraille (TV movie)
Dutilleul
 
1977 Le roi des bricoleurs
Bordin
 
1976 La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Jean-Pierre Mazard
 
1975 Operation Lady Marlene
Paulo
 
1975 The Red Ibis
Jérémie
 
1975 C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule...
Max
 
1974 No Pockets in a Shroud
Justin Blesh
 
1974 La gueule de l'emploi
L'inspecteur de police/Man in various disguises
 
1974 Bloody Murder
Édouard Henricot
 
1974 Chinese in Paris
Grégoire Montclair
 
1974 The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Jean-Paul Rondin
 
1973 The Big Store
Félix Boucan
 
1973 La belle affaire
Paul
 
1973 Me, I Want to Have Dough
Léon
 
1972 Aujourd'hui à Paris (TV movie)
 
1972 Murder Is a Murder
Le commissaire Plouvier/Superintendant
 
1972 Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Marcel Jolin
 
1972 The Annuity
Louis Martinet
 
1971 Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?
Achille
 
1971 Cry of the Cormoran
Alfred Mullanet
 
1970 La liberté en croupe
Paul Cérès
 
1970 Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Gabriel Pelletier
 
1969 Call Me Mathilde
François
 
1969 Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Commissaire Le Gac
 
1968 Le bourgeois gentilhomme (TV movie)
M. Jourdain
 
1968 À tout casser
Aldo Moreni
 
1967 Le fou du labo IV
Granger
 
1967 Du mou dans la gâchette
L'armurier
 
1967 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series)
Thomeret
– Pour avoir Adrienne (1967) … Thomeret
 
1967 Le grand bidule
Pounet
 
1967 Les compagnons de la marguerite
L'inspecteur Papin/Inspector Papin
 
1967 Ces messieurs de la famille
Gabriel Pelletier
 
1966 Quand épousez-vous ma femme? (TV movie)
 
1966 King of Hearts
Monsieur Marcel
 
1966 L'anglais tel qu'on le parle (TV movie)
Le fiancé
 
1966 The Boss of Champignol
Hector
 
1966 Les combinards
Le père de Lucile
 
1965 Les enquiquineurs
Martin - instituteur
 
1965 When the Peasants Pass
Ribero
 
1965 La tête du client
Gaston Berrien/Monsieur Max
 
1965 The Double Bed
Albert
 
1965 How Not to Rob a Department Store
Méloune
 
1965 Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Bénéchol
 
1965 The Real Bargain
Hutin
 
1965 Les baratineurs
Henri
 
1965 Le petit monstre
Valet
 
1964 Jaloux comme un tigre
M. Lurot
 
1964 Male Hunt
Gaston Lartois
 
1964 Clémentine chérie
L'huissier
 
1964 Les durs à cuire ou Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l'appétit
Rossignol, le détective privé
 
1964 Des pissenlits par la racine
Jérôme
 
1964 How Do You Like My Sister?
Varangeot
 
1964 Les fables de La Fontaine (TV series)
– Le loup et le chien
 
1963 Bebert and the Train
Barthoin - l'inspecteur des transports
 
1963 Carom Shots
Le commissaire Baudu/Policeman Baudu
 
1962 We Will Go to Deauville
Lucien Moreau
 
1962 Three Fables of Love
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
 
1962 Moonlight in Maubeuge
Charpentier, le conférencier
 
1962 How to Succeed in Love
Le commissaire
 
1962 Love on a Pillow
Varange
 
1962 The Dance
Pétrarque
 
1961 La belle Américaine
Chauveau, le clochard/Tramp
 
1961 Ma femme est une panthère
Butcher
 
1961 On purge bébé (TV movie)
Guillaume Chouilloux
 
1960 Candide
Le second policier/Policeman
 
1960 Love and the Frenchwoman
Danielle's lawyer (segment "Divorce, Le")
 
1959 Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?
Dr. Couzan
 
1959 The Bureaucrats
Le conservateur du Musée / Son petit-fils
 
1959 Oh! Qué mambo
L'inspecteur Vidalie
 
1959 Nina
Gérard Blonville
 
1958 Clara et les méchants
La Parole
 
1958 Musée Grévin (short)
The visitor
 
1957 The Innocent with Forty Children
Jean-François Robignac
 
1957 Adorables démons
Jacques Willis Senior
 
1957 L'habit vert (TV movie)
 
1957 Lovers and Thieves
Albert Le Cagneux
 
1957 Ça aussi c'est Paris (short)
Reporter
 
1956 The Terror with Women
Un gendarme
 
1956 La vie est belle
Le démarcheur
 
1956 Naughty Girl
2nd Inspector
 
1955 Knock ou Le triomphe de la médecine (TV movie)
 
1955 Diabolique
M. Raymond, le surveillant
 
1954 Peek-a-boo
Monsieur Serrault - le musicien à la trompette/Musician
 
1954 Zamore (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2002/I The Butterfly (performer: "Le Papillon")
 
1965 La tête du client (performer: "A la tête du client")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1990 Docteur Petiot (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary) (dedicatee - 1 episode)
– La 33ème nuit des Césars (2008) (dedicatee)
 
2005 Joyeux Noel (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (31 titles)
2007 Michel Serrault, le portrait (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Mocky circus (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 L'avare et moi (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2005 20h10 pétantes (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2004 Les nouveaux refus (video short)
Himself/Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
 
2001-2004 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 September 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2003 93 Faubourg Saint-Honoré (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Rive droite - rive gauche (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
1993-2002 20 heures le journal (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee / Himself
– Episode dated 15 December 2002 (2002) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 20 January 2000 (2000) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 10 January 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1999-2002 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Main Guest / Himself (Interview)
– Episode dated 24 November 2002 (2002) … Himself - Main Guest
– Episode dated 10 March 2002 (2002) … Himself (Interview)
– Episode dated 17 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 2000 (2000) … Himself - Main Guest
– Episode dated 28 February 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
2002 On a tout essayé (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 May 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
1980-2002 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - César du meilleur acteur
– La 27ème nuit des Césars (2002) … Himself
– 22ème nuit des Césars (1997) … Himself
– 21ème nuit des Césars (1996) … Himself - César du meilleur acteur
– 14ème nuit des Césars (1989) … Himself
– 7ème nuit des Césars (1982) … Himself - César du meilleur acteur
See all 6 episodes »
 
2002 Le plus grand cabaret du monde (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Belphegor: Making of (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Vivement dimanche prochain (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1997 Assassin(s): no comment
Himself
 
1995 La marche du siècle (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Valérie et Monsieur Serrault (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Tel est Serrault (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Le journal de 20 heures (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1982-1990 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 June 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode dated 31 December 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 July 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1986 (1986) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1983-1987 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 1987 (1987) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1984-1986 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mocky toujours (1986) … Himself
– Serrault: point de vue de l'acteur (1984) … Himself
 
1982 Le journal de 13 heures (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 April 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1980-1981 Jeudi cinéma (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 August 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1969-1974 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 41ème gala de l'union des artistes (1974) … Himself
– 38ème gala de l'union des artistes (1971) … Himself
– 36ème gala de l'union des artistes (1969) … Himself
 
1973 La vie du bon côté (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1972 Vive le cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Poiret & Serrault (TV series)
Himself
 
1963 Cinq colonnes à la une (TV series)
Himself
– Comparatif des appartements de Jean Poiret et Michel Serrault (1963) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2013 La troupe d'un soir (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
 
2008 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2007 Pour le meilleur et pour le rire: La croisière du rire (TV series)
 
2006 Les grands du rire (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 Les 40 ans de la 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 À la recherche de la folle perdue (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Bleu, blanc, rose (TV documentary)
Himself/Zaza Napoli
 
2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Play: "Quand épousez-vous ma femme?" (Jean Bernard-Luc and Jean-Pierre Conty) (1966)

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 7 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

« Le rire doit être construit, basé sur la réalité de la vie, sur des faits communs. La folie, oui, mais avec un cadre. » (Laughter must be produced, based on the reality of life, on common facts. Crazyness, yes, but within the framework.)(Le Figaro Magazine, 31 March 2001) See more »

Trivia:

Has two brothers, Raoul and Guy, and a sister, Denise. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius