Cast & creator
Michel Serrault
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Sacrée soirée, Vivement dimanche
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.
Also known as: Michel Lucien Serrault, Мишель Серро
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1954–2024 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (184)
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Sacrée soirée
Self
1987Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Midi trente
Self
1972Samedi soir
Self
1971
Discorama
Self
1959
At Theatre Tonight
Thomeret
1966
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976Système 2
Self
1975
Stars 90
Self
1990
À bout portant
Self
1968
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022
Matin Bonheur
Self
1987
Deadly Circuit
Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
1983
Diabolique
Mr. Raymond
1955
Joyeux Noel
The Castle Keeper
2005
La Cage aux Folles
Zaza
1978
Actors
Michel Serrault
2000
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Verlac
2001
La Cage aux Folles II
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1980
The Big Store
Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
1973
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Jules César
1982
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Mr. Pierre Arnaud
1995
King of Hearts
Monsieur Marcel
1966
La Cage aux Folles 3
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1985
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Jean-Paul Rondin
1974
Love on a Pillow
Varange
1962
Vajont
L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
2001
We Will Go to Deauville
Lucien Moreau
1962
The Swindle
Victor
1997
Kill the Referee
Rico, aggressive supporter
1984
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Nestor Burma
1982Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
Martin / Héloïse
1990Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
Maître Malicorne
1990
The Annuity
Louis Martinet
1972
L'Affaire Dominici
Gaston Dominici
2003
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
le voisin
1978
Carom Shots
Le commissaire Baudu
1963
Peek-a-boo
Serrault, le trompettiste
1954
The Girl from Paris
Adrien Rochas
2001
Good King Dagobert
Otarius
1984
Chinese In Paris
Grégoire Montclair
1974
Les baratineurs
Henri
1965The Comedian
Le comédien
1997
The Children of the Marshland
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
1999
He Died with His Eyes Open
Robert Staniland
1985
Buffet Froid
Le comptable
1979
Les Rois du gag
Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
1985
Other People's Money
Miremant
1978
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Dr. Emile Couzan
1959
L'Huissier
Maître Malicorne
1991
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Gabriel Pelletier
1970
Le Bon Plaisir
Le ministre de l'Intérieur
1984
The Restroom Robbery
Max
1975
Male Hunt
Gaston Lartois
1964
The Butterfly
Julien
2002
Dandelions by the Roots
Jérôme Martinet
1964
That Naughty Girl
Inspector Leduc
1956
Assassin(s)
Mr. Wagner
1997
Love and the Frenchwoman
L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
1960
La Grâce
Henri Dupérier
1979
L'Avare
Harpagon
2007
The Hatter's Ghost
Léon Labbé
1982
The Inquisitor
Jérôme Martinaud
1981
Bebert and the Train
Barthoin
1963
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Pompilius
1991
Clémentine chérie
Maître Brunet
1964
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Alfred Mullanet
1971
How to Succeed in Love
Commissioner
1962Adorables démons
Jacques Willis Senior
1957
The Boss of Champignol
Hector
1966
The Four Truths
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962
How Do You Like My Sister?
Varangeot
1964
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Louis
2002
Have Mercy on Us All
Hervé Decambrais
2007
Heads or Tails
Édouard Morlaix
1980
Love Comedy
Paul Léautaud
1989
Under Your Hat
Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
1965
Nina
Adolphe Tessier
1959
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Author
2024Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Dialogue
2024
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Méloune
1965
No Pockets in a Shroud
Justin Blesh
1974
Old Rascal
Darius Caunes
1992
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Gino
1989
Happiness Is in the Field
Francis Bergeade
1995
The Bureaucrats
le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
1959
Order of the Daisy
L'inspecteur Papin
1967
Le Furet
Anzio
2003
Monsieur Léon
Docteur Léon Chapuis
2005
The Double Bed
Albert
1965
Le Bénévole
Max Birgos
2007
Jaloux comme un tigre
Mr. Lurot
1964
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Louis XVI
1985
A Murder Is a Murder
Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
1972
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Roger Scatti
1988
The American Beauty
Tramp
1961
The Madman of Lab Four
Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
1967
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
2002
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Marcel Jolin
1972
Life is beautiful
le démarcheur
1956
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
L'archevêque de Venise
2007
Les Combinards
La père de Lucile
1966
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Octave Clapoteau
1986
My Wife Is a Panther
Butcher
1961
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Charpentier, le conférencier
1962
Loose in the Trigger
The armorer
1967
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Jean-Pierre Mazard
1976
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Le curé Léon
1973
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Achille
1971
When the Pheasants Pass
Rimero
1965
Mon bébé
Jimmy Scott
1956
The Libertine
Le Cardinal
2000
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le second policier / Policeman
1960
Artemisia
Orazio Gentileschi
1997
Marty's World
Antoine Berrant
2000
Bloody Murder
Edouard Henricot
1974
The Terror with Women
Gendarme
1956
Héloïse
Maurice Martin, Héloïse
1991
L'Affaire Dominici
Gaston Dominici
2003
La Gueule de l’emploi
L'inspecteur de police
1974
Il lupo e l'agnello
Léon
1980
La Liberté en croupe
Paul Cérès
1970
Bonjour l'angoisse
Michaud
1988L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
Eugène, l'interprète
1959
Murderers and Thieves
Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
1956
Hard Boiled Ones
Rossignol, private detective
1964
L'Esprit de famille
le docteur Charles Moreau
1979
Ville à vendre
Rousselot, le maire
1992
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
Commissaire Roger Scatti
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Bordin
1977
Clara and the Villains
'La Parole'
1958
Operation Lady Marlene
Paulo
1974
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Commissaire Le Gac
1969
The Other One's Mug
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
1979
The Men in the Family
Gabriel Pelletier
1968
Albert est méchant
Albert Moulinot
2004
The Real Bargain
Hutin
1965
The Innocent with Forty Children
Jean-François Robignac
1957
Les enfants du pays
Gustave
2006
The Great Gadget
Pounet
1967Aujourd'hui à Paris
Writer
1972
Musée Grévin
The visitor
1958
The Great Chase
Aldo Moreni
1968
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Bénéchol
1965
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
2023
Oh! What a Mambo
L'inspecteur Vidalie
1959
La Cage aux folles
Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
1973
Pour avoir Adrienne
Thomeret
1967
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
Les Folies Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach
1977
The Associate
Julien Pardot
1979
Le Passe-muraille
Dutilleul
1977
Malevil
Emmanuel Comte
1981
Would-Be Gentleman
M. Jourdain
1968
Le petit monstre
Valet
1965
Bonsoir
Alex Ponttin
1994
Call Me Mathilde
François
1969
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Louis XV
1996
What the East Wind Saw
Zamore
1954
The Roaring Forties
Sébastien Barral
1982
Miracle Healing
Ronald Fox-Terrier
1987
Big Deal
Paul
1973
The Red Ibis
Jérémie
1975
The Dance
Pétrarque
1962
No Harm Intended
Paul Duchêne
1988
Room Service
M. Luc
1992
Ennemis intimes
Baudin
1987La Malle volante
M. Loiseau
1959
Grabuge!
Commissaire Lancret
2005
Un cœur oublié
Monsieur de Fontenelle
2001
Dr. Petiot
Docteur Petiot
1990Dr. Petiot
Producer
1990
Les enquiquineurs
Martin - instituteur
1966
The Green Dress
Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
1957
On purge bébé
Guillaume Chouilloux
1961Tel est Serrault
Self
1995