Michel Serrault

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Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a multi-award-winning French stage actor and film star who appeared from 1954 until (including) 2007 in more than 150 films.

Life and career

Although he wanted to be a circus clown, Serrault's parents sent him to a seminary to study for the priesthood. He spent only a few months there before taking-up acting. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. After military service in Dijon, he returned to Paris and joined Robert Dhery's burlesque troupe and appeared in their second hit show, Dugudu.[1]

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.

He met and worked with Jean Poiret in the early 1950s, which led to a song and comedy cabaret act and their playing together in 18 films from 1956 to 1984, and in a number of plays written by Poiret. The films they worked together in included fr (Cette sacrée gamine) (1956), with Brigitte Bardot, and Sacha Guitry's last film, fr (Assassins et Voleurs) (1957).

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.[1] He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978.

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 to be near his wife, Juanita Saint-Peyron, and daughter, Caroline, who died in 1977. He was survived by his daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault.[2]


Theatre (partial)

  • Le Tombeur
  • Gugusse
  • Pour avoir Adrienne
  • Quand épousez-vous ma femme

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Director
1954 Les Diaboliques ("Diabolique") Monsieur Raymond (the teacher) Henri-Georges Clouzot
1955 fr (Cette sacrée gamine) ("Mademoiselle Pigalle") the second inspector Michel Boisrond
1956 fr (Assassins et Voleurs)[3] ("Murderers and Thieves") Albert Le Cagneux, the burglar Sacha Guitry
1957 fr (Le Naïf aux quarante enfants; Le Naïf aux quarante enfants)[4] ("The Innocent with Forty Children") Jean-François Robignac, the new French teacher Philippe Agostini
1959 fr (Nina (1959 film); Nina)[5] Nina's husband Jean Boyer
fr (Oh! Qué mambo; Oh! Qué mambo)[6] Inspecteur Sapin John Berry
1960 Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle
("Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century")		 the second policeman fr (Norbert Carbonnaux)
1961 La Belle Américaine ("The American Beauty") Chauveau Robert Dhéry
fr (La Gamberge)[7] ("The Dance") Pétrarque fr (Norbert Carbonnaux)
1962 fr (Le Repos du guerrier; Le Repos du guerrier)[8] ("Warrior's Rest") Varange Roger Vadim
Nous irons à Deauville ("We Will Go to Deauville") Lucien Moreau fr (Francis Rigaud)
Les Quatre Vérités
("Three Fables of Love", episode "The Raven and the Fox")		 the Raven Hervé Bromberger
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge ("Moonlight in Maubeuge") Monsieur Charpentier (the lecturer) Jean Chérasse
1963 Carambolages ("Carom Shots") Baudu (the investigating police inspector) Marcel Bluwal
Des pissenlits par la racine ("Salad by the Roots") Jérôme Georges Lautner
fr (Les Durs à cuire)[9] Rossignol, private detective fr (Jack Pinoteau)
1964 fr (La Chasse à l'homme) [10] Gaston Lartois Édouard Molinaro
Cent briques et des tuiles ("How Not to Rob a Department Store")[11] Méloune fr (Pierre Grimblat)
1965 fr (La Tête du client)[12] Gaston Bérrien, alias "Monsieur Max" Jacques Poitrenaud
Le Lit à deux places
("The Double Bed", episode "Un monsieur de passage")		 Albert fr (François Dupont-Midi)
fr (Le Caïd de Champignol)[13] Hector Jean Bastia
1966 Le Roi de cœur ("King of Hearts") Marcel (the hairdresser) Philippe de Broca
1967 fr (Les Compagnons de la marguerite) Inspector Papin Jean-Pierre Mocky
fr (Le Grand Bidule) Pounet Raoul André
fr (À tout casser)[14] Aldo Morelli John Berry
fr (Ces messieurs de la famille)[15] Gabriel Pelletier Raoul André
1969 fr (Appelez-moi Mathilde) François Pierre Mondy
fr (Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?; Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?)[16] Achille Jacques Poitrenaud
1970 fr (Ces messieurs de la gâchette) Gabriel Pelletier Raoul André
fr (La Liberté en croupe)[17] Paul Cérès Édouard Molinaro
fr (Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques)[18] Alfred Mullanet Michel Audiard
1971 Le Viager[19] Louis Martinet Pierre Tchernia
1972 fr (Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil) Marcel Jolin Jean Yanne
fr (Un meurtre est un meurtre (1972 film); Un meurtre est un meurtre) Plouvier Étienne Périer
fr (Moi y'en a vouloir des sous) Léon Jean Yanne
fr (La Belle Affaire)[20] Paul fr (Jacques Besnard)
1973 Le Grand Bazar ("The Big Store") Félix Boucan Claude Zidi
Les Gaspards[21] ("The Holes") Jean-Paul Rondin Pierre Tchernia
Les Chinois à Paris ("Chinese in Paris") Frégoire Montclair Jean Yanne
1974 fr (La Main à couper (1974 film); La Main à couper) Edouard Henricot Étienne Périer
Un linceul n'a pas de poches ("No Pockets in a Shroud") Justin Blesch Jean-Pierre Mocky
1975 fr (C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule) Max fr (Jacques Besnard)
fr (L'Ibis rouge) ("The Red Ibis"[22]) Jérémie Jean-Pierre Mocky
fr (Opération Lady Marlène) Paulo Robert Lamoureux
1976 fr (La situation est grave… mais pas désespérée) Jean-Pierre Mazard fr (Jacques Besnard)
1977 fr (Le Roi des bricoleurs) 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
fr (L'Esprit de famille (film); L'Esprit de famille)[23] Doctor Charles Moreau Jean-Pierre Blanc
1979 fr (L'Associé; L'Associé) ("The Associate") Julien Pardot fr (René Gainville)
La Gueule de l'autre Martial Perrin / Gilbert Brossard Pierre Tchernia
Buffet froid cameo appearance as an accountant Bertrand Blier
1980 Il lupo e l'agnello[24] ("Le coucou") Léon Francesco Massaro
fr (Pile ou Face; Pile ou Face) [25] ("Heads or Tails") Édouard Morlaix Robert Enrico
La Cage aux Folles II Albin Mougeotte, alias "Zaza Napoli" Edouard Molinaro
1981 Garde à Vue Maître Jérôme Martineau Claude Miller
Malevil Count Charles-Emile Emmanuel Christian de Chalonge
Les Quarantièmes rugissants ("The Roaring Forties") Sébastien Barral Christian de Chalonge
fr (Nestor Burma, détective de choc) Nestor Burma fr (Jean-Luc Miesch)
1982 Les Fantômes du chapelier ("The Hatter's Ghost") Léon Labbé, the "chapelier" (the hatter) Claude Chabrol
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ ("Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ"[26]) Julius Caesar Jean Yanne
Mortelle Randonnée ("Deadly Circuit") privat detective "the eye" Beauvoir Claude Miller
1983 Le Bon Plaisir Minister Francis Girod
A mort l'arbitre ("Kill the Referee") Rico Jean-Pierre Mocky
1984 Le Bon Roi Dagobert ("Good King Dagobert") Otarius Dino Risi
fr (Les Rois du gag) Gaëtan / Robert Wellson Claude Zidi
fr (Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute) Louis XVI of France Jean Yanne
1985 fr (On ne meurt que deux fois)[27] Robert Staniland Jacques Deray
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding Albin Mougeotte, alias "Zaza Napoli" Georges Lautner
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
fr (Ennemis intimes; Ennemis intimes) Baudin fr (Denis Amar)
1988 fr (En toute innocence) Paul Duchêne Alain Jessua
fr (Bonjour l'angoisse) Michaud Pierre Tchernia
Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort[28] ("Let Sleeping Cops Lie") Roger Scatti fr (José Pinheiro (director); José Pinheiro)
1989 fr (Comédie d'amour) Paul Léautaud fr (Jean-Pierre Rawson)
Buon natale, buonanno Luigi ("Merry Christmas... Happy New Year") Gino Luigi Comencini
1990 fr (Docteur Petiot (film); Docteur Petiot)[29] Doctor Marcel Petiot Christian de Chalonge
1991 La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer ("The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea") Pompilius fr (Laurent Heynemann)
1992 fr (Ville à vendre) Rousselot Jean-Pierre Mocky
fr (Room Service (1992 film); Room Service) Monsieur Luc Georges Lautner
fr (Vieille canaille; Vieille canaille) Darius Caunes fr (Gérard Jourd'hui)
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
fr (Le Comédien; Le Comédien) ("The Comedian") The Comedian Christian de Chalonge
1998 Les Enfants du marais ("The Children of the Marshland") Pépé Jean Becker
2000 Le Libertin ("The Libertine") the Cardinal Gabriel Aghion
Belphégor, le fantôme du Louvre ("Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre") Verlac Jean-Paul Salomé
Les Acteurs ("The Actors") Himself Bertrand Blier
2001 Une hirondelle a fait le printemps ("The Girl From Paris") Adrien Christian Carion
Vajont - La diga del disonore ("Vajont") Carlo Semenza it
2002 Le Papillon ("The Butterfly") Julien fr (Philippe Muyl)
24 heures de la vie d’une femme ("24 Hours in the Life of a Woman") Louis fr (Laurent Bouhnik)
2003 fr (Le Furet; Le Furet) Anzio Jean-Pierre Mocky
2004 fr (Albert est méchant)[30] Albert Moulineau fr (Hervé Palud)
2005 fr (Grabuge!; Grabuge!)[31] Inspector Lancret Jean-Pierre Mocky
fr (Les Enfants du pays)[32] Gustave Pierre Javaux[33]
Joyeux Noël ("Merry Christmas") the Lord of the castle Christian Carion
2006 fr (Monsieur Léon; Monsieur Léon)[34] ("Grandpa's Secret", TV) Monsieur Léon fr (Pierre Boutron)
2007 fr (Le Bénévole)[35] Max Birgos Jean-Pierre Mocky[36]
Pars vite et reviens tard ("Have Mercy on Us All") Hervé Decambrais / Hervé Ducouëdic Régis Wargnier
fr (Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise; Antonio Vivaldi) the Doge of Venice fr (Jean-Louis Guillermou)

Awards

Year Award Category Film Result
1979 César Award Best Supporting Actor L'argent des autres Nominated
César Award Best Actor La Cage aux folles Won
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actor
(Migliore attore straniero)[37]		 La Cage aux folles Won
1981 César Award Best Actor La Cage aux Folles II Nominated
1982 César Award Best Actor Garde à Vue Won
1984 César Award Best Actor Mortelle Randonnée Nominated
1986 César Award Best Actor fr (On ne meurt que deux fois) Nominated
1987 Molière Award Best Actor L'Avare Nominated
1991 César Award Best Actor fr (Docteur Petiot (film); Docteur Petiot) Nominated
1993 Molière Award Best Actor Knock Nominated
1996 Lumières Award Best Actor Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud Won
César Award Best Actor Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud Won
1998 Lumières Award Best Actor Rien ne va plus Won
2006 Prix du public des palmarès du Festival de la fiction TV de Saint-Tropez Best actor fr (Monsieur Léon; Monsieur Léon) Won
2008 Prix du public des palmarès du Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2008 Best actor fr (Monsieur Léon; Monsieur Léon) Won

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