Michel Serrault | |
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 Serrault at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Michel Lucien Serrault 24 January 1928 Brunoy, France |
| Died | 29 July 2007 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Spouse | Juanita Saint-Peyron |
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. [4]
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin . [3]
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. [3] He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. [3] [4] [2] 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. [6]
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. [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| Assassins et voleurs [8] ("Murderers and Thieves") | Albert Le Cagneux, the burglar | Sacha Guitry | ||
| 1957 | Adorables démons | Jacques Willis Senior | Maurice Cloche | |
| Le Naïf aux quarante enfants [9] ("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 [10] | Gérard Blonville | Jean Boyer | |
| Oh! Qué mambo [11] | 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 [12] ("The Dance") | Pétrarque | Norbert Carbonnaux | |
| Le repos du guerrier [13] ("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 | ||
| Les Durs à cuire [14] | Rossignol, private detective | Jack Pinoteau | ||
| Clémentine chérie | L'huissier | Pierre Chevalier | ||
| La chasse à l'homme [15] | 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") [16] | Méloune | Pierre Grimblat | ||
| Le lit à deux places ("The Double Bed", episode "Un monsieur de passage") | Albert | François Dupont-Midi | ||
| La tête du client [17] | 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 | |
| Le Caïd de Champignol [18] | 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 | Les compagnons de la marguerite | Inspector Papin | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| Le grand bidule | Pounet | Raoul André | ||
| Du mou dans la gâchette | L'armurier | Louis Grospierre | ||
| Le fou du labo IV | Granger | Bernard Gérard | ||
| 1968 | Ces messieurs de la famille [19] | Gabriel Pelletier | Raoul André | |
| À tout casser [20] | Aldo Morelli | John Berry | ||
| 1969 | Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille | Commissaire Le Gac | Rinaldo Bassi | |
| Appelez-moi Mathilde | François | Pierre Mondy | ||
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Gabriel Pelletier | Raoul André | |
| La liberté en croupe [21] | Paul Cérès | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| 1971 | Le cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques [22] | Alfred Mullanet | Michel Audiard | |
| Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? [23] | Achille | Jacques Poitrenaud | ||
| 1972 | Le Viager [24] | Louis Martinet | Pierre Tchernia | |
| Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil | Marcel Jolin | Jean Yanne | ||
| Un meurtre est un meurtre | Plouvier | Étienne Périer | ||
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Léon | Jean Yanne | |
| La belle affaire [25] | Paul | Jacques Besnard | ||
| Le grand bazar ("The Big Store") | Félix Boucan | Claude Zidi | ||
| 1974 | Les Gaspards [26] ("The Holes") | Jean-Paul Rondin | Pierre Tchernia | |
| Les Chinois à Paris ("Chinese in Paris") | Grégoire Montclair | Jean Yanne | ||
| La main à couper | 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 | C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule | Max | Jacques Besnard | |
| L'Ibis rouge ("The Red Ibis" [27] ) | Jérémie | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| Opération Lady Marlène | Paulo | Robert Lamoureux | ||
| 1976 | La situation est grave… mais pas désespérée | Jean-Pierre Mazard | Jacques Besnard | |
| 1977 | 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 | ||
| 1979 | L'esprit de famille [28] | 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 [29] ("Le coucou") | Léon | Francesco Massaro | |
| Pile ou Face [30] ("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 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Nestor Burma | Jean-Luc Miesch | |
| 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" [31] ) | 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 | |
| Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Louis XVI of France | Jean Yanne | ||
| On ne meurt que deux fois [32] | 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 | |
| Ennemis intimes | Baudin | Denis Amar | ||
| 1988 | En toute innocence | Paul Duchêne | Alain Jessua | |
| Bonjour l'angoisse | Michaud | Pierre Tchernia | ||
| Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort [33] ("Let Sleeping Cops Lie") | Roger Scatti | José Pinheiro | ||
| 1989 | Comédie d'amour | Paul Léautaud | Jean-Pierre Rawson | |
| Buon natale, buonanno Luigi ("Merry Christmas... Happy New Year") | Gino | Luigi Comencini | ||
| 1990 | Docteur Petiot [34] | Doctor Marcel Petiot | Christian de Chalonge | |
| 1991 | La vieille qui marchait dans la mer ("The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea") | Pompilius | Laurent Heynemann | |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Rousselot | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| Room Service | Monsieur Luc | Georges Lautner | ||
| Vieille canaille | Darius Caunes | 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 | ||
| Le comédien ("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 | Philippe Muyl | ||
| 2003 | Le furet | Anzio | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 2004 | Albert est méchant [35] | Albert Moulineau | Hervé Palud | |
| Ne quittez pas! | Lucien Mandel | Arthur Joffé | Voice | |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noël ("Merry Christmas") | the Lord of the castle | Christian Carion | |
| Grabuge! [36] | Inspector Lancret | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| 2006 | Les enfants du pays [37] | Gustave | Pierre Javaux [38] | |
| Le bénévole [39] | Max Birgos | Jean-Pierre Mocky [40] | ||
| Monsieur Léon [41] ("Grandpa's Secret", TV) | Monsieur Léon | Pierre Boutron | TV movie | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | the Doge of Venice | Jean-Louis Guillermou | ||
| 2007 | Pars vite et reviens tard ("Have Mercy on Us All") | Hervé Decambrais / Hervé Ducouëdic | Régis Wargnier |
| 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) [42] | 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 | On ne meurt que deux fois | Nominated |
| 1987 | Molière Award | Best Actor | L'Avare | Nominated |
| 1991 | César Award | Best Actor | 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 | Monsieur Léon | Won |
| 2008 | Prix du public des palmarès du Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2008 | Best actor | Monsieur Léon | Won |
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