Michel Serrault

Actor · Born 24 January 1928 in Brunoy, Essonne, France · Died 29 July 2007 · 23 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

20 of Michel Serrault’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 20 on Netflix. 2 more are not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: The Butterfly (2002) ★ 7.1.

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.

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Acting

• Peek-a-boo (1954)
• That Naughty Girl (1956)
• Old Rascal (1992)
• Chinese In Paris (1974)
• The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)
• The Girl from Paris (2001)
• The Butterfly (2002)
• The Restroom Robbery (1975)
• The Other One's Mug (1979)
• La Cage aux Folles (1978)
• A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
• Heads or Tails (1980)

Producing

• Dr. Petiot (1990)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Diabolique (1955)
• Joyeux Noel (2005)
• Buffet Froid (1979)
• The Inquisitor (1981)
• Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
• Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982)
• The Children of the Marshland (1999)
• Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
• Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
• Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
• The Annuity (1972)
• Vajont (2001)