Michel Serrault
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 79) Équemauville, Calvados, France | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Juanita Saint-Peyron |
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a 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 Cette sacrée gamine (1956), with Brigitte Bardot, and Sacha Guitry's last film, 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)
- Knock
- L'Avare
- La Cage aux Folles
- Le Tombeur
- Gugusse
- Pour avoir Adrienne
- Quand épousez-vous ma femme
- On purge bébé
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1954 | Ah ! les belles bacchantes | a musician | Robert Dhéry |
1954 | Les Diaboliques ("Diabolique") | Monsieur Raymond (the teacher) | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
1955 | Cette sacrée gamine ("Mademoiselle Pigalle") | the second inspector | Michel Boisrond |
1956 | Assassins et Voleurs[3] ("Murderers and Thieves") | Albert Le Cagneux, the burglar | Sacha Guitry |
1957 | Le Naïf aux quarante enfants[4] ("The Innocent with Forty Children") | Jean-François Robignac, the new French teacher | Philippe Agostini |
1959 | Nina[5] | Nina's husband | Jean Boyer |
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 | Norbert Carbonnaux |
1961 | La Belle Américaine ("The American Beauty") | Chauveau | Robert Dhéry |
La Gamberge[7] ("The Dance") | Pétrarque | Norbert Carbonnaux | |
1962 | Le Repos du guerrier[8] ("Warrior's Rest") | Varange | Roger Vadim |
Nous irons à Deauville ("We Will Go to Deauville") | Lucien Moreau | 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 | |
Les Durs à cuire[9] | Rossignol, private detective | Jack Pinoteau | |
1964 | La Chasse à l'homme [10] | Gaston Lartois | Édouard Molinaro |
Cent briques et des tuiles ("How Not to Rob a Department Store")[11] | Méloune | Pierre Grimblat | |
1965 | 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 | François Dupont-Midi | |
Le Caïd de Champignol[13] | Hector | Jean Bastia | |
1966 | Le Roi de cœur ("King of Hearts") | Marcel (the hairdresser) | Philippe de Broca |
1967 | Les Compagnons de la marguerite | Inspector Papin | Jean-Pierre Mocky |
Le Grand Bidule | Pounet | Raoul André | |
À tout casser[14] | Aldo Morelli | John Berry | |
Ces messieurs de la famille[15] | Gabriel Pelletier | Raoul André | |
1969 | Appelez-moi Mathilde | François | Pierre Mondy |
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?[16] | Achille | Jacques Poitrenaud | |
1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Gabriel Pelletier | Raoul André |
La Liberté en croupe[17] | Paul Cérès | Édouard Molinaro | |
Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques[18] | Alfred Mullanet | Michel Audiard | |
1971 | Le Viager[19] | Louis Martinet | Pierre Tchernia |
1972 | Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil | Marcel Jolin | Jean Yanne |
Un meurtre est un meurtre | Plouvier | Étienne Périer | |
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Léon | Jean Yanne | |
La Belle Affaire[20] | Paul | 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 | 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 | 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"[22]) | 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 | |
L'Esprit de famille[23] | Doctor Charles Moreau | Jean-Pierre Blanc | |
1979 | L'Associé ("The Associate") | Julien Pardot | 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 |
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 | |
Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Nestor Burma | 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 |
Les Rois du gag | Gaëtan / Robert Wellson | Claude Zidi | |
Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute | Louis XVI of France | Jean Yanne | |
1985 | 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 |
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[28] ("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[29] | 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 | |
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 | Renzo Martinelli | |
2002 | Le Papillon ("The Butterfly") | Julien | Philippe Muyl |
24 heures de la vie d’une femme ("24 Hours in the Life of a Woman") | Louis | Laurent Bouhnik | |
2003 | Le Furet | Anzio | Jean-Pierre Mocky |
2004 | Albert est méchant[30] | Albert Moulineau | Hervé Palud |
2005 | Grabuge![31] | Inspector Lancret | Jean-Pierre Mocky |
Les Enfants du pays[32] | Gustave | Pierre Javaux[33] | |
Joyeux Noël ("Merry Christmas") | the Lord of the castle | Christian Carion | |
2006 | Monsieur Léon[34] ("Grandpa's Secret", TV) | Monsieur Léon | Pierre Boutron |
2007 | 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 | |
Antonio Vivaldi | the Doge of Venice | Jean-Louis Guillermou |
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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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 | 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 |
References
- 1 2 Bergan, Ronald (3 August 2007). "Obituary: Michel Serrault". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. p. 38.
- ↑ "Michel Serrault (1928-2007)". cinema2000.pt. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ↑ "Assassins et voleurs". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "Le naïf aux 40 enfants". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "Nina (1959)". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "Oh! Qué mambo". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "La gamberge". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Le repos du guerrier". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Les durs à cuire". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "La chasse à l'homme". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Cent briques et des tuiles". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "La tête du client". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Le caïd de Champignol". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "À tout casser". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Ces messieurs de la famille". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "La liberté en croupe". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Le viager". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "La belle affaire". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Les gaspards". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "L'Ibis rouge". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "L'esprit de famille". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ "Le coucou". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ↑ "Pile ou Face". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ "Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ↑ "On ne meurt que deux fois". Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Docteur Petiot". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Albert est méchant". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Grabuge!". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Les enfants du pays". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Les enfants du pays". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Monsieur Léon". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Le Bénévole". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Le Bénévole". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Migliore attore straniero". daviddedonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-09-21.
External links
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- Michel Serrault at the Internet Movie Database
- Michel Serrault in French
- Obituary - KSL Television & Radio, Salt Lake City UT
- Obituary in Cinema2000.pt (Portuguese)
- The Guardian Obituary
- Michel Serrault at Find a Grave