Mort michel serrault biography

Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79.
Prolific French thesp Michel Serrault, a versatile staple of stage and screen and three-time Cesar winner best known for originating the role of cross-dressing.
He died on July 30th 2007, at his home in Honfleur, Normandy, from a cancer-related illness.

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Michel Serrault, 79, actor

Prolific French thesp Michel Serrault, a versatile staple of stage and screen and three-time Cesar winner best known for originating the role of cross-dressing gadfly Albin Mougeotte, alias “Zaza Napoli” in “La Cage aux Folles,” died July 29 of cancer in the Normandy town of Honfleur. He was 79.

The future thesp, a devout Catholic who seriously considered the priesthood before opting for theater as a teen, was born into a modest family, hisfather a salesman who tore tickets at night at a legit theater.

In 1952 Serrault and Jean Poiret formed a comic duo, performing their own sketches on the cabaret circuit throughout the 1950s and ’60s.

Serrault made his screen debut in 1954 and appeared the following year in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s surprise-ending classic “Les Diaboliques.”

Impressed by Serrault and Poiret’s stage antics, Sacha Guitry cast the pair in his final film, 1957’s “Assassins et voleurs” in which Serrault, who would often play cops, detectives and criminals, s

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Michel Serrault

Year Title Role Director Notes 1954 Ah ! les belles bacchantesMichel Serrault, le trompettiste Robert Dhéry1955 Les diaboliques ("Diabolique") Monsieur Raymond, the teacher Henri-Georges Clouzot1956 Cette sacrée gamine ("Mademoiselle Pigalle") the second inspector Michel BoisrondLa vie est belleLe démarcheur Roger Pierre The Terror with WomenUn gendarme Jean Boyer Assassins et voleurs [fr]^[8] ("Murderers and Thieves") Albert Le Cagneux, the burglar Sacha Guitry1957 Adorables démonsJacques Willis Senior Maurice Cloche Le Naïf aux quarante enfants [fr]^[9] ("The Innocent with Forty Children") Jean-François Robignac, the new French teacher Philippe Agostini1958 Clara et les MéchantsLa Parole Raoul André 1959 Nina^[10]Gérard Blonville Jean BoyerOh! Qué mambo [fr]^[11]Inspecteur Sapin John BerryMessieurs les ronds-de-cuirLe conservateur du Musée / Son

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Michel Serrault Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Dialogist , Producer
Nationality French
Birth January 24, 1928 (Brunoy – France)
Death July 29, 2007

BIOGRAPHY
Rejected at the Conservatory after two years of study at the entertainment center on Rue Blanche, Michel Serrault signed his first contract in 1946, for a tour in Germany. He notably plays Les fourberies de Scapin . In 1948, he did his military service in Dijon in the aviation. Back in Paris, he appeared in Dugudu , Robert Dhery ‘s second show after Les Branquignols . It was in 1952 that he met Jean Poiret at the classic matinees of the Sarah-Bernhardt theater. They perform together the sketch Jerry Scott, international star .

Michel Serrault made his film debut in 1954 in Ah! the beautiful bacchantes of Jean Loubignac , and in Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot Assassins and thieves (1957). In the 1960s, Michel Serrault seemed to pay more attention to his theater career than to cinema. This is how he plays Monsieur Dodd (1966), by Arthur Watkin, Opération Lagrelèche (1967) (