Michel Serrault

Acting

Michel Serrault

Born January 24, 1928 · Brunoy, Essonne, France

Died July 29, 2007 · aged 79

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, …

Known For

Le BénévoleLe Bénévole · 2007
Le Bénévole
3.82007
Movie
In a Mediterranean city, the association of volunteers The Rescue is expecting a new director. A former trade unionist, Birgos, who’s just escaped from an asylum with Cleo, another internee, is believed, by mistake, to be this new director.
Joyeux NoelJoyeux Noel · 2005
Joyeux Noel
7.32005
MovieDramaWar
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
DiaboliqueDiabolique · 1955
Diabolique
7.91955
MovieThrillerMystery
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Monsieur LéonMonsieur Léon · 2005
Monsieur Léon
6.52005
MovieDramaHistory
During the Occupation, a kid is taken in by his old grandfather, wrongly considered a collaborator.
Get Out Your HandkerchiefsGet Out Your Handkerchiefs · 1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
6.61978
MovieRomanceComedy
Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.
Belphegor, Phantom of the LouvreBelphegor, Phantom of the Louvre · 2001
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
4.62001
MovieFantasyMystery
A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.
La Cage aux FollesLa Cage aux Folles · 1978
La Cage aux Folles
6.81978
MovieComedy
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come for dinner.
ActorsActors · 2000
Actors
5.82000
MovieComedy
A self-conscious and self-referential adventure into the (pretend) lives of legendary actors in Paris.

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