French actor Michel Serrault dies at 79

[LostInTime]

Chandler News Dispatch
Staff and agencies
30 July, 2007

French actor Michel Serrault, whose performance as a transvestite in the film and screen versions of "La cage aux folles" (The Birdcage) catapulted him to international stardom, has died, his priest said Monday. He was 79.

[mavieenrose]

Yes it's quite sad, he was a very good and respected actor and of course his acting in 'la cage aux folles' forms an important part of recent queer history.

MVER XXX