His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of
Molière's
Les Fourberies de Scapin. 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. ==Theatre (partial)==