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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 22, 1905
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Pierre Brasseur
Biography
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor.
He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre.
Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli.
On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life | La Brunetière |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Gosselin |
| 1971 | Macédoine | |
| 1970 | Un ange passe | Florisse |
| 1970 | Un ange passe | |
| 1969 | Goto, Island of Love | Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III |
| 1969 | À la recherche de Jean Grémillon | Self |
| 1968 | Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo | Faria |
| 1968 | A Little Virtuous | Jules Polnick |
| 1968 | Birds in Peru | Husband |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab Four | Father Ballanchon |
| 1967 | The Birth of Children of Paradise | Self |
| 1966 | A Matter of Resistance | Dimanche |
| 1966 | King of Hearts | General Géranium |
| 1966 | Two Hours to Kill | Laurent |
| 1966 | Fortuna | Nissim Buzaglo |
| 1966 | A Young World | Le Grec |
| 1966 | Pas de panique | Fernand Toussaint |
| 1965 | Black Humor | Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole' |
| 1965 | Pas de caviar pour tante Olga | Patache |
| 1965 | L'or du duc | Le Maharadjah (l'oncle) |
| 1965 | Cloportes | Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Loudéac |
| 1964 | The Circular Triangle | Georges Richter |
| 1964 | A Very Handy Man | Simone Palumbo |
| 1963 | Don't Tempt the Devil | Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré |
| 1963 | Josefa's Loot | Mayor |
| 1963 | Agent of Doom | Charlèz |
| 1963 | The Abominable Man of Customs | Russian killer |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | François Larmentiel |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay | Martin Fenayrou |
| 1962 | Rencontres | Carl Krasner |
| 1961 | Spotlight on a Murderer | Comte de Keraudren |
| 1961 | The Nina B. Affair | Berrera |
| 1961 | Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! | Constable of Montmorency |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs | le grand duc Ernest |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Professor Génessier |
| 1960 | Handsome Antonio | Alfio Magnano |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the Carmelites | Commissioner of the Republic |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Pangloss |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames | Sidone |
| 1959 | The Law | Don Cesare |
| 1959 | Head Against the Wall | Dr. Varmont |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats | Monsieur Nègre |
| 1958 | The Possessors | Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif |
| 1958 | Life Together | Pierre Carreau |
| 1958 | Sans famille | Jeroboam Driscoll |
| 1957 | The Gates of Paris | Juju |
| 1955 | Napoleon | Barras |
| 1955 | Tower of Lust | Jehan Buridan |
| 1955 | Oasis | Antoine Vallin |
| 1954 | Clothing the Naked | Console Grotti |
| 1954 | Rasputin | Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine |
| 1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances | Self |
| 1953 | The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | Bird (voice) |
| 1953 | The Drunkard | Maître Pierre Renneville |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Julien Ledentu |
| 1952 | Crimson Curtain | Ludovic Arn / Macbeth |
| 1952 | Torticola versus Frankensberg | Invisible Man's Friend |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to God | Captain Joris KnAipper |
| 1951 | Dirty Hands | Hoederer |
| 1951 | Bluebeard | Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue |
| 1950 | Julie de Carneilhan | Hubert Espivant |
| 1950 | Lost Souvenirs | Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") |
| 1950 | Jamaican Man | Jacques Mervel |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One Day | Francis |
| 1949 | Portrait of a Murderer | Fabius / Jean |
| 1949 | The Lovers of Verona | Raffaele |
| 1948 | Cruise for the Unknown One | Emile Fréchisse |
| 1948 | Rocambole | Rocambole |
| 1948 | The Revenge of Baccarat | Rocambole |
| 1948 | The Secret of Monte-Cristo | François Picault |
| 1948 | La Nuit blanche | Pierre Taverny |
| 1947 | Noah's Ark | Bitru |
| 1947 | Love Around the House | 'Douze Apôtres' |
| 1946 | Gates of the Night | Georges |
| 1946 | La Femme fatale | Jean Pleyard |
| 1946 | Pétrus | Rodrigue |
| 1946 | Behind These Walls | Jean-César Morin |
| 1946 | Land Without Stars | Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud |
| 1945 | Children of Paradise | Frédérick Lemaître |
| 1943 | Summer Light | Roland |
| 1943 | Two Shy Ones | Vancouver |
| 1943 | Adieu Léonard | Prosper Bonenfant |
| 1943 | Le soleil a toujours raison | Gabriel |
| 1942 | Promise to the Unknown One | Lussac |
| 1942 | La Croisée des chemins | Hubert Epervans |
| 1941 | Three Argentines in Montmartre | Toninett |
| 1940 | Sixième étage | Jonval, the young cynic |
| 1940 | Tobie Is an Angel | |
| 1939 | Visages de femmes | Georges Legrand |
| 1939 | Corsican Brothers | Tonio |
| 1939 | The Path of Honor | Philippe |
| 1939 | Le père Lebonnard | Alfredo Lebonnard |
| 1939 | Last Desire | Frossard |
| 1939 | Second Childhood | Frossard |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows | Lucien |
| 1938 | Café de Paris | Le Rec |
| 1938 | Gosse de riche | Pierre Mougins |
| 1938 | Grisou | Hagnauer |
| 1938 | Heartbeat | Cousine (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hercule | Bastien |
| 1938 | The Life of Giuseppe Verdi | Alexandre Dumas figlio |
| 1937 | La Reine des resquilleuses | Fred Woolson |
| 1937 | Une femme qui se partage | |
| 1937 | Claudine at School | Doctor Dubois |
| 1937 | The Virgin Bride | Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline |
| 1937 | Confessions of a Newlywed | Edmond Trivelin |
| 1936 | Jeunesse d'abord | |
| 1936 | Passé à vendre | Bob |
| 1936 | Prête-moi ta femme | |
| 1936 | Le Mari rêvé | |
| 1936 | Valse éternelle | |
| 1935 | Le Bébé de l'escadron | Max |
| 1935 | A Rare Bird | Jean Berthier |
| 1935 | Little One | Georges Darnetal |
| 1935 | Le Miroir aux alouettes | Jean Forestier |
| 1935 | Jonny, haute-couture | Jonny |
| 1935 | Quadrille d'amour | Robert Lanclot |
| 1934 | Incognito | Marcel |
| 1934 | Caravane | Lt. de Tokay |
| 1934 | L'Oncle de Pékin | Philippe |
| 1934 | The Amorous Garrison | Paul, rider |
| 1933 | Le sexe faible | Jimmy |
| 1933 | Tell Me Tonight | Koretzky |
| 1933 | Honeymoon Trip | Rudi |
| 1933 | Moi et l'impératrice | Didier |
| 1932 | Une faim de loup | |
| 1932 | The Winner | Hunter |
| 1932 | Quick | Maxime |
| 1932 | A Father Without Knowing It | Jean |
| 1931 | My Friend Victor | Edgar Flachon |
| 1931 | Circulate! | Jean Dupont-Desroches |
| 1927 | Feu! | Frémiet's ordinance |
| 1925 | Madame Sans-Gêne |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléfices | Diablevert |
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléfices | Diablegris |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Maurice Tardenois |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |