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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Filmography
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as La Brunetière
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as Gosselin
- No poster
Macédoine
1971
Un ange passe
1970
Un ange passe
1970
as Florisse
Goto, Island of Love
1969
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
- No poster
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
as Faria
Birds in Peru
1968
as Husband
A Little Virtuous
1968
as Jules Polnick
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Father Ballanchon
- No poster
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
as Self
King of Hearts
1966
as General Géranium
Pas de panique
1966
as Fernand Toussaint
A Young World
1966
as Le Grec
A Matter of Resistance
1966
as Dimanche
Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Laurent
Fortuna
1966
as Nissim Buzaglo
L'Or du duc
1965
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Cloportes
1965
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
as Patache
Black Humor
1965
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
The Circular Triangle
1964
as Georges Richter