Name
Pierre Brasseur
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-12-22
Deathday
1972-08-16 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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
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- 1968 Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo as Faria
- 1945 Children of Paradise as Frédérick Lemaître
- 1966 A Matter of Resistance as Dimanche
- 1971 The Married Couple of the Year Two as Gosselin
- 1960 Eyes Without a Face as Professor Génessier
- 1962 Emile's Boat as François Larmentiel
- 1958 The Possessors as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
- 1955 Napoleon as Barras
- 1952 Le Plaisir as Julien Ledentu
- 1946 Gates of the Night as Georges
- 1943 Summer Light as Roland
- 1938 Port of Shadows as Lucien
- 1949 Millionaires for One Day as Francis
- 1938 Café de Paris as Le Rec
- 1961 Spotlight on a Murderer as Comte de Kerloquen
- 1950 Julie de Carneilhan as Hubert Espivant
- 1966 King of Hearts as General Géranium
- 1949 Portrait of a Murderer as Fabius / Jean
- 1949 The Lovers of Verona as Raffaele
- 1952 Crimson Curtain as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
- 1957 The Gates of Paris as Juju
- 1933 Weaker Sex as Jimmy
- 1959 The Law as Don Cesare
- 1932 Une faim de loup
- 1931 My Friend Victor as Edgar Flachon
- 1931 Circulate! as Jean Dupont-Desroches
- 1934 Incognito as Marcel
- 1935 Le Bébé de l'escadron as Max
- 1936 Jeunesse d'abord
- 1936 Passé à vendre as Bob
- 1936 Prête-moi ta femme
- 1936 Le Mari rêvé as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
- 1937 Une femme qui se partage
- 1937 La Reine des resquilleuses as Fred Woolson
- 1938 Gosse de riche as Pierre Mougins
- 1963 Don't Tempt the Devil as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
- 1941 Three Argentines in Montmartre as Toninett
- 1939 Visages de femmes as Georges Legrand
- 1942 Promise to the Unknown One as Lussac
- 1942 La Croisée des chemins as Hubert Epervans
- 1940 Sixième étage as Jonval, the young cynic
- 1946 La Femme fatale as Jean Pleyard
- 1960 Il bell'Antonio as Alfio Magnano
- 1948 Cruise for the Unknown One as Emile Fréchisse
- 1972 The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as La Brunetière
- 1950 Lost Souvenirs as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
- 1951 Skipper Next to God as Captain Joris KnAipper
- 1958 Life Together as Pierre Carreau
- 1952 Torticola versus Frankensberg as Invisible Man's Friend
- 1962 Hitch-Hike as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
- 1955 Tower of Lust as Jehan Buridan
- 1960 The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Commissioner of the Republic
- 1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Pangloss
- 1968 A Little Virtuous as Jules Polnick
- 1938 Grisou as Hagnauer
- 1946 Pétrus as Rodrigue
- 1966 Two Hours to Kill as Laurent
- 1946 Behind These Walls as Jean-César Morin
- 1967 The Madman of Lab Four as Father Ballanchon
- 1959 Head Against the Wall as Dr. Varmont
- 1960 Carthage in Flames as Sidone
- 1963 Josefa's Loot as Mayor
- 1964 Lucky Jo as Loudéac
- 1951 Dirty Hands as Hoederer
- 1961 The Nina B. Affair as Berrera
- 1939 Corsican Brothers as Tonio
- 1962 Crime Does Not Pay as Martin Fenayrou
- 1968 Birds in Peru as Husband
- 1932 The Winner as Hunter
- 1963 Agent of Doom as Charlèz
- 1938 Heartbeat as Cousine (uncredited)
- 1934 Caravane as Lt. de Tokay
- 1969 Goto, Island of Love as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
- 1948 Rocambole as Rocambole
- 1936 Valse éternelle
- 1963 The Abominable Man of Customs as Russian killer
- 1953 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird as Bird (voice)
- 1948 The Revenge of Baccarat as Rocambole
- 1964 The Circular Triangle as Georges Richter
- 1937 Claudine at School as Doctor Dubois
- 1971 Macédoine
- 1966 Fortuna as Nissim Buzaglo
- 1946 Land Without Stars as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
- 1965 Black Humor as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1934 L'Oncle de Pékin as Philippe
- 1965 Pas de caviar pour tante Olga as Patache
- 1961 Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Constable of Montmorency
- 1937 The Virgin Bride as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
- 1934 The Amorous Garrison as Paul, rider
- 1938 Hercule as Bastien
- 1947 Noah's Ark as Bitru
- 1959 The Bureaucrats as Monsieur Nègre
- 1943 Two Shy Ones as Vancouver
- 1965 L'Or du duc as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
- 1964 A Very Handy Man as Simone Palumbo
- 1967 The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
- 1935 A Rare Bird as Jean Berthier
- 1935 Little One as Georges Darnetal
- 1951 Bluebeard as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
- 1937 Confessions of a Newlywed as Edmond Trivelin
- 1950 Jamaican Man as Jacques Mervel
- 1939 The Path of Honor as Philippe
- 1933 One Night's Song as Koretzky
- 1961 Famous Love Affairs as le grand duc Ernest
- 1938 The Life of Giuseppe Verdi as Alexandre Dumas figlio
- 1970 Un ange passe
- 1970 Un ange passe as Florisse
- 1943 Adieu Léonard as Prosper Bonenfant
- 1962 Rencontres as Carl Krasner
- 1955 Oasis as Antoine Vallin
- 1954 Clothing the Naked as Console Grotti
- 1939 Le père Lebonnard as Alfredo Lebonnard
- 1966 A Young World as Le Grec
- 1969 À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self
- 1953 The Drunkard as Maître Pierre Renneville
- 1940 Tobie Is an Angel
- 1932 Quick as Maxime
- 1948 The Secret of Monte-Cristo as François Picault
- 1948 La Nuit blanche as Pierre Taverny
- 1932 A Father Without Knowing It as Jean
- 1947 Love Around the House as 'Douze Apôtres'
- 1935 Le Miroir aux alouettes as Jean Forestier
- 1939 Last Desire as Frossard
- 1939 Second Childhood as Frossard
- 1935 Jonny, haute-couture as Jonny
- 1933 Honeymoon Trip as Rudi
- 1935 Quadrille d'amour as Robert Lanclot
- 1943 Le soleil a toujours raison as Gabriel
- 1958 Sans famille as Jeroboam Driscoll
- 1954 Rasputin as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
- 1927 Feu! as Frémiet's ordinance
- 1965 Cloportes as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
- 1954 Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances as Self
- 1966 Pas de panique as Fernand Toussaint
- 1933 Moi et l'impératrice as Didier
- 1925 Madame Sans-Gêne
- 1927 Backbiters as Le type de l'appareil à sous
- 2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Opération Jericho as Jean-César Morin
- Soon la loi as Don Cesare
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1958 Les Cinq Dernières Minutes ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Tardenois
- 1971 La Brigade des maléfices ( 1 episode ) as Diablevert
- 1971 La Brigade des maléfices ( 1 episode ) as Diablegris
- 1952 La Joie de vivre ( 1 episode ) as Self
