Pierre Brasseur
December 22, 1905 (119 years old) in Paris, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1972 · The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as La Brunetière
- 1971 · The Married Couple of the Year Two as Gosselin
- 1971 · Macédoine as
- 1970 · Un ange passe as Florisse
- 1970 · Un ange passe as
- 1969 · Goto, Island of Love as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
- 1969 · À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self
- 1968 · Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo as Faria
- 1968 · Birds in Peru as Husband
- 1968 · A Little Virtuous as Jules Polnick
- 1967 · The Madman of Lab Four as Father Ballanchon
- 1967 · The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
- 1966 · King of Hearts as General Géranium
- 1966 · Pas de panique as Fernand Toussaint
- 1966 · A Young World as Le Grec
- 1966 · A Matter of Resistance as Dimanche
- 1966 · Two Hours to Kill as Laurent
- 1966 · Fortuna as Nissim Buzaglo
- 1965 · Cloportes as Tonton
- 1965 · L'or du duc as Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
- 1965 · Pas de caviar pour tante Olga as
- 1965 · Black Humor as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1964 · The Circular Triangle as Georges Richter
- 1964 · Lucky Jo as Loudéac
- 1964 · A Very Handy Man as Simone Palumbo
- 1963 · Josefa's Loot as Mayor
- 1963 · Agent of Doom as Charlèz
- 1963 · Don't Tempt the Devil as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
- 1963 · The Abominable Man of Customs as Russian killer
- 1962 · Crime Does Not Pay as Martin Fenayrou
- 1962 · Hitch-Hike as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
- 1962 · Emile's Boat as François Larmentiel
- 1962 · Rencontres as Carl Krasner
- 1961 · Famous Love Affairs as le grand duc Ernest
- 1961 · The Nina B. Affair as Berrera
- 1961 · Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Constable of Montmorency
- 1961 · Spotlight on a Murderer as Comte de Keraudren
- 1960 · Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Pangloss
- 1960 · The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Le commissaire du peuple
- 1960 · Handsome Antonio as Alfio Magnano
- 1960 · Carthage in Flames as Sidone
- 1960 · Eyes Without a Face as Professor Génessier
- 1959 · The Bureaucrats as Monsieur Nègre
- 1959 · Head Against the Wall as Dr. Varmont
- 1959 · The Law as Don Cesare
- 1958 · The Possessors as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
- 1958 · Life Together as Pierre Carreau
- 1958 · Sans famille as Jeroboam Driscoll
- 1957 · The Gates of Paris as Juju
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Napoleon as Barras
- 1955 · Tower of Lust as Jehan Buridan
- 1955 · Oasis as Antoine Vallin
- 1954 · Rasputin as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
- 1954 · Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances as Self
- 1954 · Clothing the Naked as Console Grotti
- 1953 · The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird as Bird (voice)
- 1953 · The Drunkard as Maître Pierre Renneville
- 1952 · Crimson Curtain as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
- 1952 · Torticola versus Frankensberg as Invisible Man's Friend
- 1952 · Le Plaisir as Julien Ledentu
- 1951 · Bluebeard as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
- 1951 · Dirty Hands as Hoederer
- 1951 · Skipper Next to God as Captain Joris KnAipper
- 1950 · Jamaican Man as Jacques Mervel
- 1950 · Lost Souvenirs as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
- 1950 · Julie de Carneilhan as Hubert Espivant
- 1949 · Millionaires for One Day as Francis
- 1949 · Portrait of a Murderer as Fabius / Jean
- 1949 · The Lovers of Verona as Raffaele
- 1948 · The Secret of Monte-Cristo as François Picault
- 1948 · La Nuit blanche as Pierre Taverny
- 1948 · Cruise for the Unknown One as Emile Fréchisse
- 1948 · The Revenge of Baccarat as Rocambole
- 1948 · Rocambole as Rocambole
- 1947 · Love Around the House as
- 1947 · Noah's Ark as Bitru
- 1946 · Gates of the Night as Georges
- 1946 · Pétrus as Rodrigue
- 1946 · La Femme fatale as Jean Pleyard
- 1946 · Land Without Stars as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
- 1946 · Behind These Walls as Jean-César Morin
- 1945 · Children of Paradise as Frédérick Lemaître
- 1943 · Adieu Léonard as Prosper Bonenfant
- 1943 · Summer Light as Roland
- 1943 · Two Shy Ones as Vancouver
- 1943 · Le soleil a toujours raison as Gabriel
- 1942 · La Croisée des chemins as
- 1942 · Promise to the Unknown One as
- 1941 · Three Argentines in Montmartre as
- 1940 · Tobie Is an Angel as
- 1940 · Sixième étage as Jonval, the young cynic
- 1939 · The Path of Honor as Philippe
- 1939 · Last Desire as Frossard
- 1939 · Corsican Brothers as Tonio
- 1939 · Le père Lebonnard as Alfredo Lebonnard
- 1939 · Visages de femmes as
- 1939 · Second Childhood as Frossard
- 1938 · Café de Paris as Le Rec
- 1938 · The Life of Giuseppe Verdi as Alexandre Dumas figlio
- 1938 · Gosse de riche as Pierre Mougins
- 1938 · Port of Shadows as Lucien
- 1938 · Grisou as Hagnauer
- 1938 · Heartbeat as
- 1938 · Hercule as Bastien
- 1937 · Claudine at School as monsieur Dubois
- 1937 · The Virgin Bride as Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
- 1937 · La Reine des resquilleuses as Fred Woolson
- 1937 · Confessions of a Newlywed as Edmond Trivelin
- 1937 · Une femme qui se partage as
- 1936 · Le Mari rêvé as
- 1936 · Prête-moi ta femme as
- 1936 · Passé à vendre as Bob
- 1936 · Jeunesse d'abord as
- 1936 · Valse éternelle as
- 1935 · Quadrille d'amour as
- 1935 · Le Bébé de l'escadron as Max
- 1935 · Little One as Georges Darnetal
- 1935 · A Rare Bird as Jean Berthier
- 1935 · Jonny, haute-couture as Jonny
- 1935 · Le Miroir aux alouettes as Jean Forestier
- 1934 · Caravane as Lt. de Tokay
- 1934 · The Amorous Garrison as (Pierre, un "deuxième classe")
- 1934 · Incognito as
- 1934 · L'Oncle de Pékin as
- 1933 · Moi et l'impératrice as
- 1933 · Tell Me Tonight as Koretzky
- 1933 · Honeymoon Trip as Rudi
- 1933 · Le sexe faible as Jimmy
- 1932 · Une faim de loup as
- 1932 · Quick as Maxime
- 1932 · A Father Without Knowing It as Jean
- 1932 · The Winner as Hunter
- 1931 · Circulate! as
- 1931 · My Friend Victor as
- 1927 · Feu! as