Pierre Brasseur
Actor
- Born
- December 22, 1905 · Paris, France
- Died
- August 16, 1972 (age 66)
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.
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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
Eyes Without a Face
January 11, 1960
Children of Paradise
March 15, 1945
Port of Shadows
May 17, 1938
Le Plaisir
February 29, 1952
Il bell'Antonio
March 4, 1960
The Married Couple of the Year Two
April 7, 1971
King of Hearts
December 21, 1966
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
December 22, 1972
Heartbeat
April 15, 1938
The Possessors
November 19, 1958
A Matter of Resistance
January 25, 1966
Cloportes
September 8, 1965
Acting139
- 2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as La Brunetière
- 1971The Married Couple of the Year Two as Gosselin
- 1971Macédoine
- 1970Un ange passe as Florisse
- 1969Goto, Island of Love as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
- 1969À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self
- 1968Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo as Faria
- 1968Birds in Peru as Husband
- 1968A Little Virtuous