Pierre Brasseur
December 22, 1905 (120 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
- 2002 · Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as La Brunetière
- 1971 · La Brigade des maléfices as Diablevert
- 1971 · La Brigade des maléfices as Diablegris
- 1971 · The Married Couple of the Year Two as Gosselin
- 1971 · Macédoine as
- 1968 · Birds in Peru as Husband
- 1967 · The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
- 1966 · Pas de panique as Fernand Toussaint
- 1965 · Pas de caviar pour tante Olga as Patache
- 1961 · The Nina B. Affair as Berrera
- 1954 · Clothing the Naked as Console Grotti
- 1953 · The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird as Bird (voice)
- 1952 · Crimson Curtain as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
- 1950 · Julie de Carneilhan as Hubert Espivant
- 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
- 1946 · Land Without Stars as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
- 1943 · Summer Light as Roland
- 1943 · Le soleil a toujours raison as Gabriel
- 1942 · Promise to the Unknown One as Lussac
- 1941 · Three Argentines in Montmartre as Toninett
- 1940 · Tobie Is an Angel as
- 1939 · Last Desire as Frossard
- 1938 · The Life of Giuseppe Verdi as Alexandre Dumas figlio
- 1938 · Grisou as Hagnauer
- 1938 · Hercule as Bastien
- 1937 · Claudine at School as Doctor Dubois
- 1937 · La Reine des resquilleuses as Fred Woolson
- 1936 · Passé à vendre as Bob
- 1936 · Valse éternelle as
- 1935 · Le Bébé de l'escadron as Max
- 1935 · Little One as Georges Darnetal
- 1935 · Jonny, haute-couture as Jonny
- 1933 · Honeymoon Trip as Rudi
- Future · Opération Jericho as Jean-César Morin
- 1970 · Un ange passe as
- 1970 · Un ange passe as Florisse
- 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 · A Little Virtuous as Jules Polnick
- 1967 · The Madman of Lab Four as Father Ballanchon
- 1966 · King of Hearts as General Géranium
- 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 · L'Or du duc as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
- 1965 · Cloportes as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
- 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 · Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Constable of Montmorency
- 1961 · Spotlight on a Murderer as Comte de Kerloquen
- 1960 · Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Pangloss
- 1960 · The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Commissioner of the Republic
- 1960 · Il bell'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 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Maurice Tardenois
- 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
- 1953 · The Drunkard as Maître Pierre Renneville
- 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")
- 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
- 1947 · Noah's Ark as Bitru
- 1947 · Love Around the House as 'Douze Apôtres'
- 1946 · Gates of the Night as Georges
- 1946 · Pétrus as Rodrigue
- 1946 · La Femme fatale as Jean Pleyard
- 1946 · Behind These Walls as Jean-César Morin
- 1945 · Children of Paradise as Frédérick Lemaître
- 1943 · Adieu Léonard as Prosper Bonenfant
- 1943 · Two Shy Ones as Vancouver
- 1942 · La Croisée des chemins as Hubert Epervans
- 1940 · Sixième étage as Jonval, the young cynic
- 1939 · The Path of Honor as Philippe
- 1939 · Second Childhood as Frossard
- 1939 · Corsican Brothers as Tonio
- 1939 · Le père Lebonnard as Alfredo Lebonnard
- 1939 · Visages de femmes as Georges Legrand
- 1938 · Café de Paris as Le Rec
- 1938 · Gosse de riche as Pierre Mougins
- 1938 · Port of Shadows as Lucien
- 1938 · Heartbeat as Cousine (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Virgin Bride as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
- 1937 · Confessions of a Newlywed as Edmond Trivelin
- 1937 · Une femme qui se partage as
- 1936 · Le Mari rêvé as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
- 1936 · Prête-moi ta femme as
- 1936 · Jeunesse d'abord as
- 1935 · A Rare Bird as Jean Berthier
- 1935 · Le Miroir aux alouettes as Jean Forestier
- 1935 · Quadrille d'amour as Robert Lanclot
- 1934 · Caravane as Lt. de Tokay
- 1934 · L'Oncle de Pékin as Philippe
- 1934 · The Amorous Garrison as Paul, rider
- 1934 · Incognito as Marcel
- 1933 · Moi et l'impératrice as Didier
- 1933 · Tell Me Tonight as Koretzky
- 1933 · Weaker Sex 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 Jean Dupont-Desroches
- 1931 · My Friend Victor as Edgar Flachon
- 1927 · Backbiters as Le type de l'appareil à sous
- 1927 · Feu! as Frémiet's ordinance
- 1925 · Madame Sans-Gêne as