Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1905-12-22
Day of Death
1972-08-16
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (138)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971Macédoine
1971
Un ange passe
1970
Un ange passe
1970
Goto, Island of Love
1969À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
Birds in Peru
1968
A Little Virtuous
1968
The Madman of Lab Four
1967The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
King of Hearts
1966
