Pierre Brasseur
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 22, 1905 (120 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2002 | Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des BermudesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeLa Brunetière | |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year TwoGosselin | |
| 1971 | Macédoine | |
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléficesDiablevert | |
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléficesDiablegris | |
| 1970 | Un ange passeFlorisse | |
| 1970 | Un ange passe | |
| 1969 | Goto, Island of LoveLe Gouverneur-Roi Goto III | |
| 1969 | À la recherche de Jean GrémillonSelf | |
| 1968 | Sous le signe de Monte-CristoFaria | |
| 1968 | A Little VirtuousJules Polnick | |
| 1968 | Birds in PeruHusband | |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab FourFather Ballanchon | |
| 1967 | The Birth of Children of ParadiseSelf | |
| 1966 | A Matter of ResistanceDimanche | |
| 1966 | King of HeartsGeneral Géranium | |
| 1966 | Two Hours to KillLaurent | |
| 1966 | FortunaNissim Buzaglo | |
| 1966 | A Young WorldLe Grec | |
| 1966 | Pas de paniqueFernand Toussaint | |
| 1965 | Black HumorLe guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole' | |
| 1965 | Pas de caviar pour tante OlgaPatache | |
| 1965 | L'Or du ducAdhémar de Talois-Minet | |
| 1965 | CloportesDemuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver | |
| 1964 | Lucky JoLoudéac | |
| 1964 | The Circular TriangleGeorges Richter | |
| 1964 | A Very Handy ManSimone Palumbo | |
| 1963 | Don't Tempt the DevilCharles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré | |
| 1963 | Josefa's LootMayor | |
| 1963 | Agent of DoomCharlèz | |
| 1963 | The Abominable Man of CustomsRussian killer | |
| 1962 | Emile's BoatFrançois Larmentiel | |
| 1962 | Hitch-HikeAchille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly | |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not PayMartin Fenayrou | |
| 1962 | RencontresCarl Krasner | |
| 1961 | Spotlight on a MurdererComte de Kerloquen | |
| 1961 | The Nina B. AffairBerrera | |
| 1961 | Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!Constable of Montmorency | |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairsle grand duc Ernest | |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a FaceProfessor Génessier | |
| 1960 | Il bell'AntonioAlfio Magnano | |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the CarmelitesCommissioner of the Republic | |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyPangloss | |
| 1960 | Carthage in FlamesSidone | |
| 1959 | The LawDon Cesare | |
| 1959 | Head Against the WallDr. Varmont | |
| 1959 | The BureaucratsMonsieur Nègre | |
| 1958 | The PossessorsLucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif | |
| 1958 | Life TogetherPierre Carreau | |
| 1958 | Sans familleJeroboam Driscoll | |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières MinutesMaurice Tardenois | |
| 1957 | The Gates of ParisJuju | |
| 1956 | CinépanoramaSelf | |
| 1955 | NapoleonBarras | |
| 1955 | Tower of LustJehan Buridan | |
| 1955 | OasisAntoine Vallin | |
| 1954 | Clothing the NakedConsole Grotti | |
| 1954 | RasputinGregory Iefimovich Raspoutine | |
| 1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacancesSelf | |
| 1953 | The Curious Adventures of Mr. WonderbirdBird (voice) | |
| 1953 | The DrunkardMaître Pierre Renneville | |
| 1952 | Le PlaisirJulien Ledentu | |
| 1952 | Crimson CurtainLudovic Arn / Macbeth | |
| 1952 | Torticola versus FrankensbergInvisible Man's Friend | |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to GodCaptain Joris KnAipper | |
| 1951 | Dirty HandsHoederer | |
| 1951 | BluebeardAmédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue | |
| 1950 | Julie de CarneilhanHubert Espivant | |
| 1950 | Lost SouvenirsPhilippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") | |
| 1950 | Jamaican ManJacques Mervel | |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One DayFrancis | |
| 1949 | Portrait of a MurdererFabius / Jean | |
| 1949 | The Lovers of VeronaRaffaele | |
| 1948 | Cruise for the Unknown OneEmile Fréchisse | |
| 1948 | RocamboleRocambole | |
| 1948 | The Revenge of BaccaratRocambole | |
| 1948 | The Secret of Monte-CristoFrançois Picault | |
| 1948 | La Nuit blanchePierre Taverny | |
| 1947 | Noah's ArkBitru | |
| 1947 | Love Around the House'Douze Apôtres' | |
| 1946 | Gates of the NightGeorges | |
| 1946 | La Femme fataleJean Pleyard | |
| 1946 | PétrusRodrigue | |
| 1946 | Behind These WallsJean-César Morin | |
| 1946 | Land Without StarsJean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud | |
| 1945 | Children of ParadiseFrédérick Lemaître | |
| 1943 | Summer LightRoland | |
| 1943 | Two Shy OnesVancouver | |
| 1943 | Adieu LéonardProsper Bonenfant | |
| 1943 | Le soleil a toujours raisonGabriel | |
| 1942 | Promise to the Unknown OneLussac | |
| 1942 | La Croisée des cheminsHubert Epervans | |
| 1941 | Three Argentines in MontmartreToninett | |
| 1940 | Sixième étageJonval, the young cynic | |
| 1940 | Tobie Is an Angel | |
| 1939 | Visages de femmesGeorges Legrand | |
| 1939 | Corsican BrothersTonio | |
| 1939 | The Path of HonorPhilippe | |
| 1939 | Le père LebonnardAlfredo Lebonnard | |
| 1939 | Last DesireFrossard | |
| 1939 | Second ChildhoodFrossard | |
| 1938 | Port of ShadowsLucien | |
| 1938 | Café de ParisLe Rec | |
| 1938 | Gosse de richePierre Mougins | |
| 1938 | GrisouHagnauer | |
| 1938 | HeartbeatCousine (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | HerculeBastien | |
| 1938 | The Life of Giuseppe VerdiAlexandre Dumas figlio | |
| 1937 | La Reine des resquilleusesFred Woolson | |
| 1937 | Une femme qui se partage | |
| 1937 | Claudine at SchoolDoctor Dubois | |
| 1937 | The Virgin BrideGeorges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline | |
| 1937 | Confessions of a NewlywedEdmond Trivelin | |
| 1936 | Jeunesse d'abord | |
| 1936 | Passé à vendreBob | |
| 1936 | Prête-moi ta femme | |
| 1936 | Le Mari rêvéRené Daroy /Achille Daroy | |
| 1936 | Valse éternelle | |
| 1935 | Le Bébé de l'escadronMax | |
| 1935 | A Rare BirdJean Berthier | |
| 1935 | Little OneGeorges Darnetal | |
| 1935 | Le Miroir aux alouettesJean Forestier | |
| 1935 | Jonny, haute-coutureJonny | |
| 1935 | Quadrille d'amourRobert Lanclot | |
| 1934 | IncognitoMarcel | |
| 1934 | CaravaneLt. de Tokay | |
| 1934 | L'Oncle de PékinPhilippe | |
| 1934 | The Amorous GarrisonPaul, rider | |
| 1933 | Weaker SexJimmy | |
| 1933 | Tell Me TonightKoretzky | |
| 1933 | Honeymoon TripRudi | |
| 1933 | Moi et l'impératriceDidier | |
| 1932 | Une faim de loup | |
| 1932 | The WinnerHunter | |
| 1932 | QuickMaxime | |
| 1932 | A Father Without Knowing ItJean | |
| 1931 | My Friend VictorEdgar Flachon | |
| 1931 | Circulate!Jean Dupont-Desroches | |
| 1927 | Feu!Frémiet's ordinance | |
| 1927 | BackbitersLe type de l'appareil à sous | |
| 1925 | Madame Sans-Gêne | |
| - | Opération JerichoJean-César Morin |
| 1979 | Le Dernier MélodrameWriter | |
| 1970 | Un ange passeWriter | |
| 1938 | GrisouDialogue | |
| 1938 | GrisouTheatre Play |