Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

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: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1905-12-22

Died: 1972-08-16

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	Madame Sans-Gêne		0
2	1927	Feu!	Frémiet's ordinance	0
3	1931	My Friend Victor	Edgar Flachon	100
4	1931	Circulate!	Jean Dupont-Desroches	0
5	1932	The Winner	Hunter	0
6	1932	A Father Without Knowing It	Jean	0
7	1932	Quick	Maxime	0
8	1932	Une faim de loup		0
9	1933	Le sexe faible	Jimmy	0
10	1933	Honeymoon Trip	Rudi	0
11	1933	Tell Me Tonight	Koretzky	50
12	1933	Moi et l'impératrice	Didier	0
13	1934	Incognito	Marcel	0
14	1934	The Amorous Garrison	Paul, rider	70
15	1934	L'Oncle de Pékin	Philippe	0
16	1934	Caravane	Lt. de Tokay	0
17	1935	Quadrille d'amour	Robert Lanclot	0
18	1935	Le Miroir aux alouettes	Jean Forestier	0
19	1935	Jonny, haute-couture	Jonny	0
20	1935	A Rare Bird	Jean Berthier	67
21	1935	Little One	Georges Darnetal	0
22	1935	Le Bébé de l'escadron	Max	0
23	1936	Valse éternelle		0
24	1936	Jeunesse d'abord		0
25	1936	Passé à vendre	Bob	0
26	1936	Prête-moi ta femme		0
27	1936	Le Mari rêvé		0
28	1937	Une femme qui se partage		0
29	1937	Confessions of a Newlywed	Edmond Trivelin	53
30	1937	La Reine des resquilleuses	Fred Woolson	0
31	1937	The Virgin Bride	Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline	59
32	1937	Claudine at School	Doctor Dubois	49
33	1938	Hercule	Bastien	60
34	1938	Heartbeat	Cousine (uncredited)	69
35	1938	Grisou	Hagnauer	77
36	1938	Port of Shadows	Lucien	75
37	1938	Gosse de riche	Pierre Mougins	0
38	1938	The Life of Giuseppe Verdi	Alexandre Dumas figlio	100
39	1938	Café de Paris	Le Rec	77
40	1939	Visages de femmes	Georges Legrand	0
41	1939	Le père Lebonnard	Alfredo Lebonnard	0
42	1939	Corsican Brothers	Tonio	0
43	1939	Second Childhood	Frossard	0
44	1939	Last Desire	Frossard	0
45	1939	The Path of Honor	Philippe	90
46	1940	Sixième étage	Jonval, the young cynic	0
47	1940	Tobie Is an Angel		0
48	1941	Three Argentines in Montmartre	Toninett	0
49	1942	Promise to the Unknown One	Lussac	0
50	1942	La Croisée des chemins	Hubert Epervans	0
51	1943	Le soleil a toujours raison	Gabriel	60
52	1943	Two Shy Ones	Vancouver	0
53	1943	Summer Light	Roland	69
54	1943	Adieu Léonard	Prosper Bonenfant	52
55	1945	Children of Paradise	Frédérick Lemaître	81
56	1946	Behind These Walls	Jean-César Morin	58
57	1946	Land Without Stars	Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud	68
58	1946	La Femme fatale	Jean Pleyard	0
59	1946	Pétrus	Rodrigue	59
60	1946	Gates of the Night	Georges	71
61	1947	Love Around the House	'Douze Apôtres'	0
62	1947	Noah's Ark	Bitru	50
63	1948	Rocambole	Rocambole	0
64	1948	The Revenge of Baccarat	Rocambole	0
65	1948	Cruise for the Unknown One	Emile Fréchisse	62
66	1948	La Nuit blanche	Pierre Taverny	0
67	1948	The Secret of Monte-Cristo	François Picault	0
68	1949	The Lovers of Verona	Raffaele	51
69	1949	Portrait of a Murderer	Fabius / Jean	57
70	1949	Millionaires for One Day	Francis	56
71	1950	Julie de Carneilhan	Hubert Espivant	0
72	1950	Lost Souvenirs	Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")	55
73	1950	Jamaican Man	Jacques Mervel	0
74	1951	Skipper Next to God	Captain Joris KnAipper	0
75	1951	Dirty Hands	Hoederer	49
76	1951	Bluebeard	Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue	53
77	1952	Le Plaisir	Julien Ledentu	76
78	1952	Torticola versus Frankensberg	Invisible Man's Friend	40
79	1952	Crimson Curtain	Ludovic Arn / Macbeth	63
80	1953	The Drunkard	Maître Pierre Renneville	0
81	1953	The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird	Bird (voice)	71
82	1954	Clothing the Naked	Console Grotti	0
83	1954	Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances	Self	0
84	1954	Rasputin	Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine	50
85	1955	Tower of Lust	Jehan Buridan	50
86	1955	Oasis	Antoine Vallin	0
87	1955	Napoleon	Barras	66
88	1957	The Gates of Paris	Juju	66
89	1958	Sans famille	Jeroboam Driscoll	55
90	1958	Life Together	Pierre Carreau	61
91	1958	The Possessors	Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif	69
92	1959	The Law	Don Cesare	59
93	1959	Head Against the Wall	Dr. Varmont	68
94	1959	The Bureaucrats	Monsieur Nègre	55
95	1960	Eyes Without a Face	Professor Génessier	76
96	1960	Carthage in Flames	Sidone	51
97	1960	Handsome Antonio	Alfio Magnano	71
98	1960	The Dialogue of the Carmelites	Commissioner of the Republic	67
99	1960	Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century	Pangloss	61
100	1961	Spotlight on a Murderer	Comte de Keraudren	65
101	1961	Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!	Constable of Montmorency	52
102	1961	The Nina B. Affair	Berrera	48
103	1961	Famous Love Affairs	le grand duc Ernest	42
104	1962	Rencontres	Carl Krasner	60
105	1962	Emile's Boat	François Larmentiel	64
106	1962	Hitch-Hike	Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly	55
107	1962	Crime Does Not Pay	Martin Fenayrou	51
108	1963	The Abominable Man of Customs	Russian killer	50
109	1963	Don't Tempt the Devil	Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré	64
110	1963	Agent of Doom	Charlèz	20
111	1963	Josefa's Loot	Mayor	50
112	1964	A Very Handy Man	Simone Palumbo	90
113	1964	Lucky Jo	Loudéac	67
114	1964	The Circular Triangle	Georges Richter	0
115	1965	Black Humor	Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'	20
116	1965	Pas de caviar pour tante Olga	Patache	0
117	1965	Cloportes	Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver	63
118	1965	L'or du duc	Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)	10
119	1966	Fortuna	Nissim Buzaglo	60
120	1966	Two Hours to Kill	Laurent	63
121	1966	A Matter of Resistance	Dimanche	67
122	1966	A Young World	Le Grec	0
123	1966	Pas de panique	Fernand Toussaint	0
124	1966	King of Hearts	General Géranium	69
125	1967	The Birth of Children of Paradise	Self	0
126	1967	The Madman of Lab Four	Father Ballanchon	59
127	1968	A Little Virtuous	Jules Polnick	61
128	1968	Birds in Peru	Husband	48
129	1968	Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo	Faria	66
130	1969	À la recherche de Jean Grémillon	Self	0
131	1969	Goto, Island of Love	Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III	64
132	1970	Un ange passe	Florisse	0
133	1970	Un ange passe		0
134	1971	Macédoine		0
135	1971	The Married Couple of the Year Two	Gosselin	66
136	1972	The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life	La Brunetière	73

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
2	1958	Les Cinq Dernières Minutes	Maurice Tardenois	0
3	1971	La Brigade des maléfices	Diablevert	55
4	1971	La Brigade des maléfices	Diablegris	55

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