Person Details

Birthday: 1905-12-22 12:45:25

Death: 1972-08-16 12:45:25

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 71

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Most Famous Work

Eyes Without a Face
Average
8

Eyes Without a Face

(1960) Doctor Génessier
Children of Paradise
Average
8

Children of Paradise

(1945) Frédérick Lemaître
Handsome Antonio
Average
7

Handsome Antonio

(1960) Alfio Magnano
Port of Shadows
Average
8

Port of Shadows

(1938) Lucien
Gates of the Night
Average
7

Gates of the Night

(1946) Georges
Napoleon
Average
6

Napoleon

(1955) Barras
The Possessors
Average
7

The Possessors

(1958) Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Average
7

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

(1960) Le commissaire du peuple

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1972 La Brunetière
1971 Gosselin
N/A
1970 Florisse
N/A
1969 Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Self
1968 Faria
Husband
Jules Polnick
1967 le Père Ballanchon
Self
1966 Le Général Géranium
Fernand Toussaint
Le Grec
Dimanche
Laurent
Nissim Buzaglo
1965 Tonton
Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
N/A
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1964 Georges Richter
Loudéac
Simone Palumbo
1963 Mayor
Charlèz
Me Charles Cassidi, avocat de Mme Dupré
Russian killer
1962 Martin Fenayrou
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
François Larmentiel
Carl Krasner
1961 le grand duc Ernest
Berrera
Le connétable de Montmorency
Comte de Keraudren
1960 Pangloss
Le commissaire du peuple
Alfio Magnano
Sidone
Doctor Génessier
1959 Monsieur Nègre
Dr. Varmont
Don Cesare
1958 Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Pierre Carreau
Jeroboam Driscoll
1957 Juju
1956 Self
1955 Barras
Jehan Buridan
Antoine Vallin
1954 Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Self
Console Grotti
1953 Bird (voice)
Maître Pierre Renneville
1952 Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Invisible Man's Friend
Julien Ledentu
1951 Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Hoederer
Captain Joris KnAipper
1950 Jacques Mervel
Philippe
Hubert Espivant
1949 Francis
Fabius / Jean
Raffaele
1948 François Picault
Pierre Taverny
Emile Fréchisse
Rocambole
Rocambole
1947 N/A
Bitru
1946 Georges
Rodrigue
Jean Pleyard
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Jean-César Morin
1945 Frédérick Lemaître
1943 Prosper Bonenfant
Roland
Vancouver
Gabriel
1942 N/A
N/A
1941 N/A
1940 N/A
Jonval, the young cynic
Philippe
1939 Frossard
Tonio
Alfredo Lebonnard
N/A
Frossard
1938 Le Rec
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Pierre Mougins
Lucien
Hagnauer
N/A
Bastien
1937 monsieur Dubois
Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
N/A
Edmond Trivelin
N/A
1936 N/A
N/A
Bob
N/A
N/A
1935 N/A
Max
Georges Darnetal
Jean Berthier
Jonny
Jean Forestier
1934 Lt. de Tokay
(Pierre, un "deuxième classe")
N/A
N/A
1933 Koretzky
Rudi
Jimmy
1932 N/A
Maxime
Jean
Hunter
1931 N/A
N/A
1927 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1979 Writer
1970 Writer
1938 Theatre Play
Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1953 Vocals
Year Role Movie/Tv

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