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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-12-22
Place of birth
Paris, France
Images
Cast
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
6.46
Children of Paradise
1945
8.06
A Matter of Resistance
1966
6.82
Eyes Without a Face
1960
7.58
Emile's Boat
1962
6.40
The Possessors
1958
6.80
Napoleon
1955
6.25
Le Plaisir
1952
7.50
Gates of the Night
1946
7.10
Summer Light
1943
6.97
Port of Shadows
1938
7.42
Millionaires for One Day
1949
5.60
Café de Paris
1938
7.70
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
6.50
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
0.00
King of Hearts
1966
6.90
Portrait of a Murderer
1949
5.70
The Lovers of Verona
1949
4.80
The Gates of Paris
1957
6.50
Crimson Curtain
1952
6.20
Weaker Sex
1933
0.00
The Law
1959
5.80
Une faim de loup
1932
0.00
My Friend Victor
1931
10.00
Circulate!
1931
0.00
Incognito
1934
0.00
Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935
0.00
Jeunesse d'abord
1936
0.00
Passé à vendre
1936
0.00
Prête-moi ta femme
1936
0.00
Le Mari rêvé
1936
0.00
La Reine des resquilleuses
1937
0.00
Une femme qui se partage
1937
0.00
Gosse de riche
1938
0.00
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
6.10
Three Argentines in Montmartre
1941
0.00
Visages de femmes
1939
0.00
Promise to the Unknown One
1942
0.00
La Croisée des chemins
1942
0.00
Sixième étage
1940
0.00
La Femme fatale
1946
0.00
Il bell'Antonio
1960
7.06
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
6.20
Lost Souvenirs
1950
5.20
Skipper Next to God
1951
6.00
Life Together
1958
5.70
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
4.00
Hitch-Hike
1962
5.50
Tower of Lust
1955
4.69
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
7.14
A Little Virtuous
1968
6.10
Grisou
1938
7.70
Pétrus
1946
5.90
Two Hours to Kill
1966
6.29
Behind These Walls
1946
5.80
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
5.90
Head Against the Wall
1959
6.80
Carthage in Flames
1960
5.00
Josefa's Loot
1963
5.00
Lucky Jo
1964
6.70
Dirty Hands
1951
4.69
The Nina B. Affair
1961
4.80
Corsican Brothers
1939
0.00
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
5.10
Birds in Peru
1968
4.58
The Winner
1932
0.00
Agent of Doom
1963
2.00
Heartbeat
1938
6.90
Caravane
1934
0.00
Goto, Island of Love
1969
6.20
Rocambole
1948
0.00
Valse éternelle
1936
0.00
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
5.00
The Revenge of Baccarat
1948
0.00
The Circular Triangle
1964
0.00
Claudine at School
1937
4.25
Macédoine
1971
0.00
Fortuna
1966
6.00
Land Without Stars
1946
6.80
Black Humor
1965
2.00
L'Oncle de Pékin
1934
0.00
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
0.00
The Virgin Bride
1937
5.90
The Amorous Garrison
1934
7.00
Hercule
1938
6.00
Noah's Ark
1947
5.00
The Bureaucrats
1959
5.50
Two Shy Ones
1943
0.00
L'or du duc
1965
1.00
A Very Handy Man
1964
9.00
A Rare Bird
1935
6.63
Little One
1935
0.00
Bluebeard
1951
5.30
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937
5.00
Jamaican Man
1950
0.00
The Path of Honor
1939
9.00
Tell Me Tonight
1933
5.00
Famous Love Affairs
1961
3.67
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
10.00
Un ange passe
1970
0.00
Un ange passe
1970
0.00
Adieu Léonard
1943
5.20
Rencontres
1962
6.00
Oasis
1955
0.00
Clothing the Naked
1954
0.00
Le père Lebonnard
1939
0.00
A Young World
1966
0.00
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
0.00
The Drunkard
1953
0.00
Tobie Is an Angel
1940
0.00
Quick
1932
0.00
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948
0.00
La Nuit blanche
1948
0.00
A Father Without Knowing It
1932
0.00
Love Around the House
1947
0.00
Le Miroir aux alouettes
1935
0.00
Last Desire
1939
0.00
Second Childhood
1939
0.00
Jonny, haute-couture
1935
0.00
Honeymoon Trip
1933
0.00
Quadrille d'amour
1935
0.00
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
6.00
Sans famille
1958
5.50
Rasputin
1954
5.00
Feu!
1927
0.00
Cloportes
1965
6.25
Pas de panique
1966
0.00
Moi et l'impératrice
1933
0.00
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925
0.00
Backbiters
1927
6.40
