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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Known For
Acting
1968
asFaria
1945
asFrédérick Lemaître
1966
asDimanche
1971
asGosselin
1960
asProfessor Génessier
1962
asFrançois Larmentiel
1958
asLucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
1955
asBarras
1952
asJulien Ledentu
1946
asGeorges
1943
asRoland
1938
asLucien
1949
asFrancis
1938
asLe Rec
1961
asComte de Keraudren
1950
asHubert Espivant
1966
asGeneral Géranium
1949
asFabius / Jean
1949
asRaffaele
1957
asJuju
1952
asLudovic Arn / Macbeth
1933
asJimmy
1959
asDon Cesare
1932
as
1931
asEdgar Flachon
1931
asJean Dupont-Desroches
1934
asMarcel
1935
asMax
1936
as
1936
asBob
1936
as
1936
as
1937
asFred Woolson
1937
as
1938
asPierre Mougins
1963
asCharles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
1941
asToninett
1939
asGeorges Legrand
1942
asLussac
1942
asHubert Epervans
1940
asJonval, the young cynic
1946
asJean Pleyard
1960
asAlfio Magnano
1948
asEmile Fréchisse
1972
asLa Brunetière
1950
asPhilippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
1951
asCaptain Joris KnAipper
1958
asPierre Carreau
1952
asInvisible Man's Friend
1962
asAchille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
1955
asJehan Buridan
1960
asCommissioner of the Republic
1960
asPangloss
1968
asJules Polnick
1938
asHagnauer
1946
asRodrigue
1966
asLaurent
1946
asJean-César Morin
1967
asFather Ballanchon
1959
asDr. Varmont
1960
asSidone
1963
asMayor
1964
asLoudéac
1951
asHoederer
1961
asBerrera
1939
asTonio
1962
asMartin Fenayrou
1968
asHusband
1932
asHunter
1963
asCharlèz
1938
asCousine (uncredited)
1934
asLt. de Tokay
1969
asLe Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
1948
asRocambole
1936
as
1963
asRussian killer
1953
asBird (voice)
1948
asRocambole
1964
asGeorges Richter
1937
asDoctor Dubois
1971
as
1966
asNissim Buzaglo
1946
asJean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
1965
asLe guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1934
asPhilippe
1965
asPatache
1961
asConstable of Montmorency
1937
asGeorges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
1934
asPaul, rider
1938
asBastien
1947
asBitru
1959
asMonsieur Nègre
1943
asVancouver
1965
asLe Maharadjah (l'oncle)
1964
asSimone Palumbo
1967
asSelf
1935
asJean Berthier
1935
asGeorges Darnetal
1951
asAmédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
1937
asEdmond Trivelin
1950
asJacques Mervel
1939
asPhilippe
1933
asKoretzky
1961
asle grand duc Ernest
1938
asAlexandre Dumas figlio
1970
asFlorisse
1970
as
1943
asProsper Bonenfant
1962
asCarl Krasner
1955
asAntoine Vallin
1954
asConsole Grotti
1939
asAlfredo Lebonnard
1966
asLe Grec
1969
asSelf
1953
asMaître Pierre Renneville
1940
as
1932
asMaxime
1948
asFrançois Picault
1948
asPierre Taverny
1932
asJean
1947
as'Douze Apôtres'
1935
asJean Forestier
1939
asFrossard
1939
asFrossard
1935
asJonny
1933
asRudi
1935
asRobert Lanclot
1943
asGabriel
1958
asJeroboam Driscoll
1954
asGregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
1927
asFrémiet's ordinance
1965
asDemuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
1954
asSelf
1966
asFernand Toussaint
1933
asDidier
1925
as
asSelf
asMaurice Tardenois
asDiablevert
asDiablegris
Production
Crew
Directing
