Pierre Brasseur
Born December 22, 1905 (Age: 120)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 96
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
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as La Brunetière
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Age: 67
Goto, Island of Love
1969
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as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
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Age: 63
No Image
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
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as Self
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Age: 63
L'Or du duc
1965
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as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
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Age: 59
Cloportes
1965
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as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
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Age: 59
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
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as Patache
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Age: 59
Black Humor
1965
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as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
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Age: 59
The Circular Triangle
1964
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as Georges Richter
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Age: 58
Lucky Jo
1964
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as Loudéac
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Age: 58
A Very Handy Man
1964
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as Simone Palumbo
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Age: 58
Josefa's Loot
1963
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as Mayor
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Age: 57
Agent of Doom
1963
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as Charlèz
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Age: 57
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
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as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
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Age: 57
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
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as Russian killer
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Age: 57
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
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as Martin Fenayrou
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Age: 56
Hitch-Hike
1962
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as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
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Age: 56
Emile's Boat
1962
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as François Larmentiel
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Age: 56
Rencontres
1962
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as Carl Krasner
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Age: 56
Famous Love Affairs
1961
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as le grand duc Ernest
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Age: 55
The Nina B. Affair
1961
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as Berrera
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Age: 55
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
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as Constable of Montmorency
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Age: 55
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
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as Comte de Kerloquen
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Age: 55
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
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as Pangloss
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Age: 54
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
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as Commissioner of the Republic
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Age: 54
Il bell'Antonio
1960
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as Alfio Magnano
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Age: 54
Carthage in Flames
1960
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as Sidone
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Age: 54
Eyes Without a Face
1960
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as Professor Génessier
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Age: 54
The Bureaucrats
1959
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as Monsieur Nègre
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Age: 53
Head Against the Wall
1959
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as Dr. Varmont
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Age: 53
The Law
1959
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as Don Cesare
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Age: 53
The Possessors
1958
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as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
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Age: 52
Life Together
1958
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as Pierre Carreau
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Age: 52
Sans famille
1958
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as Jeroboam Driscoll
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Age: 52
Napoleon
1955
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as Barras
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Age: 49
Oasis
1955
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as Antoine Vallin
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Age: 49
Tower of Lust
1955
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as Jehan Buridan
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Age: 49
Rasputin
1954
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as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
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Age: 48
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
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as Self
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Age: 48
Clothing the Naked
1954
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as Console Grotti
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Age: 48
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
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as Bird (voice)
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Age: 47
The Drunkard
1953
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as Maître Pierre Renneville
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Age: 47
Jamaican Man
1950
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as Jacques Mervel
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Age: 45
Lost Souvenirs
1950
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as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
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Age: 44
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
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as Hubert Espivant
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Age: 44
Children of Paradise
1945
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as Frédérick Lemaître
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Age: 39
La Croisée des chemins
1942
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as Hubert Epervans
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Age: 36
Promise to the Unknown One
1942
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as Lussac
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Age: 36
Three Argentines in Montmartre
1941
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as Toninett
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Age: 35
No Image
Une faim de loup
1932
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as
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Age: 26
Quick
1932
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as Maxime
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Age: 26
No Image
A Father Without Knowing It
1932
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as Jean
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Age: 26
The Winner
1932
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as Hunter
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Age: 26
Circulate!
1931
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as Jean Dupont-Desroches
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Age: 25
My Friend Victor
1931
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as Edgar Flachon
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Age: 25