Pierre Brasseur
Actor
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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Filmography
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître 1945
Port of Shadows
as Lucien 1938
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu 1952
Il bell'Antonio
as Alfio Magnano 1960
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin 1971
King of Hearts
as General Géranium 1966
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière 1972
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche 1966
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif 1958
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited) 1938
Cloportes
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver 1965
Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont 1959
Gates of the Night
as Georges 1946
The Gates of Paris
as Juju 1957
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III 1969
The Law
as Don Cesare 1959