
Pierre Brasseur
ActingAlso Known As
Пьер Брассёр, Пьер Брассер, Pierre-Albert Espinasse
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.
Movies
(139 total)
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor Génessier

Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître

Port of Shadows
as Lucien

Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu

Il bell'Antonio
as Alfio Magnano

The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin

King of Hearts
as General Géranium

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière

A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche

The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif

Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)

Cloportes
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver

Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont

Gates of the Night
as Georges

The Gates of Paris
as Juju

Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III

The Law
as Don Cesare

Napoleon
as Barras

Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Kerloquen

Don't Tempt the Devil
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
TV Shows
(4 total)
Cinépanorama
as Self

La Brigade des maléfices
as Diablevert

La Brigade des maléfices
as Diablegris

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
as Maurice Tardenois