Pierre Brasseur
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 his 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 (Eyes without a face, 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.
Movies starring Pierre Brasseur (136)
Self (Archive Footage)
La Brunetière
Adhémar De Talois-Minet
Le Guérisseur - Segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Georges Richter
François Larmentiel
Carl Krasner
Dr. Varmont
Lucien Maublanc, Le Cousin Oisif
Pierre Carreau
Console Grotti
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Invisible Man's Friend
Amédée De Salfère Dit Barbe-Bleue
Philippe (Segment "Une Statuette D'osiris")
Hubert Espivant
Raffaele
Frossard
Cousine (Uncredited)
Bastien
Doctor Dubois
Edmond Trivelin
Jean Berthier
Jean Forestier
Robert Lanclot
Philippe
Paul, Rider
Marcel
Koretzky
Jimmy
Maxime
Hunter
Jean Dupont-Desroches
Edgar Flachon
Frémiet's Ordinance
Movies Made by Pierre Brasseur (4)
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