Pierre Brasseur
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Brasseur was born Pierre-Albert Espinasse. The son of an actress, he began his drama studies with film actor Harry Baur. Onstage from age 15, he made his film debut five years later in La Fille de l'Eau (1924). With his role in Marcel Carne's Port of Shadows (1938) Brasseur moved into the front ranks of the French cinema. A distinguished, imposing actor, he was very skillful in giving voice to irony and wit. Brasseur appeared in a wide variety of roles in over 80 films, most notably those written by Jacques Prevert. He was also a poet who wrote several plays and an autobiography, Ma Vie Envrac. He and his former wife, actress Odette Joyeux, are the parents of film actor Claude Brasseur. ~ RoviFilmography:
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Pierre Brasseur
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Pierre Brasseur
(1905–72), French actor, who was on the stage very young and by 1929 was playing leading roles at a number of theatres in Paris. He then went into films, but in 1949 returned to the theatre and thereafter divided his time between stage and screen, appearing in the first productions of Claudel's Partage de midi and Sartre's Le Diable et le bon Dieu (both 1951). A romantic and passionate actor, he also made a great impression as Edmund Kean in Sartre's recreation of the elder Dumas's play (1953). Among his later successes were Anouilh's Ornifle and Montherlant's Don Juan, the French version of Pinter's The Homecoming, Shaw's Don Juan in Hell (from Man and Superman), and Shaw himself in Jerome Kilty's Dear Liar.
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Pierre Brasseur
For the Luxembourgian industrialist, see Pierre Brasseur (Luxembourg).
| Pierre Brasseur | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pierre-Albert Espinasse 22 December 1905 Paris |
| Died | 16 August 1972 (aged 66) Bruneck |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1920–1972 |
| Spouse | Odette Joyeux (1935–1945) Lina Magrini (1947–1961)[1] |
| Partner | Catherine Sauvage (1967–???) |
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur.[citation needed] His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well.[citation needed] 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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Honours
- He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1966.[1]
- He was made Commandeur (Commander) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1967.[1]
Selected filmography
- Le Quai des brumes (1938)
- Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948)
- Millionnaires d'un jour (1949)
- Napoléon (1955)
- Gates of Paris (1957)
- La Vie à deux (1958)
- Carthage in Flames (1960)
- Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
- Un monde nouveau (1965)
- Fortuna (1966)
- The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
See also
- Pierre Brasseur's autobiography: Ma Vie en Vrac, Calmann-Lévy, 1972, ISBN 978-2-7021-0636-5
References
- ^ a b c "TMP Movie | Pierre Brasseur | Biographie et Filmographie". Laurentpons.com. 1905-12-22. http://www.laurentpons.com/charlycine/pierrebrasseur.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
External links
- Pierre Brasseur at the Internet Movie Database
- Pierre Brasseur's biography (French)
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