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Pierre Brasseur
Paris, France
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…
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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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2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1979
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Movie Writer
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1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Movie La Brunetière
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1971
La Brigade des maléfices
TV show Diablevert
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1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Movie Gosselin
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1971
Macédoine
Movie
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1970
Un ange passe
Movie
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1969
Goto, Island of Love
Movie Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
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1969
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Movie Self
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1968
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Movie Faria
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1968
Birds in Peru
Movie Husband
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1968
A Little Virtuous
Movie Jules Polnick
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1967
The Madman of Lab Four
Movie Father Ballanchon
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1967
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Movie Self
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1966
King of Hearts
Movie General Géranium
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1966
Pas de panique
Movie Fernand Toussaint
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1966
A Young World
Movie Le Grec
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1966
A Matter of Resistance
Movie Dimanche
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1966
Two Hours to Kill
Movie Laurent
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1966
Fortuna
Movie Nissim Buzaglo
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1965
L'Or du duc
Movie Adhémar de Talois-Minet
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1965
Cloportes
Movie Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
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1965
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Movie Patache
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1965
Black Humor
Movie Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
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1964
The Circular Triangle
Movie Georges Richter
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1964
Lucky Jo
Movie Loudéac
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1964
A Very Handy Man
Movie Simone Palumbo
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1963
Josefa's Loot
Movie Mayor
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1963
Agent of Doom
Movie Charlèz
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1963
Don't Tempt the Devil
Movie Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
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1963
The Abominable Man of Customs
Movie Russian killer
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1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie Martin Fenayrou
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1962
Hitch-Hike
Movie Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
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1962
Emile's Boat
Movie François Larmentiel
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1962
Rencontres
Movie Carl Krasner
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1961
Famous Love Affairs
Movie le grand duc Ernest
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1961
The Nina B. Affair
Movie Berrera
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1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Movie Constable of Montmorency
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1961
Spotlight on a Murderer
Movie Comte de Kerloquen
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1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie Pangloss
