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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 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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As actor
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Macédoine
Un ange passe
Goto, Island of Love
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
A Little Virtuous
Birds in Peru
The Madman of Lab Four
The Birth of Children of Paradise
A Matter of Resistance
King of Hearts
Two Hours to Kill
Fortuna
A Young World
Pas de panique
Black Humor
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
L'Or du duc
Cloportes
Lucky Jo
The Circular Triangle
A Very Handy Man
Don't Tempt the Devil
Josefa's Loot
Agent of Doom
The Abominable Man of Customs
Emile's Boat