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Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is best remembered 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 Les Yeux sans visage ( Eyes Without a Face, 1960) co-starring Alida Valli.
Pierre-Albert Espinasse, dit Pierre Brasseur, né le 22 décembre 1905 à Paris et mort le 14 août 1972 à Brunico , est un acteur français. Membre d'une dynastie de comédiens célèbres , il est le père de Claude Brasseur , lui-même père d' Alexandre Brasseur .
Pierre Brasseur was born on 22 December 1905 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Eyes Without a Face (1960), Children of Paradise (1945) and Gates of the Night (1946). He was married to Lina Magrini and Odette Joyeux.
Pierre Brasseur was a French stage and motion-picture actor. The son of an actress whose maiden name he adopted, Brasseur began his long career on the stage and, by the 1920s, had leading roles in such films as Madame Sans-Gêne (1925) and Le Sexe faible (1933; “The Weak Sex”).
I n a stage and film career spanning fifty years, with appearances in around 80 films - from the Golden Age of cinema up to the upheavals of the 1960s - Pierre Brasseur is regarded as one of the finest French actors of his generation.
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.
Pierre Brasseur was born on 22 December 1905 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Eyes Without a Face (1960), Children of Paradise (1945) and Gates of the Night (1946). He was married to Lina Magrini and Odette Joyeux.