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Пьер Брассёр
Пьер Брассер
Pierre-Albert Espinasse
Pierre Brasseur
Acting
Biography
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 Pa…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
Macédoine
Un ange passe
as Florisse
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
as Faria
A Little Virtuous
as Jules Polnick
Birds in Peru
as Husband
