page_title: Pierre Brasseur
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caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pierre Brasseur en 1961 dans le film Mon frère Jacques par Pierre Prévert. Contents 1 Licensing 2 Source 3 Licensing 4 Original upload log Licensing Source Ayant droit
context_page_description: Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
  The son of actors Georges Espinasse and 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 best remembered for his portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis and as Docteur Génessier in the horror film Eyes Without a Face co-starring Alida Valli. On 30 May 1927, he performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex.
context_section_description: Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
  The son of actors Georges Espinasse and 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 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 Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring Alida Valli. On 30 May 1927, he performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex.
caption: Pierre Brasseur in 1961 in the film
  Mon frère Jacques [fr]
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