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Jean-Claude Brialy
Actor, Director, Writer
Born March 30, 1933Died May 30, 2007 (74 years)
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor.
In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette.
By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978).
In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau.
Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972.
He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life".
Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police.
In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ...
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Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor.
In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette.
By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978).
In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau.
Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972.
He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life".
Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police.
In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ...
Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Cameo Appearance |
| 2007 | Vous êtes de la police? · as Alfred Lamproie |
| 2007 | Sir Max · as Max Jacob |
| 2005 | The Accursed Kings (2005) (TV Series) · as Hugues De Bouville |
| 2005 | Quartier V.I.P. · as Ferdinand |
| 2004 | People · as Minimo |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Actor Who Refuses To Film With Laurent |
| 2002 | Special Delivery · as Robert Fresnel |
| 2002 | As Luck Would Have It · as Jean-Pierre Muller |
| 2002 | Girls Can Get Away with Anything · as Projectionist |
| 2001 | South Kensington · as Ferdinando |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition · as Nonno Mattia Della Rocca |
| 2000 | To the Extreme · as L'avocat |
| 2000 | The Blue Bicycle (TV Series) · as Raphaël Mahl |
| 1999 | Kennedy et moi · as Benny Grimaldi |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (TV Series) · as Morrel's Father |
| 1996 | Shadow Play · as Rene Sandre |
| 1996 | Unpredictable Nature of the River · as Monsieur De Saint-Chamont |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel · as Abbot |
| 1995 | A French Woman · as Arnoult |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights · as The Japanese Guide |
| 1994 | The Monster · as Roccarotta |
| 1994 | Queen Margot · as Coligny |
| 1991 | Août · as Martin |
| 1990 | No Fear, No Die · as Pierre Ardennes |
| 1990 | Faux et usage de faux · as Charles Laumière |
| 1990 | My New Partner at the Races · as Le Banquier |
| 1990 | There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs · as Il Giudice |
| 1989 | Comédie d'été · as Gaston |
| 1987 | Les innocents · as Klotz |
| 1987 | Maschenka · as Kolin |
| 1987 | Malady of Love · as Frédéric |
| 1987 | Le moustachu · as Leroy |
| 1987 | Grand Guignol · as M. Albert |
| 1987 | Lévy et Goliath · as Bijou / Delaroche |
| 1986 | The Debutante · as Willy |
| 1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later · as Un Spectateur De '40 Ans Déjà' |
| 1986 | Follow My Gaze · as Freddy Langlois |
| 1986 | Inspector Lavardin · as Claude Alvarez |
| 1985 | L'effrontée · as Sam |
| 1985 | Marriage of the Century · as Kaffenberg |
| 1985 | Le 4ème pouvoir · as Pdg De La Chaîne |
| 1985 | The Telephone Always Rings Twice · as Le Commissaire |
| 1984 | Die schöne Wilhelmine · as Casanova |
| 1984 | Die schöne Wilhelmine (TV Series) · as Casanova |
| 1984 | Pinot simple flic · as Morcy |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance · as Le Joueur De Tennis Flagorneur |
| 1983 | Cover Up · as Le Contrôleur Jean-François Rambert |
| 1983 | Stella · as Roland |
| 1983 | Sarah · as Gabriel Larcange |
| 1983 | Edith and Marcel · as Loulou Barrier |
| 1983 | Demon Is on the Island · as Dr Paul Henry Marshall |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit · as Voragine |
| 1983 | Cap Canaille · as Me Samuel Kebadjan |
| 1982 | The Girl from Trieste · as Professor Martin |
| 1982 | Mozart (TV Series) · as Le Comte D'affiglio |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as Monsieur Jacob |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres (TV Series) · as Director Of Lidao |
| 1981 | Bolero · as Le Directeur Du Lido |
| 1980 | Arsène Lupin joue et perd (TV Series) · as Arsène Lupin / ... |
| 1980 | The Lady Banker · as Paul Cisterne |
| 1979 | Bobo Jacco · as Guillaume |
| 1979 | Le maître nageur · as Logan |
| 1978 | The Song of Roland · as Le Seigneur |
| 1978 | Robert et Robert · as Jacques Millet |
| 1977 | Double Murder · as Van Nijlen |
| 1977 | Focal Point · as Michel Gaur |
| 1977 | The Accuser · as Le Rantec |
| 1977 | Julie Gluepot · as Jean-Luc Farlot |
| 1976 | Barocco · as Walt |
| 1976 | Holy Year · as Pierre Bizet |
| 1976 | Scrambled Eggs · as Brumaire |
| 1976 | The Judge and the Assassin · as Avocat Villedieu |
| 1975 | Garden of Beauty · as Le Client De La Galerie D'art |
| 1975 | Catherine & Co. · as Guillaume |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as Mr. Foucault |
| 1974 | Like a Pot of Strawberries · as Norbert |
| 1974 | Un amour de pluie · as Seducer |
| 1972 | Murder Is a Murder · as Paul Kastner |
| 1971 | A Season in Hell · as Paul Verlaine |
| 1971 | Cose di Cosa Nostra · as Domenico 'mimì' Gargiulo |
| 1970 | Claire's Knee · as Jérôme |
| 1968 | The Bride Wore Black · as Corey |
| 1968 | Manon 70 · as Jean-Paul |
| 1968 | Caroline chérie · as Le Comte De Boimussy |
| 1967 | Operazione San Pietro · as Cajella |
| 1967 | Lamiel · as Le Comte D'aubigné |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession · as Philibert (segment "mademoiselle Mimi") |
| 1967 | Shock Troops · as Jean |
| 1967 | Anna · as Serge |
| 1966 | King of Hearts · as Duke Of Clover |
| 1966 | I nostri mariti · as Ottavio Pelagatta |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well · as Dario Marchionni |
| 1965 | La mandragola · as Ligurio |
| 1965 | Il morbidone · as Francesco |
| 1965 | Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures · as Figurant |
| 1965 | Love at Sea · as The Disenchanted Man |
| 1964 | Comment épouser un premier ministre · as Philippe Lambert |
| 1964 | Male Companion · as The Prince |
| 1964 | Circle of Love · as Alfred |
| 1964 | Male Hunt · as Antoine Monteil |
| 1964 | Tonio Kröger · as Tonio Kröger Als Erwachsener |
| 1964 | La bonne soupe · as Jacquot |
| 1963 | Nutty, Naughty Chateau · as Sébastien |
| 1963 | Carom Shots · as Paul Martin |
| 1963 | People in Luck · as L'automobiliste (« Le Gros Lot ») |
| 1962 | Le glaive et la balance · as Jean-Philippe |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments · as Didier Marin |
| 1962 | La banda Casaroli · as Corrado Minguzzi |
| 1962 | Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin · as François De Vierne |
| 1962 | Éducation sentimentale · as Frédéric Moreau |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7 · as The Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike · as Jean-Claude, Le Marchand De Brosses |
| 1962 | The Burning Court · as Marc Desgrez |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins · as Arthur (segment "l'avarice") |
| 1962 | A Very Private Affair · as Narrateur |
| 1961 | Paris Belongs to Us · as Jean-Marc |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs · as Eric Torring |
| 1961 | The Lions Are Loose · as Didier Marèze |
| 1961 | Le puits aux trois vérités · as Laurent Lénaud |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman · as Émile Récamier |
| 1961 | Wise Guys · as Ronald |
| 1961 | A Story of Water · as The Young Man |
| 1961 | The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald · as Nurse |
| 1960 | The Army Game · as Capitaine |
| 1960 | The Gigolo · as Jacky |
| 1960 | Le bel âge · as Jean-Claude |
| 1959 | Eyes of Love · as Pierre Ségur |
| 1959 | The Big Night · as Scintillone |
| 1959 | Le chemin des écoliers · as Paul Tiercelin |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows · as Man In Street |
| 1959 | All Boys Are Called Patrick · as Patrick |
| 1959 | The Cousins · as Paul |
| 1958 | Christine · as Theo Kaiser |
| 1958 | The Lovers · as Boy On A Ride (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Illegal Cargo · as Jean, Le Jeune Journaliste Assassiné |
| 1958 | Et ta soeur · as Brice |
| 1958 | Le Beau Serge · as François |
| 1958 | Elevator to the Gallows · as Le Jeune Homme Du Motel (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Les surmenés · as Jimmy |
| 1957 | Everybody Wants to Kill Me · as Un Inspecteur De Police |
| 1957 | The Tricyclist · as Jean-Claude |
| 1957 | The Mischief Makers · as The Man In The Film |
| 1957 | Girl in His Pocket · as Jean-Loup |
| 1957 | Young Girls Beware · as Sexy-Bar Customer (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Fool's Mate · as Claude |
| 1956 | Elena and Her Men · as Extra |
| 1956 | The Kreutzer Sonata · as Trukhacevskij |