Jean-Claude Brialy
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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. ... Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
The 400 Blows (1959)
as L' Homme dans la rue
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Voragine
The Lady Banker (1980)
as Paul Cisterne
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Manon 70 (1968)
as Jean-Paul
Queen Margot (1994)
as Coligny
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Mr. Foucault
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
as Émile Récamier
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
as Corey
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Actors (2000)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
as Professor Martin
The Monster (1994)
as Roccarotta
The Oldest Profession (1967)
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
King of Hearts (1966)
as Duke of Clover
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Japanese Guide
Bolero (1981)
as Le directeur du Lido
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Didier Marin
A Very Private Affair (1962)
as Narrateur
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Monsieur Jacob
I Knew Her Well (1965)
as Dario Marchionni
Claire's Knee (1970)
as Jérôme
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Way of Youth (1959)
as Paul Tiercelin
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
Inspector Lavardin (1986)
as Claude Alvarez
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
as Avocat Villedieu
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Seducer
The Mischief Makers (1958)
as The man in the film
The Sword and the Balance (1963)
as Jean-Philippe
Shock Troops (1967)
as Jean
The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985)
as Le commissaire
Cover Up (1983)
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Carom Shots (1963)
as Paul Martin
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
as Eric Torring
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor
Dear Caroline (1968)
as Le comte de Boimussy
People : Jet Set 2 (2004)
as Minimo
Christine (1958)
as Theo Kaiser
Shadow Play (1996)
as Rene Sandre
No Fear, No Die (1990)
as Pierre Ardennes
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
as François de Vierne
Male Hunt (1964)
as Antoine Monteil
La Jalousie (1992)
as Albert Blondel
My New Partner II (1990)
as Le banquier
Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974)
as Norbert
The Tricyclist (1957)
as Jean-Claude
Fiancés on the Bridge (1962)
as Nurse
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Love at Sea (1965)
as The Disenchanted Man
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film (2003)
as Self
Circle of Love (1964)
as Alfred
Mafia Things (1971)
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
Les Siffleurs (1964)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
A Season in Hell (1971)
as Paul Verlaine
Lamiel (1967)
as Le comte d'Aubigné
Edith and Marcel (1983)
as Loulou Barrier
Catherine & Co. (1975)
as Guillaume
A French Woman (1995)
as Arnoult
Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963)
as Sébastien
The Cousins (1959)
as Paul
The Burning Court (1962)
as Marc Desgrez
An Impudent Girl (1985)
as Sam
Double Murder (1977)
as Van Nijlen
A Night at the Opera (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
School for Coquettes (1958)
as Robert
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Claude
The Big Night (1959)
as Scintillone
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Cajella
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
as Jean-Marc
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1965)
as Figurant
Quartier V.I.P. (2005)
as Ferdinand
All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
as Patrick
Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self
The Army Game (1960)
as Capitaine
The Lovers (1958)
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965)
as Marcel
Père Noël et fils (1983)
as Thomas
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Three Faces of Sin (1961)
as Laurent Lénaud
A Friend of the Family (1957)
as Philippe Lemonnier
Male Companion (1964)
as The Prince
Le Beau Serge (1959)
as François
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)
as Arsène Lupin
A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
as Paul Kastner
Sarah (1983)
as Gabriel Larcange
Cap Canaille (1983)
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
Demon Is on the Island (1983)
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
As Luck Would Have It (2002)
as Jean-Pierre Muller
The Song of Roland (1978)
as Le Seigneur
People in Luck (1963)
as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou (1994)
as Self - Co-Host
Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)
as Un inspecteur de police
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit (2000)
as Self
Les filles, personne s'en méfie (2003)
as Projectionist
Special Delivery (2002)
as Robert Fresnel
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Didier Marèze
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (2001)
as Vandoeuvres
Levy & Goliath (1987)
as Bijou / Delaroche
Focal Point (1977)
as Michel Gaur
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il giudice
Marriage of the Century (1985)
as Kaffenberg
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Trukhacevskij
Pinot simple-flic (1984)
as Morcy
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés (2001)
Actor
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Logan
Vous êtes de la police ? (2007)
as Alfred Lamproie
Our Husbands (1966)
as Ottavio Pelagatta
Sentimental Education (1962)
as Frédéric Moreau
The Overworked (1958)
as Jimmy
Malady of Love (1987)
as Frédéric
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
as Philippe Lambert
Monsieur Max (2007)
as Max Jacob
Man of My Life (1999)
as Lucien Vilner
Hitch-Hike (1962)
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
as Self
Follow My Gaze (1986)
as Freddy Langlois
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries (1990)
as Charles Laumière
How to Make a French Dish (1964)
as Jacquot
Julie pot-de-colle (1977)
as Jean-Luc Farlot
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
A Story of Water (1961)
as The Young Man
The Fourth Power (1985)
as PDG de la chaîne
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970)
as Count Anne d'Orgel
Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
as Claude
Robert et Robert (1978)
as Jacques Millet
Barocco (1976)
as Walt
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Abbot
Les Filles à papa (2001)
as Robert, dit « Bob »
Comédie d'été (1989)
as Gaston
Greed (1962)
as Arthur
Young Girls Beware (1957)
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
The Mandrake (1965)
as Ligurio
Côté cour, côté champs (1971)
Actor
Et ta sœur… (1958)
as Brice
Eyes of Love (1959)
as Pierre Ségur
Holy Year (1976)
as Pierre Bizet
South Kensington (2001)
as Ferdinando
L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Abbot Gril
Grand Guignol (1987)
as M. Albert
The Real Bargain (1965)
as The gigolo
Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
Scrambled Eggs (1976)
as Brumaire
Tous les garçons... (1992)
Actor
Anna (1968)
as Serge
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
The Accuser (1977)
as Le Rantec
To the Extreme (2000)
as L'avocat
Unfair Competition (2001)
as Mattia Della Rocca
Tonio Kröger (1964)
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
Stella (1983)
as Roland
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
The Innocents (1987)
as Klotz
Le Bel Âge (1960)
as Jean-Claude
Wise Guys (1961)
as Ronald
Kennedy et moi (1999)
as Benny Grimaldi
Le Moustachu (1987)
as Leroy
The Gigolo (1960)
as Jacky
Août (1992)
as Martin
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)
as Jean-Loup
La banda Casaroli (1962)
as Corrado Minguzzi
Jean Gabin intime (2010)
as Self
Arletty, Lady Paname (2007)
as Self
Illegal Cargo (1958)
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Le Débutant (1986)
as Willy
Quoi? L'éternité. (2005)
as Self
Cinq-Mars (1981)
as l'historien
Maschenka (1987)
as Kolin