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Claude Brasseur

Biography

Claude Brasseur

Overview

  • Born
    June 15, 1936 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Died
    December 22, 2020 · Paris, France (undisclosed)
  • Birth name
    Claude Pierre Espinasse
  • Height
    5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Biography

  • Claude Brasseur was born on June 15, 1936 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Band of Outsiders (1964), Pardon Mon Affaire (1976) and O Fio do Horizonte (1993). He was married to Michèle Cambon-Brasseur and Peggy Roche. He died on December 22, 2020 in Paris, France.

Family

  • Spouses
      Michèle Cambon-Brasseur(November 14, 1970 - December 22, 2020) (his death, 1 child)
      Peggy Roche(March 27, 1961 - ?) (divorced)
  • Children
      Alexandre Brasseur
  • Parents
      Pierre Brasseur
      Odette Joyeux

Trivia

  • Godson of Ernest Hemingway.
  • Regular participiant as co-driver in the Paris-Dakar Rally. Won the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1983 as co-driver of Jacky Ickx.
  • Was name-checked in Morrissey's 2006 song "At Last I Am Born".
  • Played tough guys in French films, perhaps best known for his 1971 role as Vidocq, the Parisian criminal mastermind turned policeman.
  • He was a parachutist, a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx.

Quotes

  • [observation, 1985, on Jean-Luc Godard] What he did twenty years ago seems natural. Now he's involved in psychotherapy. He pushes his actors to the limit to see when they'll crack.

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