Post by teleadm on Dec 22, 2020 19:38:38 GMT
French actor Claude Brasseur has left us at the age of 84, on December 22nd.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, he appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. He was a famous character actor in France. One of his first well-known film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part. He played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commerical success were the comedies La Boum 1980 and La Boum 2 1982, in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
He was the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux and grandson of Jules Brasseur. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He is remembered by Le Figaro
R.I.P. Claude Brasseur
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, he appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. He was a famous character actor in France. One of his first well-known film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part. He played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commerical success were the comedies La Boum 1980 and La Boum 2 1982, in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
He was the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux and grandson of Jules Brasseur. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He is remembered by Le Figaro
R.I.P. Claude Brasseur