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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.
Acted in 164
2010s
- 2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie
2000s
- 2007
Vous êtes de la police ?
Alfred Lamproie
Monsieur Max
Max Jacob
- 2005
The Accursed Kings
Hugues de Bouville · 5 episodes
Quartier V.I.P.
Ferdinand
- 2004
People : Jet Set 2
Minimo
Le Président Ferrare
Guillaume Ferrare · 3 episodes
- 2003
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
Projectionist
- 2002
Special Delivery
Robert Fresnel
- 2001
South Kensington
Ferdinando
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
Movie
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Vandoeuvres
Unfair Competition
Mattia Della Rocca
Les Filles à papa
Robert, dit « Bob »
- 2000
The Blue Bicycle
Raphaël Mahl · 3 episodes
To the Extreme
L'avocat
1990s
- 1999
Kennedy et moi
Benny Grimaldi
Man of My Life
Lucien Vilner
- 1998
La Grande Béké
Dupont Menard · 2 episodes
- 1996
Shadow Play
Rene Sandre
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Abbot
- 1995
A French Woman
Arnoult
- 1994
- 1993
Colpo di coda
Piantoni · 2 episodes
- 1992
La Jalousie
Albert Blondel
Août
Martin
Tous les garçons...
Movie
- 1991
Ferbac
Éric Ferbac · 6 episodes
- 1990
No Fear, No Die
Pierre Ardennes
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
Charles Laumière
My New Partner II
Le banquier
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Il giudice
1980s
- 1989
Comédie d'été
Gaston
- 1987
The Innocents
Klotz
Malady of Love
Frédéric
Le Moustachu
Leroy
Maschenka
Kolin
Grand Guignol
M. Albert
Levy & Goliath
Bijou / Delaroche
- 1986
Le Débutant
Willy
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Follow My Gaze
Freddy Langlois
- 1985
An Impudent Girl
Sam
Marriage of the Century
Kaffenberg
The Fourth Power
PDG de la chaîne
L'Herbe rouge
Abbot Gril
- 1984
Die schöne Wilhelmine
Casanova · 4 episodes
Pinot simple-flic
Morcy
- 1983
Père Noël et fils
Thomas
Stella
Roland
Sarah
Gabriel Larcange
Demon Is on the Island
Dr Paul Henry Marshall
Cap Canaille
Me Samuel Kebadjan
- 1982
Mozart
Le comte d'Affiglio · 6 episodes
That Night of Varennes
Monsieur Jacob
- 1981
Bolero
Le directeur du Lido
Cinq-Mars
l'historien
- 1980
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin joue et perd
Arsène Lupin / ... · 6 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Swimming Instructor
Logan
- 1978
The Song of Roland
Le Seigneur
Robert et Robert
Jacques Millet
- 1977
Double Murder
Van Nijlen
Focal Point
Michel Gaur
The Accuser
Le Rantec
Julie pot-de-colle
Jean-Luc Farlot
- 1976
Barocco
Walt
Holy Year
Pierre Bizet
Scrambled Eggs
Brumaire
Un animal doué de déraison
Claude
The Judge and the Assassin
Avocat Villedieu
- 1975
Catherine & Co.
Guillaume
- 1974
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Norbert
Loving in the Rain
Seducer
- 1972
A Murder Is a Murder
Paul Kastner
- 1971
A Season in Hell
Paul Verlaine
Mafia Things
Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
- 1970
Claire's Knee
Jérôme
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Count Anne d'Orgel
1960s
- 1968
Anna
Serge
- 1967
Operation San Pietro
Cajella
Lamiel
Le comte d'Aubigné
Shock Troops
Jean
- 1966
Our Husbands
Ottavio Pelagatta
- 1965
I Knew Her Well
Dario Marchionni
The Mandrake
Ligurio
Love at Sea
The Disenchanted Man
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Marcel
The Real Bargain
The gigolo
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
Figurant
- 1964
Les Siffleurs
Jean-Claude Brialy
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Philippe Lambert
Male Companion
The Prince
Circle of Love
Alfred
Male Hunt
Antoine Monteil
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
How to Make a French Dish
Jacquot
- 1963
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Sébastien
Carom Shots
Paul Martin
People in Luck
L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
The Sword and the Balance
Jean-Philippe
- 1962
La banda Casaroli
Corrado Minguzzi
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
François de Vierne
Sentimental Education
Frédéric Moreau
Fiancés on the Bridge
Nurse
The Burning Court
Marc Desgrez
Hitch-Hike
Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
The Seven Deadly Sins
Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Greed
Arthur
- 1961
Paris Belongs to Us
Jean-Marc
Famous Love Affairs
Eric Torring
The Lions Are Loose
Didier Marèze
Three Faces of Sin
Laurent Lénaud
A Woman Is a Woman
Émile Récamier
Wise Guys
Ronald
A Story of Water
The Young Man
- 1960
The Army Game
Capitaine
Le Bel Âge
Jean-Claude
1950s
- 1959
Eyes of Love
Pierre Ségur
The Big Night
Scintillone
Way of Youth
Paul Tiercelin
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
Patrick
Le Beau Serge
François
- 1958
Christine
Theo Kaiser
The Lovers
Boy on a ride (uncredited)
Et ta sœur…
Brice
School for Coquettes
Robert
Illegal Cargo
Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
The Overworked
Jimmy
- 1957
Anyone Can Kill Me
Un inspecteur de police
The Tricyclist
Jean-Claude
A Girl in a Pocket
Jean-Loup
Young Girls Beware
Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
A Friend of the Family
Philippe Lemonnier
- 1956
Fool’s Mate
Claude
The Kreutzer Sonata
Trukhacevskij
Directed 11
1990s
- 1997
Georges Dandin de Molière
Director
La dame aux camélias
Director
- 1992
La Jalousie
Director
1980s
- 1983
A Good Little Devil
Director
- 1981
Cinq-Mars
Director
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Director
1970s
- 1979
La nuit de l'été
Director
- 1974
Loving in the Rain
Director
- 1973
A Rare Bird
Director
Closed Shutters
Director
- 1972
Églantine
Director
Wrote 5
1990s
- 1997
La dame aux camélias
Adaptation
1980s
- 1981
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Screenplay
1970s
- 1974
Loving in the Rain
Screenplay
- 1973
Closed Shutters
Writer
- 1972
Églantine
Writer
Appearances42
2020s
- 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Archives secrètes
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2020
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Self (archive footage)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2014
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2007
Arletty, Lady Paname
Self
- 2006
Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan
Self
- 2005
Quoi? L'éternité.
Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Self
- 2004
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film
Self
1990s
- 1999
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Self
- 1998
- 1995
Son of Gascogne
Self
- 1992
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · 3 episodes
- 1985
Vivement Truffaut
Self / Corey (archive footage)
- 1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Self
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
Narrator (voice)
- 1972
1960s
- 1968
- 1964
Pour le plaisir
Self · 1 episode
- 1962
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
- 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 episode
Thanked in the credits2
1990s
- 1990
The Childhood of Art
Thanks
1950s
- 1959