Jean-Claude Brialy
Acteur·rice
30 mars 1933
Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]
Died 30 mai 2007
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
As an actor
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Archives secrètes
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020 · Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Opera
2020
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin intime
2010 · Self
Vous êtes de la police ?
2007 · Alfred Lamproie
Monsieur Max
2007 · Max Jacob
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007 · Self
On n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
Quartier V.I.P.
2005 · Ferdinand
Quoi? L'éternité.
2005 · Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005 · Self
The Accursed Kings
2005 · Hugues de Bouville
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
2004 · Self (archive footage)
People : Jet Set 2
2004 · Minimo
Le Président Ferrare
2004 · Guillaume Ferrare
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
2003 · Projectionist
The Car Keys
2003 · Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film
2003 · Self
As Luck Would Have It
2002 · Jean-Pierre Muller
Special Delivery
2002 · Robert Fresnel
Unfair Competition
2001 · Mattia Della Rocca
South Kensington
2001 · Ferdinando
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
2001 · Vandoeuvres
Les Filles à papa
2001 · Robert, dit « Bob »
To the Extreme
2000 · L'avocat
Actors
2000 · Jean-Claude Brialy
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
2000 · Self
The Blue Bicycle
2000 · Raphaël Mahl
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999 · Self
Kennedy et moi
1999 · Benny Grimaldi
Man of My Life
1999 · Lucien Vilner
Anna
1998 · Serge
La Grande Béké
1998 · Dupont Menard
The Count of Monte Cristo
1998 · Morrel's Father
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996 · Abbot
Shadow Play
1996 · Rene Sandre
Son of Gascogne
1995 · Self
One Hundred and One Nights
1995 · The Japanese Guide
A French Woman
1995 · Arnoult
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
1994 · Self - Co-Host
Queen Margot
1994 · Coligny
The Monster
1994 · Roccarotta
Colpo di coda
1993 · Piantoni
Août
1992 · Martin
La Jalousie
1992 · Albert Blondel
Tous les garçons...
1992
Coucou c'est nous !
1992 · Self
Ferbac
1991 · Éric Ferbac
No Fear, No Die
1990 · Pierre Ardennes
My New Partner II
1990 · Le banquier
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 · Il giudice
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
1990 · Charles Laumière
Fort Boyard
1990 · Self
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Guest
Stars 90
1990 · Self
Comédie d'été
1989 · Gaston
Grand Guignol
1987 · M. Albert
The Innocents
1987 · Klotz
Le Moustachu
1987 · Leroy
Malady of Love
1987 · Frédéric
Levy & Goliath
1987 · Bijou / Delaroche
Maschenka
1987 · Kolin
Matin Bonheur
1987 · Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Inspector Lavardin
1986 · Claude Alvarez
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986 · Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Follow My Gaze
1986 · Freddy Langlois
Le Débutant
1986 · Willy
Vivement Truffaut
1985 · Self / Corey (archive footage)
An Impudent Girl
1985 · Sam
Marriage of the Century
1985 · Kaffenberg
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985 · Le commissaire
L'Herbe rouge
1985 · Abbot Gril
The Fourth Power
1985 · PDG de la chaîne
Pinot simple-flic
1984 · Morcy
Die schöne Wilhelmine
1984 · Casanova
Die schöne Wilhelmine
1984 · Casanova
Demon Is on the Island
1983 · Dr Paul Henry Marshall
Deadly Circuit
1983 · Voragine
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983 · Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
Cover Up
1983 · Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
Cap Canaille
1983 · Me Samuel Kebadjan
Sarah
1983 · Gabriel Larcange
Edith and Marcel
1983 · Loulou Barrier
Notre Dame de la Croisette
1983 · Self
Père Noël et fils
1983 · Thomas
Stella
1983 · Roland
That Night of Varennes
1982 · Monsieur Jacob
The Girl from Trieste
1982 · Professor Martin
Mozart
1982 · Le comte d'Affiglio
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Bolero
1981 · Le directeur du Lido
Cinq-Mars
1981 · l'historien
The Lady Banker
1980 · Paul Cisterne
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1980 · Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin joue et perd
1980 · Arsène Lupin / ...
Swimming Instructor
1979 · Logan
Robert et Robert
1978 · Jacques Millet
The Song of Roland
1978 · Le Seigneur
The Accuser
1977 · Le Rantec
Focal Point
1977 · Michel Gaur
Julie pot-de-colle
1977 · Jean-Luc Farlot
Double Murder
1977 · Van Nijlen
Fan School
1977 · Self - Host
The Judge and the Assassin
1976 · Avocat Villedieu
Barocco
1976 · Walt
Holy Year
1976 · Pierre Bizet
Scrambled Eggs
1976 · Brumaire
Un animal doué de déraison
1976 · Claude
30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Host
Catherine & Co.
1975 · Guillaume
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
1975 · Narrator (voice)
Numéro un
1975 · Self, Self - Host, Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Mr. Foucault
Loving in the Rain
1974 · Seducer
Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974 · Norbert
A Murder Is a Murder
1972 · Paul Kastner
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Midi trente
1972 · Self, Self (archive footage)
A Season in Hell
1971 · Paul Verlaine
Mafia Things
1971 · Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Claire's Knee
1970 · Jérôme
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970 · Count Anne d'Orgel
The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Corey
Manon 70
1968 · Jean-Paul
Dear Caroline
1968 · Le comte de Boimussy
À bout portant
1968 · Self
Operation San Pietro
1967 · Cajella
The Oldest Profession
1967 · Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Shock Troops
1967 · Jean
Lamiel
1967 · Le comte d'Aubigné
Our Husbands
1966 · Ottavio Pelagatta
King of Hearts
1966 · Duke of Clover
The Mandrake
1965 · Ligurio
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
1965 · Figurant
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965 · Marcel
Love at Sea
1965 · The Disenchanted Man
The Real Bargain
1965 · The gigolo
I Knew Her Well
1965 · Dario Marchionni
Male Hunt
1964 · Antoine Monteil
Les Siffleurs
1964 · Jean-Claude Brialy
Circle of Love
1964 · Alfred
Tonio Kröger
1964 · Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964 · Philippe Lambert
Male Companion
1964 · The Prince
How to Make a French Dish
1964 · Jacquot
Carom Shots
1963 · Paul Martin
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963 · Sébastien
The Sword and the Balance
1963 · Jean-Philippe
People in Luck
1963 · L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962 · François de Vierne
The Burning Court
1962 · Marc Desgrez
Fiancés on the Bridge
1962 · Nurse
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
A Very Private Affair
1962 · Narrateur
Hitch-Hike
1962 · Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 · Didier Marin
Sentimental Education
1962 · Frédéric Moreau
La banda Casaroli
1962 · Corrado Minguzzi
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · The Nurse (uncredited)
Greed
1962 · Arthur
Adieu Philippine
1962 · Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Émile Récamier
A Story of Water
1961 · The Young Man
Wise Guys
1961 · Ronald
The Lions Are Loose
1961 · Didier Marèze
Three Faces of Sin
1961 · Laurent Lénaud
Famous Love Affairs
1961 · Eric Torring
Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Jean-Marc
The Gigolo
1960 · Jacky
Le Bel Âge
1960 · Jean-Claude
The Army Game
1960 · Capitaine
The Cousins
1959 · Paul
Le Beau Serge
1959 · François
The Big Night
1959 · Scintillone
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
1959 · Patrick
The 400 Blows
1959 · L' Homme dans la rue
Eyes of Love
1959 · Pierre Ségur
Way of Youth
1959 · Paul Tiercelin
Discorama
1959 · Self
The Lovers
1958 · Boy on a ride (uncredited)
Christine
1958 · Theo Kaiser
Illegal Cargo
1958 · Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Elevator to the Gallows
1958 · Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Et ta sœur…
1958 · Brice
The Overworked
1958 · Jimmy
School for Coquettes
1958 · Robert
A Girl in a Pocket
1957 · Jean-Loup
Anyone Can Kill Me
1957 · Un inspecteur de police
The Tricyclist
1957 · Jean-Claude
Young Girls Beware
1957 · Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
A Friend of the Family
1957 · Philippe Lemonnier
The Mischief Makers
1957 · The man in the film
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956 · Trukhacevskij
Fool’s Mate
1956 · Claude
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
Réalisation
Georges Dandin de Molière
1997 · Director
La dame aux camélias
1997 · Director
La Jalousie
1992 · Director
A Good Little Devil
1983 · Director
Cinq-Mars
1981 · Director
Les Malheurs de Sophie
1981 · Director
La nuit de l'été
1979 · Director
Loving in the Rain
1974 · Director
Closed Shutters
1973 · Director
A Rare Bird
1973 · Director
Églantine
1972 · Director
