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Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 30, 1933
Died May 30, 2007 (74)
Birthplace Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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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 Na ... tional 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.

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Quartier V.I.P.

Quartier V.I.P.

2005

as Ferdinand

South Kensington

South Kensington

2001

as Ferdinando

No Fear, No Die

No Fear, No Die

1990

as Pierre Ardennes

Maschenka

Maschenka

1987

as Kolin

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

1985

as Le commissaire

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur

Cléo from 5 to 7

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

as The Nurse (uncredited)

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959

as Man in Street

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959

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A Good Little Devil

A Good Little Devil

1983

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Mozart

as Le comte d'Affiglio

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 24, 1982

Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"

as Arsène Lupin / ...

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Dec 12, 1980

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Morrel's Father

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 07, 1998

The Blue Bicycle

as Raphaël Mahl

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 09, 2000

Le Président Ferrare

as Guillaume Ferrare

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 07, 2004

La Grande Béké

as Dupont Menard

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 14, 1998

Colpo di coda

as Piantoni

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 13, 1993

The Accursed Kings

as Hugues de Bouville

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 2005

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Fan School

as Self - Host

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 30, 1977

Numéro un

as Self

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

Cinépanorama

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 04, 1956

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 12, 1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Samedi soir

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 09, 1971

Midi trente

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 06, 1972

Matin Bonheur

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 14, 1987

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 06, 1976

Numéro un

as Self - Host

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Stars 90

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 1990

Fort Boyard

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 07, 1990

À bout portant

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1968

Archives secrètes

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2021

Coucou c'est nous !

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1992

Midi trente

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 06, 1972

Numéro un

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1990

Discorama

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1959

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 25, 1954

Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Unknown

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