Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy
Born	30 March 1933(1933-03-30) Aumale, French Algeria (now Sour El-Ghozlane, Algeria)
Died	30 May 2007 (aged 74) Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France

Jean-Claude Brialy (born 30 March 1933, Aumale, French Algeria (now Sour El-Ghozlane), Algeria) – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France¹) was a French actor, director, and socialite.

Biography

Brialy was born in Aumale, French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942, moved to Paris in 1954, and appeared in his first film in 1955.

He became a star in the late 1950s when he was one of the most prolific actors of the French "nouvelle vague". He made films with such important nouvelle vague filmmakers as Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, and Jacques Rozier; and with other filmmakers such as Roger Vadim, Claude Lelouch and Luis Buñuel.

He was also, himself, a director of a number of films, including Églantine (1971). In his autobiographies, Le Ruisseau des singes (River of Monkeys) (2000) and J'ai oublié de vous dire... (I Forgot to Tell You ...) (2004) he revealed that he was bisexual.²

Trivia

He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. He owned a restaurant, L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis, worked as a TV presenter, a singer and a radio host².

Selected filmography

As actor

Years 1956-1959

• 1956 : Éléna et les hommes, directed by Jean Renoir (scenes deleted)
• 1956 : Le Coup du berger, directed by Jacques Rivette (short film)
• 1956 : La Sonate à Kreutzer, directed by Éric Rohmer (short film)
• 1956 : Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick (All the Boys Are Called Patrick), directed by Jean-Luc Godard (short film)
• 1956 : Les Surmenés, directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (short film)
• 1957 : Une histoire d'eau (A Story of Water), directed by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut (short film)
• 1957 : L'Ami de la famille, directed by Jack Pinoteau
• 1957 : Tous peuvent me tuer, directed by Henri Decoin
• 1957 : Méfiez-vous fillettes, directed by Yves Allégret
• 1957 : Un amour de poche, directed by Pierre Kast
• 1957 : Le Triporteur, directed by Jacques Pinoteau
• 1957 : Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows), directed by Louis Malle
• 1957 : Cargaison blanche, directed by Pierre Kast
• 1958 : L'école des cocottes, directed by Jacqueline Audry
• 1958 : Et ta sœur, directed by Maurice Deldez
• 1958 : Christine, directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
• 1958 : Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick, directed by Jean-Luc Godard (short film)
• 1958 : Paris nous appartient, directed by Jacques Rivette
• 1958 : Les Amants (The Lovers), directed by Louis Malle
• 1958 : Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol
• 1959 : La Notte brava (Bad Girls Don't Cry), directed by Mauro Bolognini
• 1959 : Le Bel Âge, directed by Pierre Kast
• 1959 : Les Cousins, directed by Claude Chabrol
• 1959 : Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows), directed by François Truffaut
• 1959 : Le chemin des écoliers, directed by Michel Boisrond
• 1959 : Les yeux de l'amour, directed by Denys de la Patellière

Years 1960-1969

• 1960 : Le gigolo, directed by Jacques Deray
• 1961 : Les Godelureaux, directed by Claude Chabrol
• 1961 : Les lions sont lâchés, directed by Henri Verneuil
• 1961 : Les Amours célèbres, directed by Michel Boisrond
• 1961 : The Burning Court, directed by Julien Duvivier
• 1961 : Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
• 1961 : Le Puits aux trois vérités, directed by François Villiers
• 1961 : Les petits matins, directed by Jacqueline Audry
• 1961 : L'éducation sentimentale, directed by Alexandre Astruc
• 1961 : Aimez-vous Brahms ?, directed by Anatole Litvak
• 1962 : L'Avarice, directed by Claude Chabrol (segment of the film Les Sept Péchés capitaux)
• 1962 : Les Veinards, directed by Jean Girault, Jacques Pinoteau and Philippe de Broca
• 1962 : Le Glaive et la balance, directed by André Cayatte
• 1962 : Carambolages, directed by Marcel Bluwal
• 1962 : Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin, directed by Édouard Molinaro
• 1962 : Le Diable et les dix Commandements, directed by Julien Duvivier
• 1962 : La chambre ardente, directed by Julien Duvivier
• 1962 : Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7), directed by Agnès Varda
• 1962 : La banda Casaroli, directed by Florestano Vancini
• 1963 : La Bonne Soupe, directed by Robert Thomas
• 1963 : Adieu Philippine, directed by Jacques Rozier
• 1964 : La Ronde, directed by Roger Vadim
• 1964 : Un monsieur de compagnie, directed by Philippe de Broca
• 1964 : La Chasse à l'homme, directed by Édouard Molinaro
• 1964 : Château en Suède, directed by Roger Vadim
• 1964 : Tonio Kruger, directed by Rolf Thiele
• 1964 : Comment épouser un Premier ministre ?, directed by Michel Boisrond
• 1965 : Cent Briques et des tuiles, directed by Pierre Grimblat
• 1965 : La Mandragola (The Mandrake), directed by Alberto Lattuada
• 1965 : L'Amour tel qu'il est
• 1966 : Le Roi de Coeur (The King of Hearts), directed by Philippe de Broca
• 1966 : I nostri Mariti, directed by Luigi Zampa
• 1966 : Un homme de trop, directed by Costa Gavras
• 1967 : Le plus vieux métier du monde, directed by Philippe de Broca
• 1967 : Lamiel, directed by Jean Aurel
• 1967 : La mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black), directed by François Truffaut
• 1967 : Au diable les anges, directed by Lucio Fulci
• 1967 : Caroline chérie, directed by Denys de la Patellière
• 1967 : Anna, directed by Pierre Koralnik
• 1968 : Manon 70, directed by Jean Aurel
• 1969 : Le bal du Comte d'Orgel, directed by Marc Allégret
• 1969 : Tout peut arriver
• 1970 : Le genou de Claire (Claire's Knee), directed by Éric Rohmer
• 1969 : Cose de cosa nostra, directed by Roger Vadim
• 1969 : Tonio Kruger, directed by Steno
• 1969 : L'amour tel qu'il est, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli

Years 1970-1979

• 1970 : Une saison en enfer, directed by Nello Risi
• 1970 : Côté cour, côté jardin, directed by Guy Gilles
• 1972 : Un meurtre est un meurtre, directed by Étienne Périer
• 1973 : Dreyfus ou l'intolérable vérité, directed by Jean Chérasse (narrator)
• 1973 : Voix off cinéma Barry Lyndon, directed by Stanley Kubrick
• 1974 : Comme un pot de fraises, directed by Jean Aurel
• 1974 : Le Fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty), directed by Luis Buñuel
• 1975 : Un animal doué de déraison, directed by Pierre Kast
• 1975 : Catherine et compagnie, directed by Michel Boisrond
• 1975 : Les onze mille verges, directed by Éric Lipmann
• 1976 : Le juge et l'assassin (The Judge and the Assassin), directed by Bertrand Tavernier
• 1976 : Les œufs broullés, directed by Joël Santoni
• 1976 : L'année Sainte, directed by Jean Girault
• 1976 : Barocco, directed by André Téchiné
• 1977 : Le Point de mire, directed by Jean-Claude Dramont
• 1977 : Julie pot de colle, directed by Philippe de Broca
• 1977 : L'Imprécateur, directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli
• 1977 : Enquête à l'Italienne, directed by Doppio Delitto
• 1978 : Robert et Robert, directed by Claude Lelouch
• 1978 : La chanson de Roland, directed by Franck Cassenti
• 1979 : Le Maitre Nageur, directed by Jean-Louis Trintignant
• 1979 : L'œil du maître, directed by Stéphane Kurk
• 1979 : Hooray for Hollywood, directed by Edouard Shaw (narrator, French version)
• 1979 : Bobo Jacco, directed by Albert Bal

Years 1980-1989

• 1980 : Bobo la tête, directed by Gilles Katz
• 1980 : La Banquière, directed by Francis Girod
• 1981 : Les Uns et les Autres, directed by Claude Lelouch
• 1981 : Pinot simple flic, directed by Gérard Jugnot
• 1982 : La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes), directed by Ettore Scola
• 1982 : Notre-Dame de la Croisette, directed by Daniel Schmid
• 1982 : La fille de Trieste, directed by Pasquale Pesta Campanile
• 1982 : Édith et Marcel, directed by Claude Lelouch
• 1982 : Mortelle Randonnée, directed by Claude Miller
• 1983 : La Crime, directed by hilippe Labro
• 1983 : Le Démon dans l'île, directed by Francis Leroi
• 1983 : Cap Canaille, directed by Juliet Berto and Jean-Henri Roger
• 1983 : Sarah, directed by Maurice Dugowson
• 1983 : Stella, directed by Laurent Heynemann
• 1983 : Papy fait de la résistance, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
• 1984 : Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!!, directed by Jean-Pierre Vergne
• 1985 : Tueur de fous, directed by Guillaume Perotte
• 1985 : Le Mariage du siècle, directed by Philippe Galland
• 1985 : Le Quatrième Pouvoir, directed by Serge Leroy
• 1985 : L'Effrontée, directed by Claude Miller
• 1985 : Inspecteur Lavardin, directed by Claude Chabrol
• 1986 : Le Débutant, directed by Daniel Janneau
• 1986 : Hypothèse d'un soir, directed by Marie-Christine Fieni (court-métrage)
• 1987 : Grand Guignol, directed by Jean Marbœuf
• 1986 : Suivez mon regard, directed by Jean Curtelin
• 1987 : Le Moustachu, directed by Dominique Chaussois
• 1987 : Lévy et Goliath, directed by Gérard Oury
• 1987 : Un homme et une femme : vingt ans déjà, directed by Claude Lelouch
• 1987 : Maladie d'amour, directed by Jacques Deray
• 1987 : Les Innocents, directed by André Téchiné. Jean-Claude Brialy obtient pour ce film le César du meilleur second rôle.
• 1989 : Comédie d'été, directed by Daniel Vigne
• 1989 : Ripoux contre ripoux, directed by Claude Zidi

Years 1990-1999

• 1990 : S'en fout la mort (No Fear, No Die), directed by Claire Denis
• 1990 : Faux et usage de faux, directed by Laurent Heynemann
• 1991 : Août, directed by Henri Herré
• 1992 : Tous les garçons, directed by Étienne Faure
• 1993 : La Reine Margot (Queen Margot), directed by Patrice Chéreau
• 1994 : Le Monstre, directed by Roberto Benigni
• 1994 : Une femme française, directed by Régis Wargnier
• 1995 : Les Cent et une nuits, directed by Agnès Varda
• 1995 : Beaumarchais, l'insolent, directed by Édouard Molinaro
• 1995 : Les Caprices d'un fleuve, directed by Bernard Giraudeau
• 1996 : Portraits chinois, directed by Martine Dugowson
• 1998 : Kennedy et moi, directed by Sam Karmann
• 1999 : L'Homme de ma vie, directed by Stéphane Kurk
• 1999 : Les Acteurs, directed by Bertrand Blier
• 1999 : In extremis, directed by Étienne Faure

Years 2000-2007

• 2000 : Nos jolies colonies de vacances, directed by Stéphane Kurk
• 2001 : Concorrenza sleale (Unfair Competition), directed by Ettore Scola
• 2001 : C'est le bouquet!, directed by Jeanne Labrune
• 2001 : Les filles, personne s'en méfie, directed by Charlotte Silvera
• 2002 : Le Hasard fait bien les choses, (English: As Luck Would Have It)
• 2002 : La Demi-Mondaine amoureuse, directed by Didier Dessapt
• 2003 : Les Clefs de bagnole, directed by Laurent Baffie (cameo)
• 2003 : Aimez-moi les uns les autres, directed by Tiburce
• 2004 : People, directed by Fabien Onteniente
• 2007 : Vous êtes de la police ?, directed by Romuald Beugnon
• 2007 : Monsieur Max as poet Max Jacob

As director

• Églantine (1971)
• Les volets clos (1973)
• L'oiseau rare (1973)
• Un amour de pluie (1974)

Bibliography

• Le Ruisseau des singes (autobiography)
• J'ai oublié de vous dire... (second autobiography)

References

External links

• Jean-Claude Brialy at the Internet Movie Database

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