Jean-Claude Brialy

JeanClaude Brialy 30 March 1933 30 May 2007 was a French actor and film director Brialy was born in Aumale now Sour ElGhozlane 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 Fools Mate by Jacques Rivette By the late 1950s hed 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 léchafaud 1958 Les Amants 1958 François Truffaut Les 400 Coups 1959 JeanLuc Godard Une femme est une femme 1961 Éric Rohmer Claires 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 Brialys selfdescribed 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 LOrangerie on the Île SaintLouis hed 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 Im 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 hed 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 Brialys home French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano Director JeanPierre 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 Jai oublié de vous dire I Forgot to Tell You 2004 Brialy revealed that he was bisexual Source Article JeanClaude Brialy from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA