About
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,...
Known for
Gramps Is in the ResistanceMovie • 1983
The 400 BlowsMovie • 1959
The Count of Monte CristoSeries • 1998
Cléo from 5 to 7Movie • 1962
Elevator to the GallowsMovie • 1958
Queen MargotMovie • 1994
ActorsMovie • 2000
Way of YouthMovie • 1959
The Bride Wore BlackMovie • 1968
The Phantom of LibertyMovie • 1974
A Woman Is a WomanMovie • 1961
A Very Private AffairMovie • 1962
The MonsterMovie • 1994
The Judge and the AssassinMovie • 1976
Claire's KneeMovie • 1970
That Night of VarennesMovie • 1982
The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1962
Deadly CircuitMovie • 1983
Manon 70Movie • 1968
I Knew Her WellMovie • 1965
Inspector LavardinMovie • 1986
The CousinsMovie • 1959
BoleroMovie • 1981
ChristineMovie • 1958