Jean-Claude Brialy

Birth Name:

Jean-Claude Brialy

Birth Date:

March 30, 1933

Birth Place:

Aumale, French Algeria

Death Date:

May 30, 2007

Place of Death:

Domaine de Jean-Claude Brialy, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Cancer

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière de Montmartre

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

For most cinéphiles outside his native France, Jean-Claude Brialy was mainly associated with the Nouvelle Vague, in which he was a principal actor. But at home he went on to become one of the most prominent figures in the arts, prolific in films, on television and in the theatre; a brilliant raconteur with the air of a boulevardier, he was also one of the few French stars to be openly gay. 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) and Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970).

Fun Fact

Jean-Claude Brialy owned the restaurant L’Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière de Montmartre

20 Avenue Rachel

Paris, , 75018

France

Europe

Map:

Map of Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris France

Grave Location:

Section 15

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery through the principle entrance along Avenue Rachel, take an immediate left and then take the very next left. Turn right onto Chemin Saint-Eloy. The prolific French actor and director will be on your right. He is buried next to one of the most famous residents of the place to whom he had dedicated a film: Marie Duplessis, Marguerite Gautier from La Dame a ux Camélias.