Mourning for Claude Brasseur: The French actor dies at the age of 84. He became world famous not only at the side of Sophie Marceau.
Claude Brasseur is dead. The French actor has now died at the age of 84. Brasseau was best known in Germany for his role as the father of Sophie Marceau in the teen comedy “La Boum – die Fete” – and later when he caused a scandal with her through nude scenes.
Claude Brasseur died: he played in around 110 films
Claude Brasseur was one of the most famous actors in France. Born in a Paris suburb in 1936, he first played theater and then switched to film. In the course of the following years he played in around 110 films, including Jean-Luc Godard’s “The Outsiders Gang” from 1964. He has received several awards for his work, including the French César film award for best actor in “The Police War” ( 1980) and for the best supporting role in “An elephant is mistaken” in 1976.
In Germany, Claude Brasseur was best known for his role as the father of teen star Sophie Marceau alias Vic in “La Boum – die Fete” in 1980. The sequel “The party goes on” was correspondingly successful.
It then became scandalous in 1986 when Claude Brasseur changed roles. In the tragedy “Descent to Hell” he no longer played the father, but the husband of the then 19-year-old Marceau, although he also had several nude scenes with her.
Claude Brasseur died with his family
In 2016 Brasseur, who was married twice and has a son, was featured in “Breakfast with Monsieur Henri”.
Claude Brasseur died “peacefully among his relatives,” said his agent Elisabeth Tanner. His funeral will take place in the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, next to his father, the director Pierre Brasseur.
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And: writer John le Carré is dead. The author made his breakthrough in 1963 with “The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold”. He was 89 years old.
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