During the day on Tuesday, renowned French actor Claude Brasseur passed away at 84 years, as detailed by European media.

First, It was denied that the actor's death occurred for reasons related to COVID-19.

Brasseur was the winner of the César Award on two occasions - once as a supporting actor for "An Elephant with a Huge Trunk.", in 1975.

As it transpired, the artist will be buried in the Parisian cemetery of Père Lachaise, next to his father, also actor Pierre Brasseur, died in 1972, with whom he had a very complicated relationship in life.

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (outskirts of paris) in 1936, began his career in the theater but soon made the leap to the big screen where he worked with actors such as Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider and directors like Édouard Molinaro, Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard o François Truffaut.

After completing a prestigious activity in theaters, Brasseur made his face one of the best known in French cinema in the years 1970 Y 1980, and although his career lasted until 2016 in recent years it was limited to appearances in comedies little valued by critics.

In 1977 won the Caesar for his performance in that comedy by director Yves Robert, the story of four childhood friends about to meet 40 years and, again in 1980, for his role in "The war of the policemen", by Robin Davis.

In an extensive career on the screen he was seen acting in "The country where I come from" (1956), by Marcel Carné, "Eyes without a face" (1959), of Georges Franju, and "Only for love", directed by Jean Aurel, Jack Dunn Trop y Roger Vadim, "The seven capital sins", directed by Claude Chabrol, Edouard Molinaro, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, Roger Vadim, Philippe de Broca, Sylvain Dhomme and Max Douy, both of 1961, when collective films were styled and in episodes.

The incomplete list continues with "Fuga allegro vivace" (1961), by Jean Renoir, "Secret code" (1962), by Edouard Molinaro, “Germinal” (1963), by Yves Allégret, "Banana peel" (1964), the Marcel Ophuls, "Frustrated assault" (1964), by Jean-Luc Godard, and "Where there is a man left over" (1966), from Costa-Gavras.

Other titles were "A beautiful girl like me" (1972), by François Truffaut, "Meeting on the beach" (1974), by Georges Lautner, "The agression", by Gérard Pires, "An elephant with a huge trunk", by Yves Robert, and "You must live dangerously" (1975), by Claude Makovski, "The deception", by André Téchiné, and "The great liar" (1976), by Claude Pinoteau, and "A simple story" (1978), by Claude Sautet.