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Born in China, De Brier grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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In 1922, while visiting Hollywood, he was given a bit part in the silent film Salomé. He also visited Paris as a teenager, and claimed to have met André Gide and Gertrude Stein, among others He later claimed to have been a lover of Gide, but this has not been substantiated.
De Brier moved to Los Angeles in 1941.
In the fifties he began hosting a regular salon at his Barton Avenue home. In 1954 De Brier played several roles, including the principal role, in Anger"s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, which was filmed at his home.
Harrington, Nin and Cameron also appeared in the film. He died in Los Angeles, California. His papers are housed at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries.
