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Maurice Chevalier

Actor
Born September 12, 1888Died January 1, 1972 (83 years)
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo.

Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre.

After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight".

In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Fanny
Known For
  • Gigi
  • Love in the Afternoon
  • Love Me Tonight
  • The Smiling Lieutenant
  • In Search of the Castaways
  • The Merry Widow
  • The Love Parade
  • One Hour with You
  • Fanny
  • Can-Can
  • Monkeys, Go Home!
  • Man About Town
  • A Breath of Scandal
  • Personal Column
  • Panic Button
  • With a Smile
  • The Merry Widow
  • The Man of the Hour
  • Le vagabond bien-aimé

Filmography

2008
2007
To Each His Own Cinema · as (segment "épilogue")
2001
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage)
1974
That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage)
1967
Monkeys, Go Home! · as Father Sylvain
1964
I'd Rather Be Rich · as Philip Dulaine
1964
Panic Button · as Phillippe
1962
In Search of the Castaways · as Jacques Paganel
1962
Jessica · as Father Antonio
1961
Fanny · as Panisse
1960
Can-Can · as Paul Barriere
1960
A Breath of Scandal · as Prince Philip
1959
Count Your Blessings · as Duc De St. Cloud
1958
1958
Gigi · as Honoré Lachaille
1957
Love in the Afternoon · as Claude Chavasse
1954
My Seven Little Sins · as Comte André De Courvallon
1954
100 Years of Love · as Massimo (segment "amore 1954")
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Narrator
1950
Just Me · as Maurice Vallier Dit 'ma Pomme'
1949
A Royal Affair · as The King
1947
Man About Town · as Emile Clément
1939
Personal Column · as Robert Fleury
1938
Break the News · as François Verrier
1937
The Man of the Hour · as Alfred Boulard
1936
With a Smile · as Victor Larnois
1936
The Beloved Vagabond · as Gaston De Nerac 'paragot'
1936
Le vagabond bien-aimé · as Caston De Nerac
1935
L'homme des Folies Bergère · as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris · as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
1935
The Merry Widow · as Danilo
1934
The Merry Widow · as Count Danilo
1933
The Way to Love · as François
1933
A Bedtime Story · as Monsieur Rene
1932
Love Me Tonight · as Maurice 'baron' Courtelin
1932
Make Me a Star · as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
1932
One Hour with You · as Dr. Andre Bertier
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant · as Lt. Nikolaus 'niki' Von Preyn
1931
The House That Shadows Built · as (archive Footage)
1930
Playboy of Paris · as Albert Loriflan
1930
The Big Pond · as Pierre Mirande
1930
Paramount on Parade · as Apache
1929
The Love Parade · as Count Alfred Renard
1923
Jim Bougne, boxeur · as Maurice

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