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Maurice Chevalier
Born · September 12, 1888
Died · January 1, 1972 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Bio
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
6.5
2023
Le Siècle des icônes
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
10.0
2021
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2019
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
9.0
2018
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2015
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2003
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1990
La Chance aux chansons
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
4.0
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.9
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1976
Système 2
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
1975
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
7.3
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1973
Cadet Rousselle
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1971
The Sorrow and the Pity
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
7.8
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.6
1968
Monkeys, Go Home!
Father Sylvain
5.3
1967
ABC Stage 67
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1966
Chance at Love
Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
5.8
1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
Philip Dulaine
5.8
1964
Panic Button
Fontaine
4.2
1964
A New Kind of Love
Self
6.2
1963
Der Sport-Spiegel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
In Search of the Castaways
Jacques Paganel
6.4
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.6
1962
Jessica
Father Antonio
4.4
1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self - Host
0.0
1962
Black Tights
Himself / Narrator
6.2
1961
Fanny
Panisse
6.8
1961
Pepe
Maurice Chevalier
6.1
1960
A Breath of Scandal
Prince Philip
5.1
1960
Can-Can
Paul Barriere
6.6
1960
Count Your Blessings
Duc de St. Cloud
4.2
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Gigi
Honoré Lachaille
6.2
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Maurice Chevalier · (1 episode)
8.6
1957
Love in the Afternoon
Claude Chavasse
7.0
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1956
My Seven Little Sins
Comte André de Courvallon
1.0
1954
100 Years of Love
Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
7.0
1954
Schlagerparade
himself
0.0
1953
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
6.9
1953
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Just Me
Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme'
3.8
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (2 episodes)
6.8
1950
Riviera Dream
Maurice Chevalier
0.0
1950
A Royal Affair
The King
0.0
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (5 episodes)
6.6
1948
Paris Nineteen Hundred
Self (archive footage)
5.3
1948
Silence Is Golden
Émile Clément
6.8
1947
Personal Column
Robert Fleury
6.6
1939
Break the News
François Verrier
6.0
1938
The Man of the Day
Alfred Boulard
5.0
1937
With a Smile
Victor Larnois
6.8
1936
The Beloved Vagabond
Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
5.4
1936
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Caston de Nerac
5.0
1936
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Gaston de Nerac
5.0
1936
Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
0.0
1935
Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
5.5
1935
The Merry Widow
Count Danilo
6.7
1934
The Way to Love
François
0.0
1933
A Bedtime Story
Monsieur Rene
8.0
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Self
0.0
1932
Love Me Tonight
Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
6.6
1932
Make Me a Star
Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
5.5
1932
One Hour with You
Dr. Andre Bertier
6.5
1932
Monkey Business
Himself (voice)
7.0
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
6.9
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
The Stolen Jools
Maurice Chevalier
5.6
1931
The Little Cafe
Albert Lorifian
0.0
1931
Playboy of Paris
Albert Loriflan
7.0
1930
The Big Pond
Pierre Mirande
5.8
1930
Paramount on Parade
Apache
6.1
1930
The Love Parade
Count Alfred Renard
6.7
1930
Innocents of Paris
Maurice Marney
0.0
1929
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
Maurice
0.0
1923
Par habitude
Maurice
0.0
1923
Jim Bougne, boxeur
Maurice
0.0
1923
Bad Boy
Louis-Philippe Massoubre
0.0
1923
Gonzague
Gonzague / Maurice
1.0
1923
Une soirée mondaine
Momo
0.0
1917
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
0.0
1914
La Valse à la mode
6.0
1908