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Acting
Birthday:
September 12, 1888
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Maurice Chevalier
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier | Self - Entertainer (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | Monkeys, Go Home! | Father Sylvain |
| 1964 | I'd Rather Be Rich | Philip Dulaine |
| 1964 | Panic Button | Fontaine |
| 1964 | Chance at Love | Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited) |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Self |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castaways | Jacques Paganel |
| 1962 | Jessica | Father Antonio |
| 1962 | The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self - Host |
| 1961 | Fanny | Panisse |
| 1961 | Black Tights | Himself / Narrator |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Paul Barriere |
| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal | Prince Philip |
| 1960 | Pepe | Maurice Chevalier |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings | Duc de St. Cloud |
| 1958 | Gigi | Honoré Lachaille |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon | Claude Chavasse |
| 1954 | 100 Years of Love | Massimo (segment "Amore 1954") |
| 1954 | My Seven Little Sins | Comte André de Courvallon |
| 1953 | Schlagerparade | himself |
| 1950 | Just Me | Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme' |
| 1950 | Riviera Dream | Maurice Chevalier |
| 1949 | A Royal Affair | The King |
| 1948 | Paris 1900 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Silence Is Golden | Émile Clément |
| 1939 | Personal Column | Robert Fleury |
| 1938 | Break the News | François Verrier |
| 1937 | The Man of the Day | Alfred Boulard |
| 1936 | With a Smile | Victor Larnois |
| 1936 | The Beloved Vagabond | Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot' |
| 1936 | Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Caston de Nerac |
| 1936 | Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Gaston de Nerac |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Count Danilo |
| 1933 | A Bedtime Story | Monsieur Rene |
| 1933 | The Way to Love | François |
| 1932 | Love Me Tonight | Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin |
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Dr. Andre Bertier |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Maurice Chevalier (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 | Self |
| 1931 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Maurice Chevalier |
| 1931 | The Little Cafe | Albert Lorifian |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1931 | Monkey Business | Himself (voice) |
| 1930 | The Love Parade | Count Alfred Renard |
| 1930 | The Big Pond | Pierre Mirande |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Albert Loriflan |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Apache |
| 1929 | Innocents of Paris | Maurice Marney |
| 1923 | Jim Bougne, boxeur | Maurice |
| 1923 | Bad Boy | Louis-Philippe Massoubre |
| 1923 | Par habitude | Maurice |
| 1923 | L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine | Maurice |
| 1923 | Gonzague | Gonzague / Maurice |
| 1917 | Une soirée mondaine | Momo |
| 1914 | The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants | |
| 1908 | La Valse à la mode |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Century of Icons | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | La Chance aux chansons | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle | Self |
| 1969 | The Sorrow and the Pity | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self |
| 1963 | Der Sport-Spiegel | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Maurice Chevalier |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Recipient |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Max Liebman Presents | Special Guest |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |