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Maurice Chevalier
Acting

Maurice Chevalier
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1888-09-12,Paris, France
Gender
Male
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Smiling Lieutenant

6.775

The Smiling Lieutenant
1931-08-01

Love Me Tonight

6.6

Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18

6.686

Can-Can
1960-03-09

In Search of the Castaways

6.5

In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01

One Hour with You

6.494

One Hour with You
1932-03-23

The Merry Widow

6.8

The Merry Widow
1934-11-02

Personal Column

6.75

Personal Column
1939-12-05

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier

10

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
2021-12-19

6.2

Gigi
1958-05-15

Love in the Afternoon

7

Love in the Afternoon
1957-05-29

The Love Parade

6.685

The Love Parade
1929-11-19

A Breath of Scandal

5.55

A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16

The Stolen Jools

5.629

The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04

6.3

Pepe
1960-12-21

6.716

Fanny
1961-06-28

4.5

Jessica
1962-04-19

A Bedtime Story

5.667

A Bedtime Story
1933-04-22

6.083

The Big Pond
1930-05-03

Silence Is Golden

6.9

Silence Is Golden
1947-05-21

6.4

Make Me a Star
1932-07-01

Count Your Blessings

4.8

Count Your Blessings
1959-04-23

I'd Rather Be Rich

6.6

I'd Rather Be Rich
1964-08-25

7.333

With a Smile
1936-12-03

Folies Bergère de Paris

6

Folies Bergère de Paris
1935-02-22

The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants

9

The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914-10-18

100 Years of Love

7.5

100 Years of Love
1954-02-25

5.65

Paris 1900
1948-02-25

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932-12-16

L'Âge d'or de la pub

6.5

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023-06-02

Playboy of Paris

7

Playboy of Paris
1930-10-18

Going Hollywood: The '30s

9

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01

6.6

Black Tights
1961-09-07

The Beloved Vagabond

6

The Beloved Vagabond
1936-08-24

7.5

Break the News
1938-01-02

Innocents of Paris

8

Innocents of Paris
1929-01-02

The Little Cafe

7.5

The Little Cafe
1931-01-20

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990-07-23

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

7

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973-01-01

10

Folies Bergère
1935-05-09

4.7

Panic Button
1964-04-10

That's Entertainment!

7.4

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

Paramount on Parade

6.111

Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22

5.5

Just Me
1950-11-15

0

Riviera Dream
1950-01-01

La Valse à la mode

6

La Valse à la mode
1908-10-18

Monkeys, Go Home!

5.405

Monkeys, Go Home!
1967-02-08

The Way to Love

8

The Way to Love
1933-10-20

My Seven Little Sins

5.5

My Seven Little Sins
1954-11-29

A New Kind of Love

6.2

A New Kind of Love
1963-10-10

8

A Royal Affair
1949-12-14

The Man of the Day

6.333

The Man of the Day
1937-01-02

Le Vagabond bien-aimé

5.6

Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936-05-08

Le Vagabond bien-aimé

5.6

Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936-05-08

7

Schlagerparade
1953-11-03

Complicated Women

6.917

Complicated Women
2003-05-06

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

0

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962-02-11

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

9

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018-12-25

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

8

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019-06-05

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

0

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015-11-06

The House That Shadows Built

8.5

The House That Shadows Built
1931-07-08

Jim Bougne, boxeur

10

Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923-06-15

Monkey Business

7

Monkey Business
1931-09-19

6.5

Chance at Love
1964-10-30

Une soirée mondaine

0

Une soirée mondaine
1917-02-02

7

Par habitude
1923-09-28

7

Bad Boy
1923-02-09

L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine

9

L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923-10-23

4

Gonzague
1923-01-23

Hooray for Hollywood

8

Hooray for Hollywood
1976-01-01

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur

8

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022-03-01

Show - Charme - Chansons

0

Show - Charme - Chansons
1965-02-02

Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa

0

Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
1968-02-06

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976-10-29

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

6.333

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

This Is Your Life

6.5

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

6.833

ABC Stage 67
1966-09-14

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

6.4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

8.667

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957-11-06

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

Cadet Rousselle

0

Cadet Rousselle
1971-11-04

0

Système 2
1975-01-19

8.667

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

The Dick Cavett Show

6.818

The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06

The Century of Icons

7

The Century of Icons
2022-12-27

The Sorrow and the Pity

7.8

The Sorrow and the Pity
1969-09-18

La Chance aux chansons

6.5

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Der Sport-Spiegel

6

Der Sport-Spiegel
1963-04-02

Max Liebman Presents

0

Max Liebman Presents
1954-09-12

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

6.75

Startime
1959-10-06