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Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Known for: Acting

Born 12/09/1888
Died 1972-01-01
Place of birth Paris, France

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

Tony Awards Series

Tony Awards

Self - Recipient

1956

The Dick Cavett Show Series ★ 6,8

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

1968

The Merv Griffin Show Series ★ 6,8

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

1962

What's My Line? Series ★ 7,0

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

1950

Jessica Film ★ 4,4

Jessica

Father Antonio

1962

The Ed Sullivan Show Series ★ 6,8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

The Oscars Series ★ 7,0

The Oscars

Self

1953

This Is Your Life Series ★ 6,5

This Is Your Life

Self

1952

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Series ★ 6,3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

La Chance aux chansons Series ★ 6,5

La Chance aux chansons

Self (archive footage)

1984

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Series ★ 6,4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

1956

Cinépanorama Series ★ 8,7

Cinépanorama

Self

1956

Startime Series ★ 6,8

Startime

Self

1959

The Sorrow and the Pity Series ★ 7,9

The Sorrow and the Pity

Self (archive footage)

1969

Series ★ 6,0

Der Sport-Spiegel

Self

1963

Series

Système 2

Self (archive footage)

1975

ABC Stage 67 Series ★ 6,8

ABC Stage 67

Self

1966

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour Series ★ 8,7

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Maurice Chevalier

1957

Gigi Film ★ 6,2

Gigi

Honoré Lachaille

1958

Cadet Rousselle Series

Cadet Rousselle

Self

1971

La Joie de vivre Series

La Joie de vivre

Self - Guest

1952

Love in the Afternoon Film ★ 7,0

Love in the Afternoon

Claude Chavasse

1957

That's Entertainment! Film ★ 7,4

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

Monkeys, Go Home! Film ★ 5,4

Monkeys, Go Home!

Father Sylvain

1967

That's Entertainment, Part II Film ★ 7,0

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976

Film

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1976

The Century of Icons Series ★ 7,0

The Century of Icons

Self (archive footage)

2022

Monkey Business Film ★ 6,9

Monkey Business

Himself (voice)

1931

Film ★ 9,0

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

1914

Une soirée mondaine Film

Une soirée mondaine

Momo

1917

The Merry Widow Film ★ 6,7

The Merry Widow

Count Danilo

1934

Pepe Film ★ 6,4

Pepe

Maurice Chevalier

1960

In Search of the Castaways Film ★ 6,5

In Search of the Castaways

Jacques Paganel

1962

Series

Max Liebman Presents

Special Guest

1954

L'Âge d'or de la pub Film ★ 6,5

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Self (archive footage)

2023

Love Me Tonight Film ★ 6,6

Love Me Tonight

Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin

1932

Can-Can Film ★ 6,7

Can-Can

Paul Barriere

1960

A Breath of Scandal Film ★ 5,6

A Breath of Scandal

Prince Philip

1960

Just Me Film ★ 5,5

Just Me

Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'

1950

I'd Rather Be Rich Film ★ 6,6

I'd Rather Be Rich

Philip Dulaine

1964

One Hour with You Film ★ 6,5

One Hour with You

Dr. Andre Bertier

1932

The Love Parade Film ★ 6,6

The Love Parade

Count Alfred Renard

1929

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story Film

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self (archive footage)

1990

A New Kind of Love Film ★ 6,2

A New Kind of Love

Self

1963

100 Years of Love Film ★ 7,5

100 Years of Love

Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")

1954

Complicated Women Film ★ 6,9

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

2003

Paramount on Parade Film ★ 6,1

Paramount on Parade

Apache

1930

Fanny Film ★ 6,7

Fanny

Panisse

1961

The Stolen Jools Film ★ 5,6

The Stolen Jools

Maurice Chevalier

1931

Folies Bergère de Paris Film ★ 6,0

Folies Bergère de Paris

Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini

1935

A Royal Affair Film ★ 8,0

A Royal Affair

The King

1949

Film

Show - Charme - Chansons

Self

1965

Hooray for Hollywood Film ★ 8,0

Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

1976

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure Film ★ 9,0

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Film ★ 7,0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Self (archive footage)

1973

With a Smile Film ★ 7,3

With a Smile

Victor Larnois

1936

The Big Pond Film ★ 6,1

The Big Pond

Pierre Mirande

1930

Panic Button Film ★ 4,7

Panic Button

Fontaine

1964

Silence Is Golden Film ★ 6,9

Silence Is Golden

Émile Clément

1947

Going Hollywood: The '30s Film ★ 9,0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

1984

Riviera Dream Film

Riviera Dream

Maurice Chevalier

1950

Count Your Blessings Film ★ 4,8

Count Your Blessings

Duc de St. Cloud

1959

The House That Shadows Built Film ★ 8,5

The House That Shadows Built

(archive footage)

1931

Chance at Love Film ★ 6,5

Chance at Love

Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)

1964

Gonzague Film ★ 4,0

Gonzague

Gonzague / Maurice

1923

Make Me a Star Film ★ 6,4

Make Me a Star

Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)

1932

Paris 1900 Film ★ 5,7

Paris 1900

Self (archive footage)

1948

Bad Boy Film ★ 7,0

Bad Boy

Louis-Philippe Massoubre

1923

The Smiling Lieutenant Film ★ 6,8

The Smiling Lieutenant

Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

1931

The Beloved Vagabond Film ★ 6,0

The Beloved Vagabond

Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'

1936

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do Film

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Self (archive footage)

2015

Schlagerparade Film ★ 7,0

Schlagerparade

himself

1953

Innocents of Paris Film ★ 8,0

Innocents of Paris

Maurice Marney

1929

The Way to Love Film ★ 8,0

The Way to Love

François

1933

Folies Bergère Film ★ 10,0

Folies Bergère

Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini

1935

Personal Column Film ★ 6,8

Personal Column

Robert Fleury

1939

Black Tights Film ★ 6,6

Black Tights

Himself / Narrator

1961

A Bedtime Story Film ★ 5,7

A Bedtime Story

Monsieur Rene

1933

The Little Cafe Film ★ 7,5

The Little Cafe

Albert Lorifian

1931

Playboy of Paris Film ★ 7,0

Playboy of Paris

Albert Loriflan

1930

Film

Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa

Self

1968

Jim Bougne, boxeur Film ★ 10,0

Jim Bougne, boxeur

Maurice

1923

Par habitude Film ★ 7,0

Par habitude

Maurice

1923

L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine Film ★ 9,0

L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine

Maurice

1923

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe Film

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

Self - Host

1962

Break the News Film ★ 7,5

Break the News

François Verrier

1938

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 Film

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

Self

1932

My Seven Little Sins Film ★ 5,5

My Seven Little Sins

Comte André de Courvallon

1954

The Man of the Day Film ★ 6,3

The Man of the Day

Alfred Boulard

1937

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol Film ★ 8,0

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

Self (archive footage)

2019

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier Film ★ 8,0

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier

Self - Entertainer (archive footage)

2021

Le Vagabond bien-aimé Film ★ 5,6

Le Vagabond bien-aimé

Gaston de Nerac

1936

Le Vagabond bien-aimé Film ★ 5,6

Le Vagabond bien-aimé

Caston de Nerac

1936

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur Film ★ 8,0

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur

Self (archive footage)

2022

Film ★ 6,0

The Merry Widow Waltz

1908