Maurice Chevalier
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient
1956
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Film
Jessica
Father Antonio
1962
Series
La Chance aux chansons
Self (archive footage)
1984
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
Startime
Self
1959
Series
The Sorrow and the Pity
Self (archive footage)
1969
Der Sport-Spiegel
Self
1963
Series
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
Système 2
Self (archive footage)
1975
Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Maurice Chevalier
1957
Series
Cadet Rousselle
Self
1971
Series
La Joie de vivre
Self - Guest
1952
Film
Gigi
Honoré Lachaille
1958
Film
Love in the Afternoon
Claude Chavasse
1957
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Series
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
In Search of the Castaways
Jacques Paganel
1962
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Monkey Business
Himself (voice)
1931
Film
Just Me
Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
1950
Film
A Breath of Scandal
Prince Philip
1960
Film
Monkeys, Go Home!
Father Sylvain
1967
Film
Une soirée mondaine
Momo
1917
Film
I'd Rather Be Rich
Philip Dulaine
1964
Film
Love Me Tonight
Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
1932
Film
The Merry Widow
Count Danilo
1934
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
A New Kind of Love
Self
1963
Film
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
2023
Max Liebman Presents
Special Guest
1954
Film
One Hour with You
Dr. Andre Bertier
1932
Film
Pepe
Maurice Chevalier
1960
Film
Can-Can
Paul Barriere
1960
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914
Film
The Stolen Jools
Maurice Chevalier
1931
Film
The Love Parade
Count Alfred Renard
1929
Film
Folies Bergère de Paris
Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
1935
Film
Paramount on Parade
Apache
1930
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
100 Years of Love
Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
1954
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
A Royal Affair
The King
1949
Film
Silence Is Golden
Émile Clément
1947
Show - Charme - Chansons
Self
1965
Film
Fanny
Panisse
1961
Film
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
Panic Button
Fontaine
1964
Film
Chance at Love
Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
1964
Film
Count Your Blessings
Duc de St. Cloud
1959
Film
Paris 1900
Self (archive footage)
1948
Film
Riviera Dream
Maurice Chevalier
1950
Film
The Big Pond
Pierre Mirande
1930
Film
Schlagerparade
himself
1953
Film
Make Me a Star
Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Smiling Lieutenant
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
1931
Film
Black Tights
Himself / Narrator
1961
Film
The Way to Love
François
1933
Film
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Film
Gonzague
Gonzague / Maurice
1923
Film
Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
1935
Film
The Beloved Vagabond
Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
1936
Film
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Innocents of Paris
Maurice Marney
1929
Film
Personal Column
Robert Fleury
1939
Film
With a Smile
Victor Larnois
1936
Film
Bad Boy
Louis-Philippe Massoubre
1923
Film
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self - Host
1962
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
Self
1968
Film
A Bedtime Story
Monsieur Rene
1933
Film
Playboy of Paris
Albert Loriflan
1930
Film
The Little Cafe
Albert Lorifian
1931
Film
Jim Bougne, boxeur
Maurice
1923
Film
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
Maurice
1923
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Self
1932
Film
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Gaston de Nerac
1936
Film
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Caston de Nerac
1936
Film
The Man of the Day
Alfred Boulard
1937
Film
Par habitude
Maurice
1923
Film
Break the News
François Verrier
1938
Film
My Seven Little Sins
Comte André de Courvallon
1954
Film
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
2021
The Merry Widow Waltz
1908