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Maurice Chevalier
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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 ti…
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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.
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Maurice Chevalier's Filmography
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
as Self
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Father Sylvain
No Poster
Show - Charme - Chansons
as Self
Chance at Love
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Philip Dulaine
Panic Button
as Fontaine
A New Kind of Love
as Self
In Search of the Castaways
as Jacques Paganel
Jessica
as Father Antonio
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self - Host
Black Tights
as Himself / Narrator
Fanny
as Panisse
Pepe
as Maurice Chevalier
A Breath of Scandal
as Prince Philip
Can-Can
as Paul Barriere
Count Your Blessings
as Duc de St. Cloud
Gigi
as Honoré Lachaille
Love in the Afternoon
as Claude Chavasse
My Seven Little Sins
as Comte André de Courvallon
100 Years of Love
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
Schlagerparade
as himself
Just Me
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
Riviera Dream
as Maurice Chevalier
A Royal Affair
as The King
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
Silence Is Golden
as Émile Clément
Personal Column
as Robert Fleury
Break the News
as François Verrier
The Man of the Day
as Alfred Boulard
With a Smile
as Victor Larnois
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac
Folies Bergère
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
The Merry Widow
as Count Danilo
The Way to Love
as François
A Bedtime Story
as Monsieur Rene
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
Love Me Tonight
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
Make Me a Star
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
One Hour with You
as Dr. Andre Bertier
Monkey Business
as Himself (voice)
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
The Stolen Jools
as Maurice Chevalier
The Little Cafe
as Albert Lorifian
Playboy of Paris
as Albert Loriflan
The Big Pond
as Pierre Mirande
Paramount on Parade
as Apache
The Love Parade
as Count Alfred Renard
Innocents of Paris
as Maurice Marney
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
as Maurice
Par habitude
as Maurice
Jim Bougne, boxeur
as Maurice
Bad Boy
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
Gonzague
as Gonzague / Maurice
Une soirée mondaine
as Momo
No Poster
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
No Poster