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Jean Gabin Alexis MoncorgĂ© (born Jean-Alexis MoncorgĂ©), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 â 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including PĂ©pĂ© le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bĂȘte humaine (1938), Le jour se lĂšve (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the LĂ©gion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema.
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Jean Gabin Alexis MoncorgĂ© (born Jean-Alexis MoncorgĂ©), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 â 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including PĂ©pĂ© le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bĂȘte humaine (1938), Le jour se lĂšve (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the LĂ©gion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis MoncorgĂ© in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand MoncorgĂ©, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of MĂ©riel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) dĂ©partement, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the LycĂ©e Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies BergĂšre production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 PathĂ© FrĂšres production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful PĂ©pĂ© le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La BĂȘte Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Ămile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel CarnĂ©'s classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Jean Gabin's Filmography
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Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
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The Image Book
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Mireille Darc, la femme libre
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Lino Ventura, la part intime
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Quand Jean devint Renoir
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Jean Gabin, une ùme française
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Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
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The Bardot mystery
Belmondo, il Ă©tait une fois le beau monde
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Jean MoncorgeÌ, la face cacheÌe de Jean Gabin
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Michel Audiard et le mystĂšre du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Holy Year
as Max Lambert
Jury of One
as Leguen
Two Men in Town
as Germain Cazeneuve
The Dominici Affair
as Gaston Dominici
Killer
as Commissioner Le Guen
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
as Victor Ploubaz
The Cat
as Julien Bouin
The Horse
as Auguste Maroilleur
The Sicilian Clan
as Vittorio Manalese
Under the Sign of the Bull
as Albert Raynal
The Tattoo
as Comte Enguerand de Montignac,alias « Legrain »
Pasha
as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
Action Man
as Denis Ferrand
The Gardener of Argenteuil
as M. Martin dit « Le pÚre Tulipe »
The Upper Hand
as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
God's Thunder
as LĂ©andre Brassac
That Tender Age
as Ămile Malhouin
Monsieur
as Monsieur
Maigret Sees Red
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
Any Number Can Win
as Charles
The Gentleman from Epsom
as Richard Briand-Charmery
A Monkey in Winter
as Albert Quentin
The Counterfeiters of Paris
as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
The President
as Ămile Beaufort
The Old Guard
as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
The Baron of the Locks
as Baron JérÎme Napoléon Antoine
Rue de Paris
as Henri Neveu
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
The Magnificent Tramp
as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : ArchimĂšde
The Possessors
as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
Love Is My Profession
as André Gobillot
The Night Affair
as Georges Vallois
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
Speaking of Murder
as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
The Case of Dr. Laurent
as le docteur Laurent
Crime and Punishment
as Commissaire Gallet
La Traversée de Paris
as Grandgil, artist painter
Blood to the Head
as François Cardinaud
Deadlier Than the Male
as André Chatelin
People of No Importance
as Jean Viard
The Little Rebels
as Julien Lamy
Hi-Jack Highway
as Jean Chape
House on the Waterfront
as Commander Lequévic
French Cancan
as Henri Danglard
Razzia
as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
Napoleon
as Marshal Jean Lannes
Air of Paris
as Victor Le Garrec
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Max dit Max le Menteur
Rhine Virgin
as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
Their Last Night
as Pierre Ruffin
Storms
as il professore Antonio Sanna
The Moment of Truth
as Dr Pierre Richard
Le Plaisir
as Joseph Rivet
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as François Donge
The Night Is My Kingdom
as Raymond Pinsard
Victor
as Victor
Twelve Hours to Live
as Carlo Bacchi
Marie of the Port
as Henri Chatelard
The Walls of Malapaga
as Pierre Arrignon
Mirror
as Pierre Lussac
Martin Roumagnac
as Martin Roumagnac
The Impostor
as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
Moontide
as Bobo
Stormy Waters
as Le capitaine André Laurent
Daybreak
as François
Coral Reefs
as Ted "Trott" Lennard
La BĂȘte Humaine
as Lantier
Port of Shadows
as Jean
Lady Killer
as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
The Messenger
as Nicolas Dange
Grand Illusion
as Lieutenant Maréchal
Pépé le Moko
as Pépé le Moko
The Lower Depths
as Pepel Wasska
La Belle Ăquipe
as Jean dit Jeannot
Varieté
as Georges
La Bandera
as Pierre Gilieth
Golgotha
as Ponce Pilate
Zouzou
as Jean
Maria Chapdelaine
as François Paradis
Le Tunnel
as Mac Allan
High and Low
as Charles Boulla
Goodbye Beautiful Days
as Pierre Lavernay
L'Ătoile de Valencia
as Pedro Savedra
The Beautiful Sailor
as Le capitaine
Happy Hearts
as Charles
The Crowd Roars
as Joe Greer
Fun in the Barracks
as Fricot
Lilac
as Martousse
For One Night..!
as Jean
Gloria
as Robert Nourry
All That Is Not Worth Love
as Jean Cordier
The Darling of Paris
as Bob
MĂ©phisto
as Jacques Miral
Everyone Has Their Chance
as Marcel Grivot
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Les lions
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Ohé! Les valises
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Jean Gabin - La guerre, c'est pas du cinéma !
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