1888-09-12 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.
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L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
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Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-01 |
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Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier | Self - Entertainer (archive footage) | 2021-12-19 |
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-05 |
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa | Self | 1968-02-06 |
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Monkeys, Go Home! | Father Sylvain | 1967-02-08 |
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Show - Charme - Chansons | Self | 1965-02-02 |
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I'd Rather Be Rich | Philip Dulaine | 1964-08-25 |
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Panic Button | Fontaine | 1964-04-10 |
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La Chance et l'Amour | Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited) | 1964-10-30 |
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A New Kind of Love | Self | 1963-10-10 |
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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self - Host | 1962-02-11 |
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In Search of the Castaways | Jacques Paganel | 1962-12-01 |
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Jessica | Father Antonio | 1962-04-19 |
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1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs | Himself / Narrator | 1961-09-07 |
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Fanny | Panisse | 1961-06-28 |
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Can-Can | Paul Barriere | 1960-03-09 |
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Pepe | Maurice Chevalier | 1960-12-21 |
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A Breath of Scandal | Prince Philip | 1960-03-16 |
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Count Your Blessings | Duc de St. Cloud | 1959-04-23 |
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Gigi | Honoré Lachaille | 1958-05-15 |
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Love in the Afternoon | Claude Chavasse | 1957-05-29 |
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J'avais sept filles | Comte André de Courvallon | 1954-11-29 |
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Cento anni d'amore | Massimo (segment "Amore 1954") | 1954-02-25 |
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Schlagerparade | himself | 1953-11-03 |
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Riviera Dream | Maurice Chevalier | 1950-01-01 |
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Ma pomme | Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme' | 1950-11-15 |
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Le Roi | The King | 1949-12-14 |
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Paris 1900 | Self (archive footage) | 1948-02-25 |
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Le silence est d'or | Émile Clément | 1947-05-21 |
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Pièges | Robert Fleury | 1939-12-05 |
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Break the News | François Verrier | 1938-01-02 |
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L'Homme du jour | Alfred Boulard | 1937-01-02 |
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Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Caston de Nerac | 1936-05-08 |
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Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Gaston de Nerac | 1936-05-08 |
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The Beloved Vagabond | Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot' | 1936-08-24 |
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Avec le sourire | Victor Larnois | 1936-12-03 |
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Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini | 1935-02-22 |
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L'homme des Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini | 1935-05-09 |
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The Merry Widow | Count Danilo | 1934-11-02 |
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A Bedtime Story | Monsieur Rene | 1933-04-22 |
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The Way to Love | François | 1933-10-20 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 | Self | 1932-12-16 |
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Make Me a Star | Maurice Chevalier (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 |
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Love Me Tonight | Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin | 1932-08-18 |
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One Hour with You | Dr. Andre Bertier | 1932-03-23 |
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Monkey Business | Himself (voice) | 1931-09-19 |
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Le Petit Café | Albert Lorifian | 1931-01-20 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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The Smiling Lieutenant | Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn | 1931-08-01 |
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The Stolen Jools | Maurice Chevalier | 1931-04-04 |
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Paramount on Parade | Apache | 1930-04-22 |
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The Love Parade | Count Alfred Renard | 1930-01-18 |
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The Big Pond | Pierre Mirande | 1930-05-03 |
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Playboy of Paris | Albert Loriflan | 1930-10-18 |
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Innocents of Paris | Maurice Marney | 1929-01-02 |
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Gonzague | Gonzague / Maurice | 1923-01-23 |
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L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine | Maurice | 1923-10-23 |
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Par habitude | Maurice | 1923-09-28 |
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Jim Bougne, boxeur | Maurice | 1923-06-15 |
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Le Mauvais Garçon | Louis-Philippe Massoubre | 1923-02-09 |
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Une soirée mondaine | Momo | 1917-02-02 |
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Le royaume nain de Lilliput contre Gigas le long, prince des géants | 1914-10-18 | |
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La Valse à la mode | 1908-10-18 |
