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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 12, 1888
Died
January 1, 1972
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Maurice Auguste Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
2022
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022
10.0
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
2021
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
0.0
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
4.0
Self (archive footage)
La Chance aux chansons
1984
Credits
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.0
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
2022
8.0
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
2021
10.0
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.0
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
2018
9.0
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
La Chance aux chansons
as Self (archive footage)
1984
4.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
🎬
Système 2
as Self (archive footage)
1975
0.0
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
0.0
Cadet Rousselle
as Self
1971
0.0
The Sorrow and the Pity
as Self (archive footage)
1969
7.6
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
🎬
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
as Self
1968
0.0
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Father Sylvain
1967
5.2
ABC Stage 67
as Self
1966
6.2
🎬
Show - Charme - Chansons
as Self
1965
0.0
Chance at Love
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
1964
5.8
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Philip Dulaine
1964
5.8
Panic Button
as Fontaine
1964
4.2
A New Kind of Love
as Self
1963
6.2
🎬
Der Sport-Spiegel
as Self
1963
6.0
In Search of the Castaways
as Jacques Paganel
1962
6.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Jessica
as Father Antonio
1962
4.3
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self - Host
1962
0.0
Black Tights
as Himself / Narrator
1961
6.2
Fanny
as Panisse
1961
6.7
Pepe
as Maurice Chevalier
1960
6.3
A Breath of Scandal
as Prince Philip
1960
5.1
Can-Can
as Paul Barriere
1960
6.6
Count Your Blessings
as Duc de St. Cloud
1959
4.2
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Gigi
as Honoré Lachaille
1958
6.3
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Maurice Chevalier
1957
8.6
Love in the Afternoon
as Claude Chavasse
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.9
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
My Seven Little Sins
as Comte André de Courvallon
1954
1.0
🎬
Max Liebman Presents
as Special Guest
1954
0.0
100 Years of Love
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
1954
7.0
Schlagerparade
as himself
1953
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Just Me
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
1950
3.8
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Riviera Dream
as Maurice Chevalier
1950
0.0
A Royal Affair
as The King
1949
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
1948
5.3
Silence Is Golden
as Émile Clément
1947
6.8
Personal Column
as Robert Fleury
1939
6.6
Break the News
as François Verrier
1938
6.0
The Man of the Day
as Alfred Boulard
1937
5.0
With a Smile
as Victor Larnois
1936
6.8
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
1936
5.4
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Caston de Nerac
1936
4.8
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Gaston de Nerac
1936
4.8
Folies Bergère
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
1935
0.0
Folies Bergère
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
1935
5.6
The Merry Widow
as Count Danilo
1934
6.7
The Way to Love
as François
1933
0.0
A Bedtime Story
as Monsieur Rene
1933
4.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
1932
0.0
Love Me Tonight
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
1932
6.5
Make Me a Star
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
1932
5.5
One Hour with You
as Dr. Andre Bertier
1932
6.5
Monkey Business
as Himself (voice)
1931
7.0
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
1931
6.8
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
The Stolen Jools
as Maurice Chevalier
1931
5.6
The Little Cafe
as Albert Lorifian
1931
7.0
Playboy of Paris
as Albert Loriflan
1930
7.0
The Big Pond
as Pierre Mirande
1930
5.7
Paramount on Parade
as Apache
1930
6.1
The Love Parade
as Count Alfred Renard
1930
6.6
Innocents of Paris
as Maurice Marney
1929
0.0
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
as Maurice
1923
0.0
Par habitude
as Maurice
1923
0.0
Jim Bougne, boxeur
as Maurice
1923
0.0
Bad Boy
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
1923
0.0
Gonzague
as Gonzague / Maurice
1923
1.0
Une soirée mondaine
as Momo
1917
0.0
🎬
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914
0.0
🎬
La Valse à la mode
1908
6.0