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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 17, 1904
Died
November 15, 1976
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Jean-Alexis Moncorgé
- Jean Moncorgé
- Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé
- Жан Габен
- ژان گابن
Jean Gabin
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Biography
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (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 Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, 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 Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée 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 Bergère 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 Pathé Frères 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 Pépé 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 Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné'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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
2022
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Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
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(archive footage)
The Image Book
2018
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Monsieur (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
2018
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Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
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Self (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
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Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, une âme française
2015
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Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015
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Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
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Self (archive footage)
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
2010
Credits
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.0
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
6.3
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
as Monsieur (archive footage)
2018
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Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Jean Gabin, une âme française
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self (archive footage)
2011
6.0
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
as Self (archive footage)
2010
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Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
2002
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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
6.4
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1978
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Holy Year
as Max Lambert
1976
6.6
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
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Jury of One
as Leguen
1974
6.4
Two Men in Town
as Germain Cazeneuve
1973
7.1
The Dominici Affair
as Gaston Dominici
1973
6.8
Killer
as Commissioner Le Guen
1972
4.9
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
as Victor Ploubaz
1971
5.5
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V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
The Cat
as Julien Bouin
1971
7.4
The Horse
as Auguste Maroilleur
1970
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The Sicilian Clan
as Vittorio Manalese
1969
7.6
Under the Sign of the Bull
as Albert Raynal
1969
6.3
The Tattoo
as Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
1968
6.4
Pasha
as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
1968
6.7
Action Man
as Denis Ferrand
1967
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
1966
6.2
The Upper Hand
as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
1966
6.3
God's Thunder
as Léandre Brassac
1965
6.2
That Tender Age
as Émile Malhouin
1964
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Monsieur
as Monsieur
1964
6.1
Maigret Sees Red
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
1963
6.1
Any Number Can Win
as Charles
1963
7.2
The Gentleman from Epsom
as Richard Briand-Charmery
1962
6.2
A Monkey in Winter
as Albert Quentin
1962
7.6
The Counterfeiters of Paris
as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
1961
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The President
as Emile Beaufort
1961
7.3
The Old Guard
as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
1960
6.2
The Baron of the Locks
as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
1960
6.3
Rue de Paris
as Henri Neveu
1959
6.6
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
1959
6.9
The Magnificent Tramp
as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
1959
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The Possessors
as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
1958
6.8
Love Is My Profession
as Maître André Gobillot
1958
6.2
The Night Affair
as Inspecteur Georges Vallois
1958
6.2
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
1958
7.2
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Commissaire Maigret
1958
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Speaking of Murder
as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
1957
6.3
The Case of Dr. Laurent
as le docteur Laurent
1957
6.9
Crime and Punishment
as Commissaire Gallet
1956
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La Traversée de Paris
as Grandgil, artist painter
1956
7.3
Blood to the Head
as François Cardinaud
1956
6.1
Deadlier Than the Male
as André Chatelin
1956
7.2
People of No Importance
as Jean Viard
1956
5.8
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
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The Little Rebels
as Julien Lamy
1955
6.8
Hi-Jack Highway
as Jean Chape
1955
6.4
House on the Waterfront
as Commander Lequévic
1955
6.7
French Cancan
as Henri Danglard
1955
7.2
Razzia
as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
1955
6.7
Napoleon
as Marshal Jean Lannes
1955
6.3
Air of Paris
as Victor Le Garrec
1954
6.1
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Max dit Max le Menteur
1954
7.2
Rhine Virgin
as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
1953
6.2
Their Last Night
as Pierre Ruffin
1953
4.9
Storms
as il professore Antonio Sanna
1953
5.2
The Moment of Truth
as Dr Pierre Richard
1952
5.8
Le Plaisir
as Joseph Rivet
1952
7.5
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as François Donge
1952
6.8
The Night Is My Kingdom
as Raymond Pinsard
1951
6.2
Victor
as Victor
1951
6.8
Twelve Hours to Live
as Carlo Bacchi
1950
5.9
Marie of the Port
as Henri Chatelard
1950
5.5
The Walls of Malapaga
as Pierre Arrignon
1949
6.5
Mirror
as Pierre Lussac
1947
6.8
Martin Roumagnac
as Martin Roumagnac
1946
6.6
The Impostor
as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
1944
6.0
Moontide
as Bobo
1942
6.3
Stormy Waters
as Le capitaine André Laurent
1941
6.7
Daybreak
as François
1939
7.6
Coral Reefs
as Ted "Trott" Lennard
1939
6.4
La Bête Humaine
as Lantier
1938
7.1
Port of Shadows
as Jean
1938
7.4
Lady Killer
as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
1937
6.8
The Messenger
as Nicolas Dange
1937
7.0
Grand Illusion
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
1937
7.9
Pépé le Moko
as Pépé le Moko
1937
7.2
The Lower Depths
as Pepel Wasska
1936
7.2
La Belle Équipe
as Jean dit Jeannot
1936
7.4
Varieté
as Georges
1935
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La Bandera
as Pierre Gilieth
1935
5.6
Behold the Man
as Ponce Pilate
1935
7.3
Zouzou
as Jean
1934
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Maria Chapdelaine
as François Paradis
1934
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Le Tunnel
as Mac Allan
1933
5.6
High and Low
as Charles Boulla
1933
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Goodbye Beautiful Days
as Pierre Lavernay
1933
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L'Étoile de Valencia
as Pedro Savedra
1933
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Happy Hearts
as Charles
1932
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The Beautiful Sailor
as Le capitaine
1932
5.1
The Crowd Roars
as Joe Greer
1932
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Fun in the Barracks
as Fricot
1932
6.2
Lilac
as Martousse
1932
5.6
For One Night..!
as Jean
1932
6.2
Gloria
as Robert Nourry
1931
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All That Is Not Worth Love
as Jean Cordier
1931
5.6
The Darling of Paris
as Bob
1931
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Méphisto
as Jacques Miral
1931
6.5
Everyone Has Their Chance
as Marcel Grivot
1930
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Les lions
1928
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Ohé! Les valises
1928
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