Maurice Chevalier
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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- 2023 · L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Le Siècle des icônes as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
- 2019 · Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · La Chance aux chansons as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1969 · The Sorrow and the Pity as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · Monkeys, Go Home! as Father Sylvain
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Self
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1964 · Chance at Love as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
- 1964 · I'd Rather Be Rich as Philip Dulaine
- 1964 · Panic Button as Phillippe
- 1963 · A New Kind of Love as Self
- 1963 · Der Sport-Spiegel as Self
- 1962 · In Search of the Castaways as Jacques Paganel
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Jessica as Father Antonio
- 1962 · The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe as Self - Host
- 1961 · Black Tights as Himself / Narrator
- 1961 · Fanny as Panisse
- 1960 · Pepe as Maurice Chevalier
- 1960 · A Breath of Scandal as Prince Philip
- 1960 · Can-Can as Paul Barriere
- 1959 · Count Your Blessings as Duc de St. Cloud
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Gigi as Honoré Lachaille
- 1957 · The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Maurice Chevalier
- 1957 · Love in the Afternoon as Claude Chavasse
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Recipient
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1954 · My Seven Little Sins as Comte André de Courvallon
- 1954 · 100 Years of Love as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
- 1953 · Schlagerparade as himself
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1950 · Just Me as Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme'
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Riviera Dream as Maurice Chevalier
- 1949 · A Royal Affair as The King
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Singer
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Paris Nineteen Hundred as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · Silence Is Golden as Emile Clément
- 1939 · Personal Column as Robert Fleury
- 1938 · Break the News as François Verrier
- 1937 · The Man of the Day as Alfred Boulard
- 1936 · With a Smile as Victor Larnois
- 1936 · The Beloved Vagabond as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
- 1936 · Le Vagabond bien-aimé as Caston de Nerac
- 1936 · Le Vagabond bien-aimé as Gaston de Nerac
- 1935 · Folies Bergère as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
- 1935 · Folies Bergère as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
- 1934 · The Merry Widow as Count Danilo
- 1933 · The Way to Love as François
- 1933 · A Bedtime Story as Monsieur Rene
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 as Self
- 1932 · Love Me Tonight as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
- 1932 · Make Me a Star as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
- 1932 · One Hour with You as Dr. Andre Bertier
- 1931 · Monkey Business as Himself (voice)
- 1931 · The Smiling Lieutenant as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
- 1931 · The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Maurice Chevalier
- 1931 · The Little Cafe as Albert Lorifian
- 1930 · Playboy of Paris as Albert Loriflan
- 1930 · Galas de la Paramount as Self (from original version)
- 1930 · The Big Pond as Pierre Mirande
- 1930 · Paramount on Parade as Apache
- 1930 · The Love Parade as Count Alfred Renard
- 1929 · Innocents of Paris as Maurice Marney
- 1923 · L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine as Maurice
- 1923 · Par habitude as Maurice
- 1923 · Jim Bougne, boxeur as Maurice
- 1923 · Bad Boy as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
- 1923 · Gonzague as Gonzague / Maurice
- 1917 · Une soirée mondaine as Momo
- 1914 · The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants as
- 1908 · La Valse à la mode as