Maurice Chevalier
- Acting
- September 12, 1888 · Paris, France
- January 1, 1972
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
Filmography
- L'Âge d'or de la pub · Self
- The Century of Icons · Self
- Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur · Self
- Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier · Self
- Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol · Self
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure · Self
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do · Self
- The Great Man: W.C. Fields · Self
- Complicated Women · Self
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story · Self
- La Chance aux chansons · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · (archive footage)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy · (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- Hooray for Hollywood · Self
- Système 2 · Self
- That's Entertainment! · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli · Self
- Cadet Rousselle · Self
- The Aristocats · Theme Song Performance
- The Sorrow and the Pity · Self, Songs
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa · Self
- Monkeys, Go Home! · Father Sylvain
- ABC Stage 67 · Self
- Show - Charme - Chansons · Self
- Chance at Love · Self
- I'd Rather Be Rich · Philip Dulaine
- Panic Button · Fontaine
- A New Kind of Love · Self
- Der Sport-Spiegel · Self
- In Search of the Castaways · Jacques Paganel
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- Jessica · Father Antonio
- The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe · Self
- Black Tights · Himself / Narrator
- Fanny · Panisse
- Pepe · Maurice Chevalier
- A Breath of Scandal · Prince Philip
- Can-Can · Paul Barriere
- Startime · Self
- Count Your Blessings · Duc de St. Cloud
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- Gigi · Honoré Lachaille
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour · Maurice Chevalier
- Love in the Afternoon · Claude Chavasse
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Tony Awards · Self
- Cinépanorama · Self
- My Seven Little Sins · Comte André de Courvallon
- Max Liebman Presents · Special Guest
- 100 Years of Love · Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
- Schlagerparade · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- This Is Your Life · Self
- La Joie de vivre · Self
- Just Me · Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
- What's My Line? · Self
- Riviera Dream · Maurice Chevalier
- A Royal Affair · The King
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Paris 1900 · Self
- Silence Is Golden · Émile Clément
- Personal Column · Robert Fleury
- Break the News · François Verrier
- The Man of the Day · Alfred Boulard
- With a Smile · Victor Larnois
- The Beloved Vagabond · Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
- The Beloved Vagabond · Gaston de Nerac
- Folies Bergère · Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
- Folies Bergère de Paris · Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
- The Merry Widow · Count Danilo
- The Way to Love · François
- A Bedtime Story · Monsieur Rene
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 · Self
- Love Me Tonight · Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
- Make Me a Star · Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
- One Hour with You · Dr. Andre Bertier
- Monkey Business · Self
- The Smiling Lieutenant · Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn