
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born12 September 1888 (age 137)
- Place of BirthParis, France
Maurice Chevalier

- Known ForActing
- Born12 September 1888 (age 137)
- Place of BirthParis, France

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
2021

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015

Complicated Women
2003

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Hooray for Hollywood
1976

That's Entertainment!
1974

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973

Monkeys, Go Home!
1967

I'd Rather Be Rich
1964

Panic Button
1964

Chance at Love
1964

A New Kind of Love
1963

In Search of the Castaways
1962

Jessica
1962

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962

Fanny
1961

Black Tights
1961

Can-Can
1960

A Breath of Scandal
1960

Pepe
1960

Count Your Blessings
1959

Gigi
1958

Love in the Afternoon
1957

100 Years of Love
1954

My Seven Little Sins
1954

Schlagerparade
1953

Just Me
1950

Riviera Dream
1950

A Royal Affair
1949

Paris 1900
1948

Silence Is Golden
1947

Personal Column
1939

Break the News
1938

The Man of the Day
1937

With a Smile
1936

The Beloved Vagabond
1936

Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936

Folies Bergère
1935

Folies Bergère
1935

The Merry Widow
1934

A Bedtime Story
1933

The Way to Love
1933

Love Me Tonight
1932

One Hour with You
1932

Make Me a Star
1932

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932

The Smiling Lieutenant
1931

The Stolen Jools
1931

The Little Cafe
1931

The House That Shadows Built
1931

Monkey Business
1931

The Love Parade
1930

The Big Pond
1930

Playboy of Paris
1930

Paramount on Parade
1930

Innocents of Paris
1929

Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923

Bad Boy
1923

Par habitude
1923

L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923

Gonzague
1923
