Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 12, 1888
Died
Jan 01, 1972
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
95 titles
Maurice Chevalier
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 (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
La Chance aux chansons
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Système 2
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Cadet Rousselle
Self
The Aristocats
Theme Song Performance
The Sorrow and the Pity
Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
Self
Monkeys, Go Home!
Father Sylvain
ABC Stage 67
Self
Show - Charme - Chansons
Self
Chance at Love
Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
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 - Host
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 - Recipient
Cinépanorama
Self
My Seven Little Sins
Comte André de Courvallon
Max Liebman Presents
Special Guest