Maurice Chevalier
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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
Credits
Gigi (1958)
as Honoré Lachaille
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
as Claude Chavasse
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
Riviera Dream (1950)
as Maurice Chevalier
Jessica (1962)
as Father Antonio
Just Me (1950)
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa (1968)
as Self
Love Me Tonight (1932)
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow (1934)
as Count Danilo
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
as Father Sylvain
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants (1914)
Actor
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
as Philip Dulaine
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
A Royal Affair (1949)
as The King
One Hour with You (1932)
as Dr. Andre Bertier
Pepe (1960)
as Maurice Chevalier
Can-Can (1960)
as Paul Barriere
Fanny (1961)
as Panisse
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
as Prince Philip
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
as Jacques Paganel
Monkey Business (1931)
as Himself (voice)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
as Self
Silence Is Golden (1947)
as Émile Clément
100 Years of Love (1954)
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
With a Smile (1936)
as Victor Larnois
The Love Parade (1929)
as Count Alfred Renard
Show - Charme - Chansons (1965)
as Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
as (archive footage)
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier (2021)
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Count Your Blessings (1959)
as Duc de St. Cloud
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
as Gaston de Nerac
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
The Little Cafe (1931)
as Albert Lorifian
Chance at Love (1964)
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962)
as Self - Host
The Big Pond (1930)
as Pierre Mirande
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine (1923)
as Maurice
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as Albert Loriflan
Black Tights (1961)
as Himself / Narrator
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932)
as Self
The Man of the Day (1937)
as Alfred Boulard
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Gonzague (1923)
as Gonzague / Maurice
Une soirée mondaine (1917)
as Momo
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Maurice Chevalier
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Way to Love (1933)
as François
Folies Bergère (1935)
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
Paris 1900 (1948)
as Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
My Seven Little Sins (1954)
as Comte André de Courvallon
Bad Boy (1923)
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
Panic Button (1964)
as Fontaine
Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Apache
Personal Column (1939)
as Robert Fleury
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Bougne, boxeur (1923)
as Maurice
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Schlagerparade (1953)
as himself
Break the News (1938)
as François Verrier
A Bedtime Story (1933)
as Monsieur Rene
Par habitude (1923)
as Maurice
Innocents of Paris (1929)
as Maurice Marney
The Merry Widow Waltz (1908)
Actor