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Maurice Chevalier

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  • 1888 - 1972

Biography

Maurice Chevalier's first working job was as an acrobat, until a serious accident ended that career. He turned his talents to singing and acting, and made several short films in France. During World War I he enlisted in the French army. He was wounded in battle, captured and placed in a POW camp by the Germans. During his captivity he learned English from fellow prisoners. After the war he returned to the film business, and when "talkies" came into existence, Chevalier traveled to the US to break into Hollywood. In 1929 he was paired with operatic singer/actress Jeanette MacDonald to make The Love Parade (1929). Although Chevalier was attracted to the beautiful MacDonald and made several passes at her, she rejected him firmly, as she had designs on actor Gene Raymond, who she eventually married). He did not take rejection lightly, being a somewhat vain man who considered himself quite a catch, and derided MacDonald as a "prude". She, in turn, called him "the quickest derrière pincher in Hollywood". They made three more pictures together, the most successful being Love Me Tonight (1932). In the late 1930s he returned to Europe, making several films in France and England. World War II interrupted his career and he was dogged by accusations of collaboration with the Nazi authorities occupying France, but he was later vindicated. In the 1950s he returned to Hollywood, older and gray-headed. He made Gigi (1958), from which he took his signature songs, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "I Remember it Well". He also received a special Oscar that year. In the 1960s he made ke a few more films, and in 1970 he sang the title song for Walt Disney's The AristoCats (1970). This marked his last contribution to the film industry. Date of Death 1 January 1972, Paris, France  (cardiac arrest after surgery for a kidney problem)

Birthday: 1888-09-12

Born At: Paris, France

Casted In:

Gigi
17281
Love in the Afternoon
18299
The Smiling Lieutenant
31409
Love Me Tonight
31532
Can-Can
33726
That's Entertainment!
33740
In Search of the Castaways
34774
Monkeys, Go Home!
39526
One Hour with You
43145
The Merry Widow
43689
The Love Parade
51759
A Breath of Scandal
52003
The Stolen Jools
53572
Backflash
58918
Pièges
62571
The Love Goddesses
67363
That's Entertainment, Part II
74719
Pepe
82792
Fanny
84050
Jessica
98894
The Big Pond
111754
Paris 1900
114073
1-2-3-4 ou Les collants noirs
117781
Paramount on Parade
123473
A Bedtime Story
124361
Le silence est d'or
146828
Make Me a Star
159798
Count Your Blessings
166672
Folies Bergère de Paris
174988
Avec le sourire
186780
I'd Rather Be Rich
192985
Complicated Women
202136
The Beloved Vagabond
223655
Le royaume nain de Lilliput contre Gigas le long, prince des géants
228906
Cento anni d'amore
255079
Playboy of Paris
266385
The House That Shadows Built
277691
Break the News
281599
L'homme du jour
284371
Innocents of Paris
284511
Le petit café
287723
Schlagerparade
297352
L'homme des Folies Bergère
319268
Panic Button
324178
Ma pomme
388097
The Way To Love
432305
J'avais sept filles
434502
Michel Legrand: Sans demi-mesure
578840
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