Acting · Paris, France · Born September 12, 1888
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.
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2019
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2018
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2015
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2003
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MovieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
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1984
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1984
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
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1976
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1976
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1975
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1974
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1973
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1971
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1969
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1968
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1968
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1967
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1966
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1965
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1964
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1964
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1964
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1963
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1963
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1961
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1961
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1959
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1959
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1958
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1958
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1952
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1952
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1949
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1948
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1948
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1947
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1939
as Robert Fleury
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1938
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1937
as Alfred Boulard
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1936
as Victor Larnois
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1936
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1936
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1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
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1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
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1934
as Count Danilo
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1933
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1933
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1931
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1931
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1931
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1931
as Maurice Chevalier
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1931
as Albert Lorifian
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1930
as Albert Loriflan
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1930
as Pierre Mirande
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1930
as Apache
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1929
as Count Alfred Renard
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1929
as Maurice Marney
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1923
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1923
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1923
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1923
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
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1923
as Gonzague / Maurice
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1917
as Momo
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914
The Merry Widow Waltz
1908
