Maurice Chevalier
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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.
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Acted in
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Le Siècle des icônes
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
2021
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
La Chance aux chansons
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Système 2
1975
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
The Sorrow and the Pity
1969
as Self (archive footage)
Monkeys, Go Home!
1967
as Father Sylvain
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self
Chance at Love
1964
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Philip Dulaine
Panic Button
1964
as Fontaine
A New Kind of Love
1963
as Self
In Search of the Castaways
1962
as Jacques Paganel
Jessica
1962
as Father Antonio
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self - Host
Black Tights
1961
as Himself / Narrator
Fanny
1961
as Panisse
Pepe
1960
as Maurice Chevalier
A Breath of Scandal
1960
as Prince Philip
Can-Can
1960
as Paul Barriere
Count Your Blessings
1959
as Duc de St. Cloud
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Gigi
1958
as Honoré Lachaille
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Maurice Chevalier
Love in the Afternoon
1957
as Claude Chavasse
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Recipient
My Seven Little Sins
1954
as Comte André de Courvallon
100 Years of Love
1954
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
Schlagerparade
1953
as himself
The Oscars
1953
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Just Me
1950
as Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme'
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Riviera Dream
1950
as Maurice Chevalier
A Royal Affair
1949
as The King
Paris Nineteen Hundred
1948
as Self (archive footage)
Silence Is Golden
1947
as Émile Clément
Personal Column
1939
as Robert Fleury
Break the News
1938
as François Verrier
The Man of the Day
1937
as Alfred Boulard
With a Smile
1936
as Victor Larnois
The Beloved Vagabond
1936
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936
as Caston de Nerac
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936
as Gaston de Nerac
Folies Bergère
1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
Folies Bergère
1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
The Merry Widow
1934
as Count Danilo
The Way to Love
1933
as François
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Monsieur Rene
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932
as Self
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
Make Me a Star
1932
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
One Hour with You
1932
as Dr. Andre Bertier
Monkey Business
1931
as Himself (voice)
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Maurice Chevalier
The Little Cafe
1931
as Albert Lorifian
Playboy of Paris
1930
as Albert Loriflan
The Big Pond
1930
as Pierre Mirande
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Apache
The Love Parade
1930
as Count Alfred Renard
Innocents of Paris
1929
as Maurice Marney
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923
as Maurice
Par habitude
1923
as Maurice
Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923
as Maurice
Bad Boy
1923
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
Gonzague
1923
as Gonzague / Maurice
Une soirée mondaine
1917
as Momo
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914
La Valse à la mode
1908