Acting
Maurice Chevalier
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.
Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Film · 2023
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Film · 2022
The Century of Icons
Series · 2022
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Film · 2021
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Film · 2019
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Film · 2018
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Film · 2015
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
Film · 2005
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Film · 1990
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Film · 1984
La Chance aux chansons
Series · 1984
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Film · 1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Film · 1976
Système 2
Series · 1975
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Film · 1973
Cadet Rousselle
Series · 1971
The Sorrow and the Pity
Series · 1969
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Monkeys, Go Home!
Film · 1967
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
Show - Charme - Chansons
Film · 1965
I'd Rather Be Rich
Film · 1964
Panic Button
Film · 1964
Chance at Love
Film · 1964
A New Kind of Love
Film · 1963
Der Sport-Spiegel
Series · 1963
In Search of the Castaways
Film · 1962
Jessica
Film · 1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Fanny
Film · 1961
Black Tights
Film · 1961
Can-Can
Film · 1960
A Breath of Scandal
Film · 1960
Pepe
Film · 1960
Count Your Blessings
Film · 1959
Startime
Series · 1959
Gigi
Film · 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
Love in the Afternoon
Film · 1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Series · 1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
100 Years of Love
Film · 1954
My Seven Little Sins
Film · 1954
Max Liebman Presents
Series · 1954
Schlagerparade
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
This Is Your Life
Series · 1952
La Joie de vivre
Series · 1952
Just Me
Film · 1950
Riviera Dream
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
A Royal Affair
Film · 1949
Paris 1900
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Silence Is Golden
Film · 1947
Personal Column
Film · 1939
Break the News
Film · 1938
The Man of the Day
Film · 1937
With a Smile
Film · 1936
The Beloved Vagabond
Film · 1936
The Beloved Vagabond
Film · 1936
Folies Bergère de Paris
Film · 1935
Folies Bergère
Film · 1935
The Merry Widow
Film · 1934
A Bedtime Story
Film · 1933
The Way to Love
Film · 1933
Love Me Tonight
Film · 1932
One Hour with You
Film · 1932
Make Me a Star
Film · 1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Film · 1932
The Smiling Lieutenant
Film · 1931
The Stolen Jools
Film · 1931
The Little Cafe
Film · 1931
The House That Shadows Built
Film · 1931
Monkey Business
Film · 1931
The Big Pond
Film · 1930
Playboy of Paris
Film · 1930
Paramount on Parade
Film · 1930
The Love Parade
Film · 1929
Innocents of Paris
Film · 1929
Jim Bougne, boxeur
Film · 1923
Par habitude
Film · 1923
Bad Boy
Film · 1923
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
Film · 1923
Gonzague
Film · 1923
Une soirée mondaine
Film · 1917
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
Film · 1914
The Merry Widow Waltz
Film · 1908