Acting
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Film · 2022
The Century of Icons
Series · 2022
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Film · 2019
The Image Book
Film · 2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Film · 2018
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Film · 2018
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Film · 2017
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Film · 2015
Jean Gabin, une âme française
Film · 2015
The Bardot mystery
Film · 2012
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Film · 2011
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
Film · 2010
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Film · 2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Film · 2002
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Series · 1978
Holy Year
Film · 1976
Cérémonie des César
Series · 1976
Jury of One
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Two Men in Town
Film · 1973
The Dominici Affair
Film · 1973
Killer
Film · 1972
The Cat
Film · 1971
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Film · 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
The Horse
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The Sicilian Clan
Film · 1969
Under the Sign of the Bull
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The Tattoo
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Pasha
Film · 1968
Action Man
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
Film · 1966
The Upper Hand
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God's Thunder
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Monsieur
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That Tender Age
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Any Number Can Win
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Maigret Sees Red
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A Monkey in Winter
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The Gentleman from Epsom
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The President
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
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The Old Guard
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The Baron of the Locks
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The Magnificent Tramp
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Rue de Paris
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
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Les Misérables
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The Possessors
Film · 1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
Film · 1958
Love Is My Profession
Film · 1958
The Night Affair
Film · 1958
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Film · 1957
Speaking of Murder
Film · 1957
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1956
La Traversée de Paris
Film · 1956
Blood to the Head
Film · 1956
Deadlier Than the Male
Film · 1956
People of No Importance
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Napoleon
Film · 1955
Razzia
Film · 1955
French Cancan
Film · 1955
Hi-Jack Highway
Film · 1955
The Little Rebels
Film · 1955
House on the Waterfront
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Film · 1954
Air of Paris
Film · 1954
Their Last Night
Film · 1953
Rhine Virgin
Film · 1953
Storms
Film · 1953
Le Plaisir
Film · 1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Film · 1952
The Moment of Truth
Film · 1952
The Night Is My Kingdom
Film · 1951
Victor
Film · 1951
Marie of the Port
Film · 1950
Twelve Hours to Live
Film · 1950
The Walls of Malapaga
Film · 1949
Mirror
Film · 1947
Martin Roumagnac
Film · 1946
The Impostor
Film · 1944
Moontide
Film · 1942
Stormy Waters
Film · 1941
Daybreak
Film · 1939
Coral Reefs
Film · 1939
La Bête Humaine
Film · 1938
Port of Shadows
Film · 1938
Grand Illusion
Film · 1937
Pépé le Moko
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Lady Killer
Film · 1937
The Messenger
Film · 1937
The Lower Depths
Film · 1936
La Belle Équipe
Film · 1936
Golgotha
Film · 1935
La Bandera
Film · 1935
Varieté
Film · 1935
Maria Chapdelaine
Film · 1934
Zouzou
Film · 1934
High and Low
Film · 1933
Le Tunnel
Film · 1933
L'Étoile de Valencia
Film · 1933
Goodbye Beautiful Days
Film · 1933
Lilac
Film · 1932
Fun in the Barracks
Film · 1932
For One Night..!
Film · 1932
The Crowd Roars
Film · 1932
The Beautiful Sailor
Film · 1932
Happy Hearts
Film · 1932
The Darling of Paris
Film · 1931
All That Is Not Worth Love
Film · 1931
Méphisto
Film · 1931
Gloria
Film · 1931
Everyone Has Their Chance
Film · 1930
Ohé! Les valises
Film · 1928
Les lions
Film · 1928
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