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Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Acting · Sound

Born September 12, 1888, Paris, France

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

Appearances as themselves (38)
  • 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur — Self (archive footage)
  • The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier — Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
  • 2019Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005The Great Man: W.C. Fields — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self (archive footage)
  • La Chance aux chansons — Self (archive footage)
  • 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • Système 2 — Self (archive footage)
  • 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)
  • Cadet Rousselle — Self
  • 1968Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • ABC Stage 67 — Self
  • 1965Show - Charme - Chansons — Self
  • 1964Chance at Love — Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
  • 1963A New Kind of Love — Self
  • Der Sport-Spiegel — Self
  • 1962The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe — Self - Host
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • 1961Black Tights — Himself / Narrator
  • Startime — Self
  • Cinépanorama — Self
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
  • Tony Awards — Self - Recipient
  • 1953Schlagerparade — himself
  • The Oscars — Self
  • La Joie de vivre — Self - Guest
  • This Is Your Life — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
  • 1948Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 — Self
  • 1931Monkey Business — Himself (voice)
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