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.
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Known for
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient
La Chance aux chansons
Self (archive footage)
This Is Your Life
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Oscars
Self
Système 2
Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Maurice Chevalier
Max Liebman Presents
Special Guest
Cadet Rousselle
Self
The Sorrow and the Pity
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
Gigi
Honoré Lachaille
Fanny
Panisse
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Love in the Afternoon
Claude Chavasse
Pepe
Maurice Chevalier
In Search of the Castaways
Jacques Paganel
The Stolen Jools
Maurice Chevalier
The Merry Widow
Count Danilo
Monkey Business
Himself (voice)
A New Kind of Love
Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Love Me Tonight
Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
Paramount on Parade
Apache
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Monkeys, Go Home!
Father Sylvain
Paris 1900
Self (archive footage)
100 Years of Love
Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
Jessica
Father Antonio
A Breath of Scandal
Prince Philip
Can-Can
Paul Barriere
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
The Smiling Lieutenant
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
Silence Is Golden
Émile Clément
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
One Hour with You
Dr. Andre Bertier
Make Me a Star
Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
The Love Parade
Count Alfred Renard
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Playboy of Paris
Albert Loriflan
Chance at Love
Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
Personal Column
Robert Fleury
Count Your Blessings
Duc de St. Cloud
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
The Way to Love
François
Just Me
Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
My Seven Little Sins
Comte André de Courvallon
A Bedtime Story
Monsieur Rene
Black Tights
Himself / Narrator
Panic Button
Fontaine
The Big Pond
Pierre Mirande
The Little Cafe
Albert Lorifian
I'd Rather Be Rich
Philip Dulaine
A Royal Affair
The King
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Self (archive footage)
Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Self
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Caston de Nerac
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Gaston de Nerac
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self - Host
Riviera Dream
Maurice Chevalier
Par habitude
Maurice
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
Maurice
Schlagerparade
himself
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
Innocents of Paris
Maurice Marney
Jim Bougne, boxeur
Maurice
The Man of the Day
Alfred Boulard
The Beloved Vagabond
Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
Break the News
François Verrier
With a Smile
Victor Larnois
Gonzague
Gonzague / Maurice
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Bad Boy
Louis-Philippe Massoubre
La Valse à la mode
Une soirée mondaine
Momo
Der Sport-Spiegel
Self
Cinépanorama
Self