Maurice Chevalier
Birthday: 1888-09-12
Deathday: 1971-08-24
Birthplace: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1931 | 43 | The Big Pond The Love Parade (1930) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
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Transaction History
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Credits
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1967-02-08 | Monkeys, Go Home! | Father Sylvain |
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1964-08-25 | I'd Rather Be Rich | Philip Dulaine |
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1964-04-10 | Panic Button | Phillippe |
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1962-12-01 | In Search of the Castaways | Jacques Paganel |
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1962-04-19 | Jessica | Father Antonio |
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1961-06-28 | Fanny | Panisse |
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1960-12-21 | Pepe | Maurice Chevalier |
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1960-03-16 | A Breath of Scandal | Prince Philip |
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1960-03-09 | Can-Can | Paul Barriere |
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1959-04-23 | Count Your Blessings | Duc de St. Cloud |
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1958-05-15 | Gigi | Honoré Lachaille |
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1957-05-29 | Love in the Afternoon | Claude Chavasse |
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1954-11-29 | My Seven Little Sins | Comte André de Courvallon |
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1954-02-25 | 100 Years of Love | Massimo (segment "Amore 1954") |
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1950-11-15 | Just Me | Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme' |
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1950-01-01 | Riviera Dream | Maurice Chevalier |
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1949-12-14 | A Royal Affair | The King |
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1947-05-21 | Silence Is Golden | Emile Clément |
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1939-12-05 | Personal Column | Robert Fleury |
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1938-01-02 | Break the News | François Verrier |
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1937-01-02 | The Man of the Day | Alfred Boulard |
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1936-12-03 | With a Smile | Victor Larnois |
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1936-08-24 | The Beloved Vagabond | Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot' |
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1936-05-08 | Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Caston de Nerac |
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1936-05-08 | Le Vagabond bien-aimé | Gaston de Nerac |
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1935-05-09 | Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini |
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1935-02-22 | Folies Bergère | Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini |
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1934-11-02 | The Merry Widow | Count Danilo |
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1933-10-20 | The Way to Love | François |
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1933-04-22 | A Bedtime Story | Monsieur Rene |
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1932-08-18 | Love Me Tonight | Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin |
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1932-07-01 | Make Me a Star | Maurice Chevalier (uncredited) |
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1932-03-23 | One Hour with You | Dr. Andre Bertier |
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1931-08-01 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn |
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1931-04-04 | The Stolen Jools | Maurice Chevalier |
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1931-01-20 | The Little Cafe | Albert Lorifian |
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1930-10-18 | Playboy of Paris | Albert Loriflan |
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1930-05-03 | The Big Pond | Pierre Mirande |
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1930-04-22 | Paramount on Parade | Apache |
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1930-01-18 | The Love Parade | Count Alfred Renard |
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1929-01-02 | Innocents of Paris | Maurice Marney |
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1923-10-23 | L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine | Maurice |
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1923-09-28 | Par habitude | Maurice |
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1923-06-15 | Jim Bougne, boxeur | Maurice |
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1923-02-09 | Bad Boy | Louis-Philippe Massoubre |
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1923-01-23 | Gonzague | Gonzague / Maurice |
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1917-02-02 | Une soirée mondaine | Momo |
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1914-10-18 | The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants | |
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1908-09-25 | La Valse à la mode |