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      Maurice Chevalier

      Maurice Chevalier

      Highest Rated: 100% The Love Parade (1929)

      Lowest Rated: 13% A New Kind of Love (1963)

      Birthday: Sep 12, 1888

      Birthplace: Paris, France

      The epitome of the worldly French song-and-dance man, Maurice Chevalier was one of the 20th century's most beloved entertainers, delighting audiences the world over in a five-decade career that encompassed vaudeville, light opera, motion pictures and concerts. Perennially decked out in tuxedo tails and a rakish straw boater, Chevalier crooned love songs in a honeyed Gallic accent that endeared him to theatergoers in the teens and early 1920s before entering silent features. Hollywood beckoned in the early 1930s, and he enjoyed a string of musical hits, including "Love Me Tonight" (1932) before returning to France prior to World War II. He returned more popular than ever in the late 1950s, thanks to "Gigi" (1958), which earned him a special Oscar. Chevalier would go on to essay courtly grandfathers until his retirement in 1968. His death in 1972 marked the end of a charmed life, dedicated to spreading the gospel of love and happiness through a song, a smile and a tip of a hat.

      Highest rated movies

      Love Me Tonight
      The Love Parade
      Gigi
      The Smiling Lieutenant
      One Hour With You
      Love in the Afternoon
      The Merry Widow

      Photos

      LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, Maurice Chevalier, 1957 FANNY, Maurice Chevalier, 1961 THE WAY TO LOVE, from left, Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak, 1933 SEND ME NO FLOWERS, Doris Day, right, being visited on-set by Maurice Chevalier, 1964 FANNY, Maurice Chevalier, in his dressing room, 1961 FANNY, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, 1961 LOVE ME TONIGHT, Maurice Chevalier, 1932 MONKEYS, GO HOME!, Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones, Yvette Mimieux, 1967 GIGI, Maurice Chevalier, 1958 CAN-CAN, Maurice Chevalier, 1960, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. A NEW KIND OF LOVE, Maurice Chevalier, 1963 GIGI, Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron, 1958 CAN-CAN, Maurice Chevalier, 1960, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved A BREATH OF SCANDAL, Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, 1960 INNOCENTS OF PARIS, Maurice Chevalier, 1929 I'D RATHER BE RICH, Sandra Dee, Maurice Chevalier, 1964 LOVE ME TONIGHT, Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, 1932 LOVE ME TONIGHT, Elizabeth Patterson, Maurice Chevalier, 1932 IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS, Maurice Chevalier, 1962 IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS, Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, 1962

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Doll Head Trail: Best Friends Screenwriter - 2019
      No Score Yet 18% Operator Officer Espinosa (Character) - 2015
      No Score Yet 60% Lubitsch Musicals Unknown (Character) - 2008
      No Score Yet 46% Monkeys, Go Home! Father Sylvain (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet 67% I'd Rather Be Rich Philip Dulaine (Character) - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Panic Button Philippe Fontaine (Character) - 1963
      13% 49% A New Kind of Love Self - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jessica Father Antonio (Character) - 1962
      No Score Yet 63% In Search of the Castaways Jacques Paganel (Character) - 1962
      No Score Yet 68% Fanny Panisse (Character) - 1961
      No Score Yet 49% Pepe Self - 1961
      No Score Yet 30% A Breath of Scandal Prince Philip (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet 46% Can-Can Paul Barriere (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Count Your Blessings Duc de St. Cloud (Character) - 1959
      88% 74% Gigi Honore Lachaille (Character) - 1958
      82% 78% Love in the Afternoon Claude Chavasse (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet My Seven Little Sins Comte André de Courvallon (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Royal Affair The King (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Man About Town Emile Clément (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Personal Column Unknown (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet L'homme du jour Alfred Boulard (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet No Score Yet With a Smile Victor Larnois (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Beloved Vagabond Gaston de Nerac (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Folies Bergère de Paris Eugene Charlier/Baron Fernand Cassini (Character) - 1935
      82% 78% The Merry Widow Count Danilo (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bedtime Story Monsieur Rene (Character) - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Way to Love François (Character) - 1933
      100% 83% Love Me Tonight Maurice Courtelin (Character) - 1932
      86% 74% One Hour With You Dr. Andre Bertier (Character) - 1932
      88% 66% The Smiling Lieutenant Lt. Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet 20% Paramount on Parade Apache (Origin of the Apache)/Paris Park Gendarme (In a Park in Paris)/Chimney Sweep (Finale) (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Playboy of Paris Albert Loriflan (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet 12% The Big Pond Pierre Mirande (Character) - 1930
      100% 77% The Love Parade Count Alfred Renard (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Innocents of Paris Maurice Marney (Character) - 1929

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Walt Disney's Disneyland Father Sylvain (Character) 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1963 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet We Love Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Unknown (Guest Star) 1958