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Maurice Chevalier (I) (1888–1972)


Maurice Chevalier's first working job was as an acrobat, until a serious accident ended that career. He turned his talents to singing and acting, and made several short films in France. During World War I he enlisted in the French army. He was wounded in battle, captured and placed in a POW camp by the Germans... See full bio »

Died:

(age 83) in Paris, France

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (60 titles)
1967 Monkeys, Go Home!
Father Sylvain
 
1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
Philip Dulaine
 
1964 Panic Button
Philippe Fontaine
 
1963 A New Kind of Love
Maurice Chevalier
 
1962 Jessica
Father Antonio
 
1961 Fanny
Panisse
 
1961 Black Tights
Who introduces
 
1960 Can-Can
Paul Barriere
 
1959 Count Your Blessings
Duc de St. Cloud
 
1958 Gigi
Honoré Lachaille
 
1957 Love in the Afternoon
Claude Chavasse
 
1954 My Seven Little Sins
Comte André de Courvallon
 
1954 100 Years of Love
Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
 
1950 Just Me
Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme'
 
1949 A Royal Affair
The King
 
1947 Le silence est d'or
Emile Clément
 
1939 Personal Column
Robert Fleury
 
1938 Break the News
François Verrier
 
1937 The Man of the Hour
Alfred Boulard/Himself
 
1937 Le vagabond bien-aimé
Gaston de Nerac
 
1936 With a Smile
Victor Larnois
 
1936 The Beloved Vagabond
Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
 
1935 L'homme des Folies Bergère
Eugene Charlier/Baron Cassini
 
1935 Folies Bergère de Paris
Eugene Charlier/Baron Fernand Cassini
 
1933 The Way to Love
François
 
1933 L'amour guide
François
 
1932 Love Me Tonight
Maurice
 
1932 Une heure près de toi
Le docteur André Bertier
 
1932 One Hour with You
Dr. Andre Bertier
 
1931 Monkey Business
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Maurice Chevalier
 
1931 Le petit café
Albert Lorifian
 
1930 Playboy of Paris
Albert Loriflan
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount
Apache - Episode 'Origin of the Apache'/'Park in Paris'/Finale
 
1930 La grande mare
Pierre Mirande
 
1930 The Big Pond
Pierre Mirande
 
1929 The Love Parade
Count Alfred Renard
 
1929 Innocents of Paris
Maurice Marney
 
1923 Bad Boy
Le mauvais garçon
 
1923 Gonzague
 
1923 L'accordeur (short)
 
1923 Par habitude (short)
 
1922 Le match Criqui-Ledoux (short)
 
1917 Une soirée mondaine (short)
 
1912 Une bougie récalcitrante (short)
 
1912 La valse renversante (short)
 
1911 Par habitude
 
1908 Susceptible Youth (short)
 
1908 La valse à la mode (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (46 titles)
2012 Mad Men (TV series)
Dark Shadows (2012) (performer: "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary) (performer: "Livin' in The Sunlight, Lovin' in The Moonlight", "The Aristocats")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "Maxim's" - uncredited)
 
2009 Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie (TV series)
Les meurtres ABC (2009) (performer: "Ma pomme")
 
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary) (performer: "Enjoy It!" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary) (performer: "Louise" - uncredited, "Just One of Those Things" - uncredited, "My Love Parade" - uncredited)
 
2004 EuroTrip (performer: "Prosper Yop La Boum!")
 
2001 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Presenting Lorelai Gilmore (2001) (performer: "Thank Heaven For Little Girls")
 
2001 Confession d'un dragueur (performer: "Valentine")
 
1997 Wag the Dog (performer: "THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS")
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
The Lion in Winter (1992) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
 
1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
Daddy's Little Girl (1990) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
 
1988 Story of Women ("La chanson du maçon")
 
1984 The Blood of Others (performer: "C'était écrit")
 
1978 The Cheap Detective (performer: "Mimi")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "I'm Going to Maxim's" 1907 - uncredited, "Girls, Girls, Girls" 1907 - uncredited, "I Remember It Well" 1958 - uncredited)
 
1975 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
Great Mysteries with Orson Buggy (1975) (writer: "Valentine")
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary) (performer: "Louise")
 
1974 Vive la France (documentary) (performer: "Paris je t'aime")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" 1958 - uncredited)
 
1973 The Train (performer: "Ça fait d'excellents Français")
 
1970 The AristoCats (performer: "The Aristocats")
 
1967 Monkeys, Go Home! (performer: "Joie De Vivre")
 
1962 In Search of the Castaways (performer: "Merci Beaucoup", "Grimpons!", "Enjoy It")
 
1960 Can-Can (performer: "Live and Let Live", "Live and Let Live" reprise, "Just One of Those Things", "Montmart'")
 
1958 Gigi (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited, "It's a Bore" - uncredited, "I Remember It Well" - uncredited, "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Jack in Paris (1957) (performer: "Happy")
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Something's Gotta Give")
 
1947 Le silence est d'or (performer: "Pigalle")
 
1938 Break the News (performer: "We're Old Buddies")
 
1937 The Man of the Hour (performer: "Y a d'la joie", "Ma pomme")
 
1935 Folies Bergère de Paris (performer: "Valentine" 1925, "Rhythm of the Rain" 1935, "Au Revoir L'Amour" 1935, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" 1935, "I Was Lucky" 1935, "Singing a Happy Song" 1935, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1934 The Merry Widow (performer: "Girls, Girls, Girls" 1905 - uncredited, "Maxim's" 1905 - uncredited, "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1905 - uncredited)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-7 (short) (performer: "Louise")
 
1932 Love Me Tonight (performer: "That's the Song of Paree" 1932 - uncredited, "Isn't It Romantic" 1932 - uncredited, "Mimi" 1932 - uncredited, "The Poor Apache" 1932 - uncredited, "Love Me Tonight" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 Stopping the Show (short) ("HELLO, BEAUTIFUL")
 
1932 One Hour with You (performer: "One Hour With You", "What Would You Do?", "Oh That Mitzi", "What a Little Thing Like a Wedding Can Do", "It Was Only a Dream Kiss")
 
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant (performer: "Toujours l'Amour in the Army" 1931, "While Hearts Are Singing" 1931, "Breakfast Table Love" 1931, "One More Hour of Love" 1931, "Ach Du Lieber Flausenthurm")
 
1931 Monkey Business (performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Playboy of Paris (performer: "My Ideal")
 
1930 The Big Pond (performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight")
 
1930 Paramount on Parade (performer: "All I Want is Just One Girl", "Sweepin' the Clouds Away")
 
1929/I Marianne (performer: "Louise" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Love Parade (performer: "Paris, Stay the Same" 1929 - uncredited, "Anything to Please the Queen" 1929 - uncredited, "My Love Parade" 1929 - uncredited, "Nobody's Using It Now" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Innocents of Paris (performer: "Louise" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1957 Maurice Chevalier's Paris (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1931 Bimbo's Express (short) (singing voice: "Bimbo")
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
1970 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.13 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Probe im Folies Bergère (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Paris aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #4.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1963-1969 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
36ème gala de l'union des artistes (1969) … Himself
34ème de l'union des artistes (1964) … Himself
33ème gala de l'union des artistes (1963) … Himself
 
1969 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
René Clair (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Treffpunkt Airport (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Himself
C'est La Vie (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Hollywood Deb Star Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963-1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Singer
Great Moments (1965) … Himself - Singer
Episode #7.4 (1964) … Himself - Host
Episode #6.5 (1963) … Himself - Host
 
1957-1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
Episode #18.28 (1965) … Himself - Singer
Episode #12.27 (1959) … Himself - Singer
Episode #11.38 (1958) … Himself
Episode #11.34 (1958) … Himself
Episode #11.28 (1958) … Himself
 
1965 Issues and Answers (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1963-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 4 April 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 27 January 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1965 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Narrator
A Concert in Pantomime (1965) … Himself - Host/Narrator
 
1964 Chance at Love
Himself (segment "Les interviews-vérités")
 
1964 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer
Episode #2.3 (1964) … Himself - Host/Singer
 
1963 The April in Paris Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1961 The Royal Variety Performance 1961 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 Pepe
Himself
 
1960 The Revlon Revue (TV series)
Himself - Host
A Bouquet from Maurice Chevalier (1960) … Himself - Host
 
1958-1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #7.11 (1960) … Himself
Episode #5.36 (1958) … Himself
 
1959 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 28 November 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Himself
The Wonderful World of Entertainment (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Premier Khrushchev in the USA (documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Honorary Oscar
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.4 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Lucy Goes to Mexico (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1957 A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself
Around the World in 90 Minutes (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Heart of Show Business (short)
Himself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Jesse L. Lasky (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
Jack in Paris (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Maurice Chevalier's Paris (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Presenter: Best Original Song
 
1955 Trente-Six Chandelles (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 October 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Zu Gast bei Margot Hielscher (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Maurice Chevalier zu Gast bei Margot Hielscher (1955) … Himself - Singer
 
1954 La joie de vivre (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 11 September 1954 (1954) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1953 Hit Parade
Himself - Singer
 
1953 Champs Élysées (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 La nuit des étoiles (short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Himself - Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Himself/Apache (Origin of the Apache)/Paris Park Gendarme (In a Park in Paris)/Chimney Sweep (Finale)
 
1930 Paramount op parade
Himself
 
1928 Hello New York!
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (33 titles)
2011 An Intimate History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Nazi Collaborators (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
 
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary)
Jacques Paganel
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Épilogue")
 
2006 Line Renaud: une histoire de France (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Grock: King of Clowns (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
1999 Eddie Constantine: Cet homme est un sentimental... (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1980 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV series)
 
1970-1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1977 Ciné Follies (documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'The Merry Widow' (1934)
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Gigi'
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1969 The Sorrow and the Pity (documentary)
Himself - Denies Making Tour of Germany (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1958-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1960 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-7 (short)
Himself
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1963) Stage: Appeared in one-man show, "An Evening with Maurice Chevalier," at the Saville Theatre in London, England. Fred Stamer was pianist. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

On why he preferred personal appearences to films: "The cinema is rather like a beautiful woman whom you would court only by telephone." See more »

Trivia:

On his death the "Times" of London wrote: "Paris has lost another piece of its history and of its legend". See more »

Trademark:

Tuxedo See more »

Nickname:

Mo See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo