His heavy French accent, melodic voice and Gallic charm made Maurice Chevalier the prototype of the gallant French monsieur in the American cinema of the 1930s. Before he went to Hollywood he worked as a farmer, circus acrobat, cabaret singer and, starting in 1908, a comical actor in French films, a few times even with the celebrated Max Linder...See full bio »
1960Can-Can
(performer: "Live and Let Live", "Live and Let Live" reprise, "Just One of Those Things", "Montmart'")
1958Gigi
(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)
1935Folies 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)
1932Love 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)
1932One 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")
1931The 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")
1931Monkey Business
(performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" 1930 - uncredited)
1929The 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)
Love the public the way you love your mother.
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Trivia:
In 1951, the U.S. State Department declared Chevalier "potentially dangerous" to the security of the United States because he had signed a petition against nuclear weapons called the Stockholm Appeal.
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