Maurice Chevalier (I) (1888–1972) |
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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. During his captivity he learned ...
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Born:in Paris, FranceDied:(age 83) in Paris, France |
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L'ombre d'un doute
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2014) (performer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Les artistes sous l'occupation
(2014)
... (lyrics: "Notre Espoir") / (performer: "Ça Fait d'Excellents Français", "Notre Espoir")
2014
Hier encore
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(2014)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon")
2012
Mad Men
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Dark Shadows
(2012)
... (performer: "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" - uncredited)
2011
Au revoir mon amour
(Short) (performer: "Ah ! Si vous Connaissiez ma Poule", "Y a d'la Joie !")
2011
An Intimate History
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois", "Notre Espoir") / (performer: "Ça Sent si Bon la France", "Notre Espoir")
2010
L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "Notre Espoir") / (performer: "Ça Fait d'Excellents Français", "Notre Espoir")
2009
Abel Escoto: Fragmentos de Vida e Obra
(Documentary) (performer: "Paris, je t'Aime d'Amour" (Paris, Stay the Same))
2009
The Boys
(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) (performer - 1 episode)
- Les meurtres ABC
(2009)
... (performer: "Ma Pomme")
2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Enjoy It!" - uncredited)
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV Movie 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", "Just One of Those Things", "My Love Parade" - uncredited)
2007
Maurice Chevalier - Mistinguett: Un demi-siècle de chansons
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Folies Bergère", "La Marche de Ménilmontant", "Toi, Toi, Toi")
2007
My Name Is Earl
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Foreign Exchange Student
(2007)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
2006
Veronica Mars
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- My Big Fat Greek Rush Week
(2006)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
2001
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Presenting Lorelai Gilmore
(2001)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" - uncredited)
La chance aux chansons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 19 episodes, 1987 - 2000) (performer - 1 episode, 1988)
- Partie de Campagne au Bord de l'Eau
(2000)
... (lyrics: "Chanson Populaire")
- Du Front populaire aux années noires
(1999)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon")
- La chanson des forains
(1997)
... (lyrics: "La Fête à Neu-Neu")
- Les coulisses de la chance
(1996)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon")
- Les Voix du Bal
(1995)
... (lyrics: "Chanson Populaire")
1993
L'oeil de Vichy
(Documentary) (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon") / (performer: "La Chanson du Maçon")
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Lion in Winter
(1992)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
1990
The Wonder Years
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Daddy's Little Girl
(1990)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
1988
Soir 3
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 11 September 1988
(1988)
... (performer: "Paris, je t'Aime d'Amour" (Paris, Stay the Same))
Chantez-le moi
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1983 - 1984) (performer - 1 episode, 1984)
- La France se libère
(1984)
... (lyrics: "Notre Espoir", "Chanson Populaire", "La Fête à Neu-Neu") / (performer: "Chanson Populaire")
- 1940-1944: 1ère époque
(1983)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon")
1982
Une histoire d'amour Maurice Chevalier
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "La Polka des Barbus", "Le Régiment des Jambes Louis XV", "La Fête à Neu-Neu", "Notre Espoir", "La Chanson du Maçon", "La Marche de Ménilmontant") / (performer: "La Marche de Ménilmontant")
1980-1981
Le temps d'une paix
(TV Series) (performer - 13 episodes)
- L'inauguration du garage
(1981)
... (performer: "Valentine")
- La tension monte
(1981)
... (performer: "Valentine")
- Le temps des foins
(1980)
... (performer: "Valentine")
- Le notaire Fournier
(1980)
... (performer: "Valentine")
- En cueillant des framboises
(1980)
... (performer: "Valentine")
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Patter of Little Feet
(1979)
... (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
1979
Nous les Artistes: Maurice Chevalier
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "La Marche de Ménilmontant", "Notre Espoir", "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois") / (performer: "Valentine", "Ça Fait d'Excellents Français", "Ma Pomme", "Le Chapeau de Zozo", "Paris sera toujours Paris", "La Marche de Ménilmontant", "Le Beau Gosse", "Oh ! Maurice", "Ce n'est pas la même Chose", "Si j'avais Su...", "Les Mirlitons", "Quand un Vicomte...", "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire", "Là-Haut !", "Louise", "Nouveau Bonheur" (You Brought a New Kind of Love to me), "Y a d'la Joie !", "Prosper", "Ah ! Si vous Connaissiez ma Poule", "Notre Espoir", "Un p'tit Air", "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois")
Ces chers disparus
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1978) (performer - 1 episode, 1978)
- Maurice Chevalier
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Toi, Toi, Toi") / (performer: "Toi, Toi, Toi")
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Documentary) (performer: "I'm Going to Maxim's" (1907), "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1907), "I Remember It Well" (1958) - uncredited)
1976
Singing During the Occupation
(Documentary) (lyrics: "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois", "Notre Espoir") / (performer: "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois", "Notre Espoir")
1974
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Singing a Happy Song", "Valentine")
1973
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (1958) - uncredited)
Cadet Rousselle
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1972) (performer - 1 episode, 1972)
- Episode dated 11 January 1972
(1972)
... (lyrics: "La Marche de Ménilmontant", "La Chanson du Maçon") / (performer: "Moi, avec une Chanson", "Le Chapeau de Zozo", "Dites-moi ma Mère")
1972
Hommage à Maurice Chevalier
(TV Short documentary) ("Dites-moi ma Mère", "Avec le Sourire", "Coeur en Chômage", "C'est Paris", "Mon Coeur", "Pour bien Réussir", uncredited) / (lyrics: "Notre Espoir", "La Polka des Barbus" (uncredited)) / (performer: "Ah ! Si vous Connaissiez ma Poule", "Valentine", "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire", "Notre Espoir", "Un p'tit Air", "Demain j'ai Vingt Ans")
1969
The Sorrow and the Pity
(Documentary) (lyrics: "Notre Espoir") / (performer: "Notre Espoir", "Ça Fait d'Excellents Français", "Ça Sent si Bon la France", "Sweepin' the Clouds Away")
1969
Les Français écrivent aux Shadoks
(TV Series documentary short) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Cocorico
(1969)
... (performer: "Prosper")
- D'excellents Français
(1969)
... (performer: "Ça Fait d'Excellents Français" - uncredited)
1968
Télé dimanche
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 22 September 1968
(1968)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon")
1968
Tel quel
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 January 1968
(1968)
... (performer: "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire")
1966
Le palmarès des chansons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Colette Renard et André Dassary
(1966)
... (lyrics: "La Fête à Neu-Neu")
1964
The Bell Telephone Hour
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #7.4
(1964)
... (performer: "Hello, Dolly!", "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Mimi", "I Remember It Well", "Under the Bridges of Paris" (Sous les Ponts de Paris), "C'est si bon", "The Poor People of Paris" (La Goualante du Pauvre Jean), "Valentine", "Au Revoir")
1963
A New Kind of Love
(performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Mimi", "Louise", "In the Park in Paree", "Cancan")
1962
Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire
(TV Movie documentary) ("Avec le Sourire", "Coeur en Chômage", "C'est Paris", "Mon Coeur", "Pour bien Réussir", "Dites-moi ma Mère", "On est comme on est", "Ma Régulière", "Je m'Donne", "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois", "Ose Anna", "Un p'tit Air", "Faut jamais Dire ça aux Femmes", "Chapeau de Paille", "C'était Moi", "Paris sera toujours Paris", uncredited) / (lyrics: "La Symphonie des Semelles en Bois" - uncredited) / (performer: "Ah ! Si vous Connaissiez ma Poule", "Valentine", "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire")
1961
The Royal Variety Performance 1961
(TV Special) (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
1960
Can-Can
(performer: "Live and Let Live", "Live and Let Live" (reprise), "Just One of Those Things", "Montmart'" - uncredited)
1958
Gigi
(performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", "It's a Bore", "I Remember It Well", "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" - uncredited)
1957
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jack in Paris
(1957)
... (performer: "Happy")
1957
Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°1
(Short) (performer: "Pour les Amants c'est tous les Jours Dimanche" (uncredited), "Chapeau de Paille")
1957
Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°2
(Short) ("La Chanson du Maçon", "Le Régiment des Mandolines", "C'est si bon", uncredited) / (lyrics: "Rendez-vous à Paris" (uncredited), "À Barcelone", "La Chanson du Maçon" (uncredited)) / (performer: "Rendez-vous à Paris" (uncredited), "À Barcelone", "Mon P'tit Moustique")
1957
Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°3
(Short) (lyrics: "Rendez-vous à Paris" (uncredited), "Sur l'Avenue Foch") / (performer: "Rendez-vous à Paris" (uncredited), "Sur l'Avenue Foch")
1957
Trente-Six Chansons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Henri Betti
(1957)
... (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon", "La Fête à Neu-Neu", "La Polka des Barbus")
Trente-Six Chandelles
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1956) (performer - 1 episode, 1956)
- Maurice Chevalier
(1956)
... (lyrics: "La Polka des Barbus", "La Marche de Ménilmontant") / (performer: "Je Connais une Blonde", "Le P'tit Objet", "Le Beau Môme", "Viens Poupoule", "La Marche de Ménilmontant")
La joie de vivre
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1953) (performer - 1 episode, 1953)
- Maurice Chevalier
(1953)
... (lyrics: "Notre Espoir", "À Barcelone", "La Chanson du Maçon") / (performer: "Le Beau Môme", "Dans la Vie faut pas s'en Faire", "Quand on est Deux", "Quand un Vicomte...", "La Chanson du Maçon", "Valentine", "Prosper", "Ma Pomme")
1951
Compositeurs et chansons de Paris
(Short) (lyrics: "La Chanson du Maçon" (uncredited), "Blondine")
1950
Just Me
(lyrics: "Clodo-Sérénade", "T'en fais pas Fiston") / (performer: "Clodo-Sérénade", "T'en fais pas Fiston", "Y a tant d'Amour", "Ma Pomme")
1936
Le vagabond bien-aimé
(performer: "Le Bon Système (Faut s'en foutre éperdument)", "Quand un Vicomte...", "De vous Revoir Madame", "Sur les Grands Flots Bleus (Sobre las olas)")
1935
L'homme des Folies Bergère
(performer: "Vous Avez Dit ce que j'Allais Dire" (You Took the Words Right Out of my Mouth), "Valentine", "Au Revoir l'Amour" (Good-Bye to Love), "C'Était Écrit" (I Was Lucky), "La Romance de la Pluie" (Rhythm of the Rain), "Le Chapeau de Paille" (Singing a Happy Song))
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
(performer: "Valentine", "Rhythm of the Rain", "Good-Bye to Love", "You Took the Words Right Out of my Mouth", "I Was Lucky", "Singing a Happy Song", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You")
1934
The Merry Widow
(performer: "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1905), "Maxim's" (1905), "The Merry Widow Waltz" (1905) - uncredited)
1932
Love Me Tonight
(performer: "That's the Song of Paree" (1932) (uncredited), "Isn't It Romantic?" (1932) (uncredited), "Mimi", "The Poor Apache" (Un Vrai Méchant), "Love me Tonight" (Un Soir d'Amour))
1932
One Hour with You
(performer: "One Hour with You" (Une Heure près de Toi), "We Will Always be Sweetheharts" (Coeur contre Coeur), "What Would you Do ?" (Qu'Auriez-vous Fait ?), "Oh that Mitzi !" (Oh cette Mitzi !), "What a Little Thing Like a Wedding Can Do", "It Was Only a Dream Kiss" - uncredited)
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" - uncredited)
1930
The Big Pond
(performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight")
1929
The Love Parade
(performer: "Paris, Stay the Same" (1929), "Anything to Please the Queen" (1929), "My Love Parade" (1929), "Nobody's Using It Now" (1929) - uncredited)
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Stage: Appeared in one-man show, "Maurice Chevalier," at the Princes Theatre in London, England. Fred Freed was pianist. See more »Publicity Listings:
5 Print Biographies | 8 Portrayals | 1 Interview | 9 Articles | 5 Pictorials | 8 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Height:
5' 11" (1.8 m)
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