Published video “Les quenas de mes 15 ans”.
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Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is 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.
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Born 12 September 1888 · Died 1 January 1972 · Q106001
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2026· 8 entries
Published video “You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me”.
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Published video “Fleur de Paris”.
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Published video “Prosper”.
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Published video “Paris sera toujours Paris”.
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Published video “Paris sera toujours Paris (Preview)”.
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Published video “Le Chapeau De Zozo”.
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Published video “Fleur de Paris (Preview)”.
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “C'est Chevalier”.
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2015· 1 entry
Le Parisien: Maurice Chevalier, l'élégant de Marnes-la-Coquette
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2013· 2 entries
actuphoto.com: Vente de la collection Maurice Chevalier (lots 78 à 166) à l'Hôtel Drouot le Lundi 9 Décembre 2013
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Le Parisien: La maison de Maurice Chevalier est à vendre
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “The Magic of Maurice”.
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Louise”.
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “Les Grands Chansonniers: Maurice Chevalier”.
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Dernier Concert”.
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Released album “Gentleman Chevalier”.
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Released album “Maurice Chevalier”.
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Disney Legends (2002).
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Released album “Prosper- Légende de la chanson française”.
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Released album “Maurice Chevalier, Volume 2: 1930-1949”.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Les légendes d'or”.
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Released ep “Le Twist Du Canotier”.
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Released album “Chefs-d'œuvre de la chanson française”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “Naxos Nostalgia - Maurice Chevalier (Ma Pomme) (Chansons 1935-1946)”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Forever Gold”.
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Released album “Maurice Chevalier, Volume 1: 1919-1930”.
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Released album “Paris by Moonlight”.
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Released album “Mon vieux Paris”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Early Movie Hits”.
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Released album “Les Chansons éternelles”.
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Released album “Les Meilleurs”.
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1997· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame (1997).
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Released album “Valentine”.
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Released album “Fleur de Paris”.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Maurice Chevalier : Succès et raretés 1920–1928”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Ma pomme, Prosper, Valentine...”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Au temps du Charleston”.
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “Le Roi du music-hall”.
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Released album “There Is No Business Like Show Business”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “1930-1940 : D’Hollywood à la "drôle de guerre"”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Ma cherie”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Bravo Maurice !”.
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “The Immortal Maurice Chevalier”.
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1972· 2 entries
“Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.”
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Died 1972-01-01.
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1970· 2 entries
Two years after his retirement, songwriters Richard M
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Made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats
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1968· 2 entries
Awarded Special Tony Award (1968).
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Released album “à 80 berges”.
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1967· 1 entry
Toured in Latin America, again, the US, Europe and Canada, where he appeared as a special guest at Expo 67
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1966· 2 entries
Released album “Chevalier chante Paris”.
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Released album “A Musical Tour of France With Maurice Chevalier”.
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1962· 2 entries
Released album “Surboum "Christiné''”.
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Filmed Panic Button (not released until 1964), playing opposite Jayne Mansfield
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1961· 2 entries
Released album “Black Tights”.
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Starred in the drama Fanny with Leslie Caron and Charles Boyer, an updated version of Marcel Pagnol's "Marseilles Trilogy"
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1960· 1 entry
Released album “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries”.
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1958· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1958).
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Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1958).
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Starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi
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Released album “Yesterday!”.
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1957· 3 entries
Appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years
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Appeared as himself in an episode of The Jack Benny Program titled "Jack in Paris"
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Chevalier was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film
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1956· 1 entry
Released ep “Là-haut”.
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1955· 1 entry
With Vic Schoen as arranger and musical director
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1954· 1 entry
After the McCarthy era abated, Chevalier was welcomed back in the United States
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1952· 2 entries
Bought a large property in Marnes-la-Coquette, near Paris, and named it La Louque, as a homage to his mother's nickname
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With Janie Michels, a young divorcee with three children
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1949· 2 entries
Performed in Stockholm in a Communist benefit against nuclear arms
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Chevalier was the subject of the first official roast at the New York Friars' Club, although celebrities had been informally "roasted" at banquets since 1910
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1947· 2 entries
Released ep “Una furtiva lagrima / Quai de Bercy / Place Pigalle”.
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Released ep ““Vingt ans” (At the Age of Twenty) / “Ma pomme” (I’m a Bum) / I Fall in Love With You Every Day / Where Is My Bess”.
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1946· 1 entry
Split from Nita Raya and, at the age of 58, began writing his memoirs, which took many years to complete
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1944· 2 entries
Had participated in a Communist demonstration in Paris
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When Allied forces freed France, Chevalier was accused of collaboration
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1942· 1 entry
Chevalier was named on a list of French collaborators with Germany to be killed during the war, or tried after it
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1939· 1 entry
“Ça fait d'excellents français”
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1937· 1 entry
Chevalier married the dancer Nita Raya
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1934· 1 entry
Starred in the first sound film of the Franz Lehár operetta The Merry Widow, one of his best-known films, though he felt his role was too narrow and repetitive
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1932· 1 entry
Starred with Jeanette MacDonald in Paramount's film musical One Hour With You, which became a success and one of the films instrumental in making musicals popular again
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1931· 1 entry
Chevalier starred in a musical called The Smiling Lieutenant with Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins
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1930· 2 entries
Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930)
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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
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1928· 1 entry
Where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris
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1920· 1 entry
Offered him star billing with his new wife Mary Pickford, but Chevalier doubted his own talent for silent movies (his previous ones had largely failed)
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1917· 2 entries
Discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre
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Chevalier became a star in le Casino de Paris and played before British soldiers and Americans
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1916· 1 entry
Was released through the secret intervention of Mistinguett's admirer, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, the only king of a neutral country who was related to both the British and German royal families
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1909· 2 entries
Became the partner of the biggest female star in France, Fréhel
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Became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel
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1900· 2 entries
Leaving his mother to take care of Maurice and Paul on her own
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Offered his services as a performer to the skeptical owner of a nearby café
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1896· 1 entry
Leaving Joséphine to feed and take care of the children on her own; forced to work much longer hours, she was hospitalized for overwork in 1898
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-09-12.
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