Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps 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. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he 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 Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
2023L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2022The Century of Icons (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2022Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur as Self (archive footage)
2021Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
2019Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol as Self (archive footage)
2018Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure as Self (archive footage)
2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
1984La Chance aux chansons (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1975Système 2 (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
1971Cadet Rousselle (1 Episode) as Self
1969The Sorrow and the Pity (2 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
1968The Dick Cavett Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1967Monkeys, Go Home! as Father Sylvain
1966ABC Stage 67 (1 Episode) as Self
1964Chance at Love as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
1964I'd Rather Be Rich as Philip Dulaine
1964Panic Button as Fontaine
1963A New Kind of Love as Self
1963Der Sport-Spiegel (1 Episode) as Self
1962In Search of the Castaways as Jacques Paganel
1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self
1962Jessica as Father Antonio
1962The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe as Self - Host
1961Black Tights as Himself / Narrator
1961Fanny as Panisse
1960Pepe as Maurice Chevalier
1960A Breath of Scandal as Prince Philip
1960Can-Can as Paul Barriere
1959Count Your Blessings as Duc de St. Cloud
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Gigi as Honoré Lachaille
1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1 Episode) as Maurice Chevalier
1957Love in the Afternoon as Claude Chavasse
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 Episode) as Self
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Recipient
1956Cinépanorama (1 Episode) as Self
1954My Seven Little Sins as Comte André de Courvallon
1954Max Liebman Presents (1 Episode) as Special Guest
1954100 Years of Love as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
1953Schlagerparade as himself
1953The Oscars (2 Episodes) as Self
1952This Is Your Life (1 Episode) as Self
1950Just Me as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
1950What's My Line? (2 Episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest
1950Riviera Dream as Maurice Chevalier
1949A Royal Affair as The King
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (5 Episodes) as Self
1948Paris 1900 as Self (archive footage)
1947Silence Is Golden as Émile Clément
1939Personal Column as Robert Fleury
1938Break the News as François Verrier
1937The Man of the Day as Alfred Boulard
1936With a Smile as Victor Larnois
1936The Beloved Vagabond as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
1936Le Vagabond bien-aimé as Caston de Nerac, Gaston de Nerac
1935Folies Bergère as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
1935Folies Bergère as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
1934The Merry Widow as Count Danilo
1933The Way to Love as François
1933A Bedtime Story as Monsieur Rene
1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 as Self
1932Love Me Tonight as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
1932Make Me a Star as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
1932One Hour with You as Dr. Andre Bertier
1931Monkey Business as Himself (voice)
1931The Smiling Lieutenant as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
1931The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
1931The Stolen Jools as Maurice Chevalier
1931The Little Cafe as Albert Lorifian
1930Playboy of Paris as Albert Loriflan
1930The Big Pond as Pierre Mirande
1930Paramount on Parade as Apache
1930The Love Parade as Count Alfred Renard
1929Innocents of Paris as Maurice Marney
1923L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine as Maurice
1923Par habitude as Maurice
1923Jim Bougne, boxeur as Maurice
1923Bad Boy as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
1923Gonzague as Gonzague / Maurice
1917Une soirée mondaine as Momo
1914The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants as Unknown
1908La Valse à la mode as Unknown
1969The Sorrow and the Pity (2 Episodes) ... Songs