Maurice Chevalier

Chevalier, Maurice 

Born Sept. 12, 1888, in Paris; died there Jan. 1,1972. French singer, film actor.

From 1912 to 1918, Chevalier worked in music hall comedy productions; he later performed on the stage as a chanteur. He became famous in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. Chevalier began acting in motion pictures in 1911, appearing in such films as The Love Parade (1931), The Merry Widow (1934), Le Silence est d’or (1947; released in the USA under the title Man About Town), Love in the Afternoon (1956), Can-Can (1962), Fanny (1963), and Captain Grant’s Children (1965, in the role of Paganelle).

WORKS

Ma Route et mes chansons. Paris [1950],
Autobiographic Paris, 1956.
In Russian translation:
“Masterovoi Frantsii.” Teatr, 1974, nos. 7,8,11.

REFERENCE

Pagnol, M. and R. Carlès. Maurice Chevalier. Paris, 1950.