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Maurice Chevalier

Born: 12-Sep-1888
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1-Jan-1972
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Cimeti�re de Marnes la Coquette, Hauts de Seine, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor, Singer

[1] Longtime lover of singer Felix Paquet. See also Darwin Porter, Katharine the Great: (1907-1950) Secrets of a Lifetime... Revealed (2004), page 186. "An aggressively open homosexual, [Anderson] Lawler also wanted to fill Kate [Hepburn] in on the gay gossip about [Charles] Boyer. 'His friend, Maurice Chevalier, has the hots for him. I heard that from the mouth of Kay Francis herself. She claims that Chevalier is lousy in bed, and always attacks homosexuals so as to throw suspicion from himself." Anderson Lawler was an actor, and Gary Cooper's lover.

Wife: Yvonne Vallee (m. 1927, div. several years later)
Boyfriend: Felix Paquet (his "valet")

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
Shot: Battle
Shrapnel Injury
Taken Prisoner of War Alten Grabow (1914-16)
Risk Factors: Depression

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Monkeys, Go Home! (2-Feb-1967)
I'd Rather Be Rich (26-Aug-1964)
Panic Button (Apr-1964)
A New Kind of Love (30-Oct-1963) · Himself
In Search of the Castaways (19-Dec-1962)
Jessica (19-Apr-1962) · Fr. Antonio
Fanny (28-Jun-1961)
Pepe (21-Dec-1960) · Himself
A Breath of Scandal (16-Dec-1960)
Can-Can (9-Mar-1960) · Paul Barriere
Black Tights (1960) · Narrator [VOICE]
Count Your Blessings (23-Apr-1959) · Duc de St. Cloud
Gigi (15-May-1958) · Honor� Lachaille
Love in the Afternoon (30-Jun-1957) · Claude Chavasse
Man About Town (21-May-1947)
Pi�ges (1939)
Folies Berg�re (22-Feb-1935)
The Merry Widow (11-Oct-1934) · Danilo
Love Me Tonight (13-Aug-1932) · Maurice Courtelin
One Hour With You (22-Mar-1932) · Dr. Andre Bertier
The Smiling Lieutenant (10-Jul-1931) · Niki
The Big Pond (3-May-1930) · Pierre Mirande
Paramount on Parade (22-Apr-1930) · Himself
The Love Parade (19-Nov-1929) · Count Alfred Renard

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