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NAME: Maurice Chevalier
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Singer
BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1888
DEATH DATE: January 01, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Maurice Chevalier was a French actor who played a suave seducer in early musicals and film comedies.

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Maurice Chevalier was born on Sept. 12, 1888 in Paris. He was as a café singer and star of French musical revues. His first Hollywood film, The Innocents of Paris, began a series of musicals that co-starred Jeanette MacDonald. During WWWII Chevalier's popularity suffered because he entertained in German-occupied France. He was awarded a Special Academy Award in 1958 and died in 1972.

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