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Jean-Alexis Moncorgé
- Jean-Alexis Moncorgé, known as Jean Gabin (French: [ʒɑ̃ gabɛ̃]; 17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer.
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Jean-Alexis Moncorgé, known as Jean Gabin (French: [ʒɑ̃ gabɛ̃]; 17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève ...
Jean Gabin. Actor: The Grand Illusion. Jean-Alexis Moncorgé started his career with 15 years at the theatre and debuted at the "Moulin Rouge" in Paris in 1929. Despite of his rude aspect he knew to be the gentleman of the French cinema in the time between the two World Wars.
- January 1, 1
- Paris, France
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- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Male winner of 1953 Lemon Prize, awarded by French journalists to the nastiest French actors. He enlisted in the 2nd Free French Armored Division and was eventually made a tank commander. He fought in France and in Germany until the end of the war.
- May 17, 1904
- November 15, 1976
May 13, 2024 · Jean Gabin (born May 17, 1904, Paris, France—died Nov. 15, 1976, Paris) was one of the most popular film actors in France from the 1930s to the ’60s. Gabin was the son of a music-hall comedian (stage name Jean Gabin).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gabin (né Moncorgé), a wannabe farmer or locomotive engineer who reluctantly followed his father into the Parisian music halls, found himself by dint of hard work, canny choices, and historical serendipity, the most successful and highest paid French actor of the time.
In 1974, Gabin, seventy years old and as beloved as ever, a symbol of the France that overcame the wars and never lost its essential qualities as a nation, recorded “Maintenant Je Sais.” In his off-hand way he talk-croons his way through the sentimental song, as lugubrious strings saw away in the background.
In a career spanning 95 films and six decades, Gabin established himself as perhaps the greatest actor in the history of French cinema. The range of films he appeared in is staggering, including over a score of unrivalled masterpieces (from Renoir's La Grande Illusion to Carné's Le jour se lève ), popular comedies and respectable attempts to ...
