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Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (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 (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1904-05-17
- event Death Date 1976-11-15
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.6
- info Birth Place Paris, France
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jean Gabin
7.9
Grand Illusion
1937-06-04
7.7
The Sicilian Clan
1969-12-05
7.1
Two Men in Town
1973-10-24
6.8
Jury of One
1974-09-11
7.2
Les Misérables
1958-03-11
6.2
The Gardener of Argenteuil
1966-10-07
5
Killer
1972-03-01
7
My American Uncle
1980-05-21
6.4
The Tattoo
1968-08-17
7.2
Any Number Can Win
1963-03-19
7.4
The Cat
1971-04-24
7
The Magnificent Tramp
1959-04-08
7.3
Pépé le Moko
1937-01-28
7.6
Daybreak
1939-06-09
6.2
Monsieur
1964-04-22
6.2
The Old Guard
1960-09-02
7.6
A Monkey in Winter
1962-07-29
7.2
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954-03-17
7.1
La Bête Humaine
1938-12-23
6.4
Moontide
1942-05-29
6.9
The Possessors
1958-11-19
6.3
Napoleon
1955-03-25
7
Crime and Punishment
1956-12-04
7.6
Le Plaisir
1952-02-29
6
Air of Paris
1954-09-24
7
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958-01-29
6.1
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962-10-03
7.1
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952-02-13
6.8
Razzia
1955-04-07
7.1
French Cancan
1954-12-27
6
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011-10-25
5
High and Low
1933-12-08
7.2
The Lower Depths
1936-12-11
5.8
Lilac
1932-03-13
7.4
Port of Shadows
1938-05-17
6.9
Stormy Waters
1941-11-27
7
The Darling of Paris
1931-10-09
6.4
Love Is My Profession
1958-09-17
0
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
2010-06-01
6.3
The Walls of Malapaga
1949-09-19
7
The Horse
1970-02-22
7
Everyone Has Their Chance
1930-12-19
6.6
Hi-Jack Highway
1955-10-18
7.2
They Were Five
1936-09-01
5.8
Marie of the Port
1950-02-27
7.3
Behold the Man
1935-01-01
6
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015-01-12
7.3
La Traversée de Paris
1956-10-26
6.1
The Moment of Truth
1952-10-22
5.8
La Bandera
1935-09-25
6.7
Pasha
1968-03-14
7.3
The President
1961-03-01
6
The Impostor
1944-02-10
5.4
Their Last Night
1953-10-23
6.1
Blood to the Head
1956-08-10
6.7
Rue de Paris
1959-10-21
6.9
The Dominici Affair
1973-03-07
6.4
The Image Book
2018-10-11
5.9
Rhine Virgin
1953-11-13
5.7
That Tender Age
1964-12-23
6.3
The Night Affair
1958-05-14
6.2
Maigret Sees Red
1963-09-18
6.3
God's Thunder
1965-09-08
6.3
The Upper Hand
1966-03-02
7.1
Deadlier Than the Male
1956-04-13
6.4
Under the Sign of the Bull
1969-03-28
7
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961-09-27
6.8
The Little Rebels
1955-10-21
5.7
Action Man
1967-05-31
6.9
The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957-04-03
5.9
People of No Importance
1956-02-15
6.2
The Night Is My Kingdom
1951-08-09
6.3
Speaking of Murder
1957-04-12
6.3
The Baron of the Locks
1960-04-13
7
Lady Killer
1937-09-15
6.2
Fun in the Barracks
1932-09-18
6.7
House on the Waterfront
1955-04-15
6
Le Tunnel
1933-12-15
6
Coral Reefs
1939-03-01
6.6
Martin Roumagnac
1946-12-18
8
Maria Chapdelaine
1934-12-14
5.4
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971-10-13
5.2
Storms
1953-05-29
7
Victor
1951-06-13
5.9
Twelve Hours to Live
1950-10-19
6.3
Mirror
1947-05-02
7
The Messenger
1937-09-02
6.8
For one evening..!
1932-01-29
5.8
All That Is Not Worth Love
1931-10-15
6.7
Méphisto
1931-04-17
0
The Crowd Roars
1932-10-11
5.7
The Beautiful Sailor
1932-12-02
0
Gloria
1931-10-30
9
Happy Hearts
1932-12-02
0
L'Étoile de Valencia
1933-06-16
0
Adieu les beaux jours
1933-09-03
0
Ohé! Les valises
1928-12-30
0
Les lions
1928-12-31
6.6
Holy Year
1976-04-23
7
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019-05-07
5.8
Zouzou
1934-12-21
7
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959-09-02
6
Varieté
1935-10-04
6.4
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002-03-21
7.8
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018-02-04
0
Jean Gabin, une âme française
2015-12-25
8
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
2018-08-24
10
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017-04-30
6
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971-05-09
0
Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25
0
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978-09-24
10
Star Life
1990-08-04
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
7
Le Siècle des icônes
2022-12-27
6.2
Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02