Cast

Jean Gabin

Acting

Cast

Jean Gabin

Known for

Acting

Born

1904-05-17

From

Paris, France

Died

1976-11-15

Also known as Jean-Alexis Moncorgé, Jean Moncorgé, Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé

Biography

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.

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Biography

Victor

Les lions

The Tattoo

Under the Sign of the Bull

Stormy Waters

The Counterfeiters of Paris

The Sicilian Clan

Méphisto

Napoleon

Varieté

Their Last Night

Grand Illusion

Pasha

The Night Affair

Maigret Sees Red

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

That Tender Age

The Magnificent Tramp

Pépé le Moko

Rue de Paris

Jean Gabin, une âme française

The Image Book

Two Men in Town

The Cat

Golgotha

Love Is My Profession

The Possessors

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

Les Misérables

Any Number Can Win

Quand Jean devint Renoir

L'Étoile de Valencia

Razzia

The Little Rebels

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

Goodbye Beautiful Days

The Darling of Paris

Lady Killer

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret Sets a Trap

Port of Shadows

The Dominici Affair

French Cancan

La Bête Humaine

Lilac

The Baron of the Locks

La Traversée de Paris

Mirror

The Old Guard

A Monkey in Winter

House on the Waterfront

Crime and Punishment

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

The Upper Hand

Action Man

The Bardot mystery

The Horse

Deadlier Than the Male

Le Plaisir

Speaking of Murder

The Walls of Malapaga

Ohé! Les valises

Martin Roumagnac

Marie of the Port

People of No Importance

For One Night..!

Moontide

God's Thunder

The President

Jury of One

Daybreak

The Case of Dr. Laurent

Hi-Jack Highway

La Bandera

Holy Year

Everyone Has Their Chance