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Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Actor · Born 1904-05-17 · Paris, France

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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 perform…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Grand Illusion (1937) — Lieutenant Maréchal
  2. The Sicilian Clan (1969) — Vittorio Manalese
  3. Port of Shadows (1938) — Jean
  4. La Traversée de Paris (1956) — Grandgil, artist painter
  5. Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) — Max dit Max le Menteur
  6. The Tattoo (1968) — Comte Enguerand de Montignac,alias « Legrain »
  7. Daybreak (1939) — François
  8. La Bête Humaine (1938) — Lantier
  9. A Monkey in Winter (1962) — Albert Quentin
  10. Any Number Can Win (1963) — Charles
  11. Pépé le Moko (1937) — Pépé le Moko
  12. Two Men in Town (1973) — Germain Cazeneuve
  13. Le Plaisir (1952) — Joseph Rivet
  14. Les Misérables (1958) — Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
  15. Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) — Commissioner Jules Maigret
  16. The Cat (1971) — Julien Bouin
  17. Pasha (1968) — Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
  18. The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) — Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
  19. French Cancan (1955) — Henri Danglard
  20. Razzia (1955) — Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
  21. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959) — Commissioner Jules Maigret
  22. The Image Book (2018) — (archive footage)
  23. The Lower Depths (1936) — Pepel Wasska
  24. The Dominici Affair (1973) — Gaston Dominici
  25. The President (1961) — Émile Beaufort
  26. La Belle Équipe (1936) — Jean dit Jeannot
  27. Stormy Waters (1941) — Le capitaine André Laurent
  28. Love Is My Profession (1958) — André Gobillot
  29. Deadlier Than the Male (1956) — André Chatelin
  30. The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) — Richard Briand-Charmery
  31. The Old Guard (1960) — Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
  32. Maigret Sees Red (1963) — Commissioner Jules Maigret
  33. The Horse (1970) — Auguste Maroilleur
  34. The Possessors (1958) — Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
  35. Speaking of Murder (1957) — Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
  36. The Upper Hand (1966) — Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
  37. Moontide (1942) — Bobo
  38. The Night Affair (1958) — Georges Vallois
  39. The Magnificent Tramp (1959) — Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
  40. Lady Killer (1937) — Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'