Jean Gabin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 17, 1904
- Died
- November 15, 1976 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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.
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Filmography
Jean Gabin - La guerre, c'est pas du cinéma
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gabin, une âme paysanne
Movie · as Self (archive) - actor
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Movie · as Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
The Century of Icons
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
Movie · as (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Movie · as Monsieur (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, une âme française
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bardot mystery
Movie
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Holy Year
Movie · as Max Lambert
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - President · 1 ep
Jury of One
Movie · as Leguen
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Two Men in Town
Movie · as Germain Cazeneuve
The Dominici Affair
Movie · as Gaston Dominici
Killer
Movie · as Commissioner Le Guen
The Cat
Movie · as Julien Bouin
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Movie · as Victor Ploubaz
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Horse
Movie · as Auguste Maroilleur
The Sicilian Clan
Movie · as Vittorio Manalese
Under the Sign of the Bull
Movie · as Albert Raynal
The Tattoo
Movie · as Comte Enguerand de Montignac,alias « Legrain »
Pasha
Movie · as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
Action Man
Movie · as Denis Ferrand
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Movie · as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
The Upper Hand
Movie · as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
God's Thunder
Movie · as Léandre Brassac
Monsieur
Movie · as Monsieur
That Tender Age
Movie · as Émile Malhouin
Any Number Can Win
Movie · as Charles
Maigret Sees Red
Movie · as Commissioner Jules Maigret
A Monkey in Winter
Movie · as Albert Quentin
The Gentleman from Epsom
Movie · as Richard Briand-Charmery
The President
Movie · as Émile Beaufort
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Movie · as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
The Old Guard
Movie · as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
The Baron of the Locks
Movie · as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
The Magnificent Tramp
Movie · as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
Rue de Paris
Movie · as Henri Neveu
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Movie · as Commissioner Jules Maigret
Les Misérables
Movie · as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
The Possessors
Movie · as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
Maigret Sets a Trap
Movie · as Commissioner Jules Maigret
Love Is My Profession
Movie · as André Gobillot
The Night Affair
Movie · as Georges Vallois
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Movie · as le docteur Laurent
Speaking of Murder
Movie · as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
Crime and Punishment
Movie · as Commissaire Gallet
La Traversée de Paris
Movie · as Grandgil, artist painter
Blood to the Head
Movie · as François Cardinaud
Deadlier Than the Male
Movie · as André Chatelin
People of No Importance
Movie · as Jean Viard
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Napoleon
Movie · as Marshal Jean Lannes
Razzia
Movie · as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
French Cancan
Movie · as Henri Danglard
Hi-Jack Highway
Movie · as Jean Chape
The Little Rebels
Movie · as Julien Lamy
House on the Waterfront
Movie · as Commander Lequévic
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Movie · as Max dit Max le Menteur
Air of Paris
Movie · as Victor Le Garrec
Their Last Night
Movie · as Pierre Ruffin
Rhine Virgin
Movie · as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
Storms
Movie · as il professore Antonio Sanna
Le Plaisir
Movie · as Joseph Rivet
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Movie · as François Donge
The Moment of Truth
Movie · as Dr Pierre Richard
The Night Is My Kingdom
Movie · as Raymond Pinsard
Victor
Movie · as Victor
Marie of the Port
Movie · as Henri Chatelard
Twelve Hours to Live
Movie · as Carlo Bacchi
The Walls of Malapaga
Movie · as Pierre Arrignon
Mirror
Movie · as Pierre Lussac
Martin Roumagnac
Movie · as Martin Roumagnac
The Impostor
Movie · as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
Moontide
Movie · as Bobo
Stormy Waters
Movie · as Le capitaine André Laurent
Daybreak
Movie · as François
Coral Reefs
Movie · as Ted "Trott" Lennard
La Bête Humaine
Movie · as Lantier
Port of Shadows
Movie · as Jean
Grand Illusion
Movie · as Lieutenant Maréchal
Pépé le Moko
Movie · as Pépé le Moko
Lady Killer
Movie · as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
The Messenger
Movie · as Nicolas Dange
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Pepel Wasska
La Belle Équipe
Movie · as Jean dit Jeannot
Golgotha
Movie · as Ponce Pilate
La Bandera
Movie · as Pierre Gilieth
Varieté
Movie · as Georges
Maria Chapdelaine
Movie · as François Paradis
Zouzou
Movie · as Jean
High and Low
Movie · as Charles Boulla
Le Tunnel
Movie · as Mac Allan
L'Étoile de Valencia
Movie · as Pedro Savedra
Goodbye Beautiful Days
Movie · as Pierre Lavernay
Lilac
Movie · as Martousse
Fun in the Barracks
Movie · as Fricot
For One Night..!
Movie · as Jean
The Crowd Roars
Movie · as Joe Greer
The Beautiful Sailor
Movie · as Le capitaine
Happy Hearts
Movie · as Charles
The Darling of Paris
Movie · as Bob
All That Is Not Worth Love
Movie · as Jean Cordier
Méphisto
Movie · as Jacques Miral
Gloria
Movie · as Robert Nourry
Everyone Has Their Chance
Movie · as Marcel Grivot
Ohé! Les valises
Movie
Les lions
Movie