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3 | Jean-Alexis Moncorgé, [[StageNames better known as]] Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. |
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5 | He made his debut at the tail end of the silent era, and by 1934 and ''La Bandera'' he was a major star in French cinema. 1937's ''Film/TheGrandIllusion'' got him attention worldwide, and the movie became the first picture in a non-English language to be nominated for the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestPicture. |
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7 | UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the German occupation of France led Gabin to emigrate to America. His brief career in Hollywood ended up a disappointment, so he decided to make better use of his time by joining the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Free French Forces]] in North Africa. He fought on the Western front in the second half of 1944 and was there for the liberation of Paris. |
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9 | His exile from French cinema led to a career slump that persisted for some time after the war, until he eventually made a triumphant comeback with the gangster film ''Film/TouchezPasAuGrisbi'' in 1954. He was reunited with ''Grand Illusion'' director Creator/JeanRenoir in ''French Cancan'', another big hit. His career reinvigorated, Gabin kept acting until the mid-1970s. |
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11 | One of the very few leading men of French cinema to be equally successful before and after World War II, he went from romantic lead roles (mostly pre-war) to various commanding figures in his 95 movies-long career, with occasional ventures in comedic territory. |
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13 | He was also famously in a love affair with Creator/MarleneDietrich, mostly during World War II. They appeared in a movie together in 1946, '' Martin Roumagnac'', then broke up. |
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15 | !!Selected filmography: |
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17 | * ''La Bandera'' (''Escape from Yesterday'', 1935) as Pierre Gilleth |
18 | * ''Film/PepeLeMoko'' (1937) as Pépé le Moko [[note]][[ForeignRemake Remade in America]] as ''Film/{{Algiers}}'' in 1938.[[/note]] |
19 | * ''Film/TheGrandIllusion'' (1937) as Lieutenant Maréchal |
20 | * ''Film/PortOfShadows'' (''Le quai des brumes'', 1938) as Jean |
21 | * ''Film/LaBeteHumaine'' (''The Human Beast'', 1938) as Jacques Lantier |
22 | * ''Film/LeJourSeLeve'' (1939) as Francois |
23 | * ''Film/{{Moontide}}'' (1942) as Bobo - his American film debut. |
24 | * ''Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) as Martin Roumagnac |
25 | * ''Film/TheWallsOfMalapaga'' (1949) as Pierre |
26 | * ''Film/LePlaisir'' (1952) as Joseph |
27 | * ''Film/TouchezPasAuGrisbi'' (''Don't Touch the Loot'', 1954) as Max |
28 | * ''Film/FrenchCancan'' (1954) as Henri Danglard |
29 | * ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' (''Razzia'', 1955) as Henri "Le Nantais" |
30 | * ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' (1955) as Marshal Jean Lannes |
31 | * ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'' (1956) as Grandgil |
32 | * ''Film/LoveIsMyProfession'' (1958) as André Gobillot |
33 | * The ''Maigret'' trilogy as [[Literature/{{Maigret}} Commissioner Jules Maigret]] |
34 | ** ''Maigret tend un piège'' (''Maigret Sets a Trap'', 1958) |
35 | ** ''Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (''Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Afair'', 1959) |
36 | ** ''Maigret voit rouge'' (''Maigret Sees Red'', 1963) |
37 | * ''Le Président'' (''The President'', 1961) as Émile Beaufort |
38 | * ''Film/AMonkeyInWinter'' (1962) as Albert Quentin |
39 | * ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'' (1962) as Richard-Briand Chamery |
40 | * ''Film/AnyNumberCanWin'' (1963) as Mister Charles |
41 | * ''Film/TheTattoo'' (1968) as Comte Enguerand-Louis Marie de Montignac a.k.a. Legrain |
42 | * ''Film/{{Pasha}}'' (1968) as Commissioner Joss a.k.a. "the Pasha" |
43 | * ''Film/LaHorse'' (1970) as Auguste Maroilleur |
44 | * ''Film/LeChat'' (1971) as Julien Bouin |
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46 | !!Tropes features in his works: |
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48 | * TheBigDamnKiss: The scene in ''Film/PortOfShadows'' in which his character says the iconic line "T'as d'beaux yeux tu sais" ("Y'got beautiful eyes, you know") to Nelly (Creator/MicheleMorgan), who answers "Embrasse-moi!" ("Kiss me!"). What is perhaps the most famous kiss of French cinema ensues. |
49 | * HamToHamCombat: |
50 | ** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqM62th0Ro famous scene]] from ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'', the dispute between Gabin's character Grandgil and Jambier (Creator/LouisDeFunes). The script required for Gabin's character to be as loud as possible; Gabin was a living legend and de Funès was not the King of French LargeHam comedy yet. Nevertheless (and despite being visibly intimidated), de Funès held his own, and was noticed by a lot of people. Bonus point for the argument involving ''literal ham''. |
51 | ** De Funès and Gabin were reunited in the movie ''Le Tatoué'', and most of their interactions there are HamToHamCombat, again. |
52 | * LeadPoliceDetective: Played Creator/GeorgesSimenon's literary hero Commissioner Jules Maigret three times. |
53 | * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: As Émile Beaufort in ''The President'' (1961), he plays a president of the French Republic who's very much in the "President Personable" category, feeling deeply concerned by the national good and opposing {{corrupt politician}}s. |
54 | * PerpetualFrowner: The characters he played in his post-World War II career never or rarely smiled. |
55 | * SilverFox: Played these late in his career, when his hair were graying. |
56 | * ThoseTwoActors: Appeared alongside Creator/LouisDeFunes in prominent roles in ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'', ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'' and ''Film/TheTattoo''. |
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