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Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin
Acting
Born:May 17, 1904
Died:November 15, 1976(aged 72)
Birthplace:Paris, France
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (106 movies)
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Maria Chapdelaine
1934
as François Paradis
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Mireille Darc, la femme libre
2018
as Monsieur (archive footage)
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Grand Illusion
1937
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
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Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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7.6
A Monkey in Winter
1962
as Albert Quentin
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7.6
The Sicilian Clan
1969
as Vittorio Manalese
7.6
7.6
Daybreak
1939
as François
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7.5
Le Plaisir
1952
as Joseph Rivet
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Port of Shadows
1938
as Jean
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7.4
The Cat
1971
Producer
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They Were Five
1936
as Jean dit Jeannot
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7.3
Behold the Man
1935
as Ponce Pilate
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The President
1961
as Emile Beaufort
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La Traversée de Paris
1956
as Grandgil, artist painter
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Deadlier Than the Male
1956
as André Chatelin
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Les Misérables
1958
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
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Any Number Can Win
1963
as Charles
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French Cancan
1955
as Henri Danglard
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
as Max dit Max le Menteur
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Pépé le Moko
1937
as Pépé le Moko
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7.2
The Lower Depths
1936
as Pepel Wasska
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Two Men in Town
1973
as Germain Cazeneuve
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La Bête Humaine
1938
as Lantier
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The Magnificent Tramp
1959
as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
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Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961
as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
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Everyone Has Their Chance
1930
as Marcel Grivot
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Happy Hearts
1932
as Charles
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The Darling of Paris
1931
as Bob
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The Messenger
1937
as Nicolas Dange
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Crime and Punishment
1956
as Commissaire Gallet
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Maigret Sets a Trap
1958
as Commissaire Maigret
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The Horse
1970
as Auguste Maroilleur
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
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The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952
as François Donge
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The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957
as le docteur Laurent
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The Dominici Affair
1973
as Gaston Dominici
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Lady Killer
1937
as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
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Victor
1951
as Victor
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The Little Rebels
1955
as Julien Lamy
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The Possessors
1958
as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
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Stormy Waters
1941
as Le capitaine André Laurent
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Razzia
1955
as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
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Pasha
1968
as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
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House on the Waterfront
1955
as Commander Lequévic
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Holy Year
1976
as Max Lambert
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Rue de Paris
1959
as Henri Neveu
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Martin Roumagnac
1946
as Martin Roumagnac
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Méphisto
1931
as Jacques Miral
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The Walls of Malapaga
1949
as Pierre Arrignon
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Jury of One
1974
as Leguen
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Hi-Jack Highway
1955
as Jean Chape
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6.4
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
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The Tattoo
1968
as Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
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Napoleon
1955
as Marshal Jean Lannes
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Mirror
1947
as Pierre Lussac
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Under the Sign of the Bull
1969
as Albert Raynal
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Speaking of Murder
1957
as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
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Moontide
1942
as Bobo
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God's Thunder
1965
as Léandre Brassac
6.3
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The Upper Hand
1966
as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
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The Baron of the Locks
1960
as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
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Coral Reefs
1939
as Ted "Trott" Lennard
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6.2
Love Is My Profession
1958
as Maître André Gobillot
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Rhine Virgin
1953
as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
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The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
as Richard Briand-Charmery
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The Night Is My Kingdom
1951
as Raymond Pinsard
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The Old Guard
1960
as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
1966
as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
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Fun in the Barracks
1932
as Fricot
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6.2
For One Night..!
1932
as Jean
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6.2
The Night Affair
1958
as Inspecteur Georges Vallois
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Blood to the Head
1956
as François Cardinaud
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Monsieur
1964
as Monsieur
6.1
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Maigret Sees Red
1963
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
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6.1
Air of Paris
1954
as Victor Le Garrec
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Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015
as Self (archive footage)
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Zouzou
1934
as Jean
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The Impostor
1944
as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
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Varieté
1935
as Georges
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5.9
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
as Carlo Bacchi
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5.9
Action Man
1967
as Denis Ferrand
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5.8
The Moment of Truth
1952
as Dr Pierre Richard
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5.8
People of No Importance
1956
as Jean Viard
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5.8
All That Is Not Worth Love
1931
as Jean Cordier
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5.7
That Tender Age
1964
as Émile Malhouin
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Lilac
1932
as Martousse
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Le Tunnel
1933
as Mac Allan
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La Bandera
1935
as Pierre Gilieth
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Marie of the Port
1950
as Henri Chatelard
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The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971
as Victor Ploubaz
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Storms
1953
as il professore Antonio Sanna
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The Beautiful Sailor
1932
as Le capitaine
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High and Low
1933
as Charles Boulla
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Their Last Night
1953
as Pierre Ruffin
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Killer
1972
Producer
Les lions
1928
Gloria
1931
as Robert Nourry
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Joe Greer
L'Étoile de Valencia
1933
as Pedro Savedra
Goodbye Beautiful Days
1933
as Pierre Lavernay
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, une âme française
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Ohé! Les valises
1928
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