Jean-Alexis Moncorgé Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jean-Alexis Moncorge started his career with 15 years at the theatre and debuted at the "Moulin Rouge" in Paris in 1929. Despite of his rude aspect he knew to be the gentleman of the French cinema in the time between the two World Wars. One of his most popular personalities was inspector Maigret. But he was also able to play all other kind of ...
Volpi Cup for Best Actor, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
Nominations
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Movies
Port of Shadows, The Grand Illusion, Hands Off the Loot, Pépé le Moko, The Sicilian Clan, The Human Beast, French Cancan, Daybreak, Any Number Can Win, Stormy Waters, They Were Five, Two Men in Town, Love Is My Profession, Four Bags Full, Moontide, A Monkey in Winter, The Cat, Le Plaisir, The Lowe...
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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I don't like watching love stories. Same old eternal triangle.
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About his debut in stage show: "I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one. And the front door was the door of Mistinguett's dressing room".
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Fact
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Made his debut on stage as a variety singer.
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He enlisted as a tank commander in the 2nd free French armored division and he fought in France and in Germany until the end of the war.
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Was made an officer of France's Legion of Honor (1960).
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Following the German occupation of France, he emigrated to Hollywood At that time, he began a romance with Marlene Dietrich and lived there until 1943.
Portrayed on a postage stamp issued on Oct. 3, 1998 by the French Post Office.
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His parents, Ferdinand Moncorgé and Hélène Petit, were performers and singers in low-class shows.
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Male winner of 1953 Lemon Prize, awarded by French journalists to the nastiest French actors.
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His second wife Jeanne Mouchine was a former chorus girl of the Casino de Paris. After divorce he was sentenced to pay her 60 millions francs.
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He didn't want his daughter Florence to become an actress and tried in every way to prevent her to do. When she married a jockey against his will he didn't go to the wedding ceremony but sent a friend, the actor Lino Ventura.
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After his death the body was cremated and ashes were thrown overboard from the military ship "Détroyat".
$4 Million
