Dj jean gabin biography

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.

Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (French: [ʒɑ̃ gabɛ̃]; – 15 November ), was a French actor and singer.

His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 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 production directed by Julien Duvivier.

He was then cast as a romantic hero in the war drama La Bandera ; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.

Jean Gabin (born Jean Moncorgé) was born in Paris on May 17, , to vaudeville performers Ferdinand Moncorgé and Hélène Petit.

In the late s Gabin was flooded with offers from Hollywood, but turned them all down until the outbreak of World War II. During his time in Hollywood, Gabin began a romance with actress Marlene Dietrich that lasted until Following D-Day , Gabin served with the 2nd armored division that liberated Paris. She disliked the screenplay and feared her German accent would not go over well with postwar French audiences.

He found a French producer and director willing to cast him and Dietrich together, but the film, Martin Roumagnac , was not a success and their personal relationship soon ended. In he starred in his only role in legitimate theatre in Henri Bernstein 's La Soif. It ran in Paris for six months, with Gabin critically praised as "a first-rate stage actor.