Louis Jourdan Overview:

Legendary actor, Louis Jourdan, was born Louis Gendre on Jun 19, 1921 in Marseille, France. As of December 2025, Louis Jourdan was 104 years old.

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Debonair, dark-haired French charmer with smilingly handsome face. He was in Hollywood films soon after the end of World War II (during which he worked for the French resistance), but has made fewer than one might think in a 50-year career.

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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Recording and Television. Jourdan was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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REST IN PEACE .

By Crystal Kalyana on Feb 17, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

Yesterday we said farewell to , the debonair French?actor who reigned as one of Hollywood’s leading men.?Famous for his role in “Gigi” and several other notable films, will be remembered as the French Clich? who took Hollywood by storm. Louis Robert Gendr... Read full article


“Gigi” – Leslie Caron, , Maurice Chevalier

By Art on Jul 10, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

“This story is about a little girl. It could be about any one of those little girls playing there. But it isn’t. It’s about one in particular. Her name is Gigi.” ~ Honore Lachaille (Maurice Chevalier) . “Gigi” is a 1958 musical film produced by Arthur Freed and... Read full article


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Louis Jourdan Quotes:

Dr. Nicholas Agi: I never dared to think that you could give your love to me. But can you blame me now if I want to - - if I want to take you and carry you off into the darkness out there? Close your eyes.


Gigi: Do you make love all the time?
Gaston Lachaille: I beg your pardon?
Gigi: Do you make love all the time, Gaston?
Gaston Lachaille: Certainly not! The only people who make love all the time are liars.


Roger: Do you know why Big Ben is called Big Ben, Mr. Stuart?
Richard Stuart: No, but I have a feeling I'm going to.
Roger: Big Ben was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works during the time it was built in 1859, during the reign of Queen Victoria. It stands three hundred and twenty nine feet tall, and contains a bell weighing thirteen tonne. You didn't hear a word I said, sir.
Richard Stuart: Oh, a few of them.


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He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in the play, "13 Rue De L'Amour", at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He grew up in the south of France with 2 brothers. Parents Yvonne Jourdan and Henry Gendre managed a string of hotels in Cannes, Nice, and Marseilles. He perfected his English by speaking to tourists.

Considered the best player in Darryl F. Zanuck's famous croquet circle.

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