Louis Gendre
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 19, 1921 Marseille, France |
| Age | 104 |
Louis Jourdan | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1939-1992 |
| Top Roles | Rodolphe Boulanger, Narrator, Gaston Lachaille, Philipe Forrestier, David Savage |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Paris |
| Top Collaborators | Joan Fontaine, Marcel Dalio, Alida Valli, Lewis Milestone (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Charles Coburn, Moe Howard, Mildred Natwick see more.. |
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.
MINI BIO:
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. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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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 HollywoodYesterday 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:
Gaston Lachaille: How many stories?
Honore Lachaille: Ninety!
Gaston Lachaille: How many yesterday?
Honore Lachaille: Ninety!
Gaston Lachaille: And tomorrow?
Honore Lachaille: Ninety!
Gaston Lachaille: It's a bore!
Richard Stuart: What are you up to?
Elizabeth Sutton: I'm packing, I'm going with you.
Richard Stuart: Absolutely not.
Elizabeth Sutton: But I'm in just as much danger here as I would be in London. By now they've got to realize that I know who you are!
Richard Stuart: I don't care. You are not going with me; that's final.
[Next scene finds them on the plane together]
Gaston Lachaille: It's the same dull world where ever you go, whatever place you are at / The earth is round, but everything on it is flat!
Honore Lachaille: Don't tell me Venice has no lure!
Gaston Lachaille: Just a town without a sewer.
Honore Lachaille: The Leaning Tower I adore!
Gaston Lachaille: Indecision is a bore!
Honore Lachaille: But think of the thrill of a bull fight in Seville / when the bull is uncontrolled / and he challenges the bold matador!
Gaston Lachaille: It's a bore!
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