Louis Gendre
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 19, 1921 Marseille, France |
| Age | 103 |
Louis Jourdan | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1939-1992 |
| Top Roles | Andre Latour, Dr. Nicholas Agi, Cardinal Acquaviva, Marc Champselle, Rodolphe Boulanger |
| 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 2023, Louis Jourdan was 102 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:
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard: [crying] I won't go back to school! I'll never go back to school! I didn't do it-it isn't fair! Why do I have to tell lies to escape a beating?
Jacques Bonnard: What-what's the matter? What happened? What is it at that school? Maman! Who beat you?
Susan Bonnard: Beating? What beating?
Jacques Bonnard: Come on, Bibi. Now, please, stop crying and tell us, what happened?
Uncle Desmond Bonnard: What is this of a beating?
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard: In school, the principal finds a dirty picture. It's from my 'Gay Paree' which I have taken there.
[Susan looks up at the brothers, reproachfully. The brothers look embarrassed]
Uncle Desmond Bonnard: Now, wait. They are not dirty pictures in Le Gay Paree. They are, it is true, pictures of women with few clothes, but this is not dirty! Ah, no!
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard: But this is only the beginning! It is a picture of a girl, standing like so
[he gets up and imitates the pose; Susan looks shocked]
Susan Bonnard: Jacques!
Jacques Bonnard: This is not dirty.
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard: But in this picture, on the head, instead of the face of the girl in the magazine, there's drawn the face of Miss Tate, my teacher.
Uncle Desmond Bonnard: This is... indelicate, but it is still not dirty.
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard: But also with the pencil, many things have been added.
Uncle Louis Bonnard: THIS could be dirty.
Gaston Lachaille: Imagine this if you can! Here is a girl, living in a mouldy apartment: decaying walls, worm-ridden furniture, surrounded by filth...
Honore Lachaille: You're ruining my lunch!
Gaston Lachaille: My heart was touched. I wanted to help her. I offered her everything: house, car, servants, clothes, and me!
Honore Lachaille: And...?
Gaston Lachaille: She turned me down.
Honore Lachaille: Turned you down?
Gaston Lachaille: Turned me down!
Honore Lachaille: It is impossible!
Gaston Lachaille: It is not impossible, it just happened! I was refused, rejected, rebuffed and... repudiated!
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