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Louis Jourdan—actor

Birth

Louis Jourdan (born June 19, 1919) is a French actor, known chiefly for his suave manner and good looks.

Work

Louis Jourdan. I turn like you, I walk, I have a gun, but still I am Louis Jourdan. Louis Jourdan (b. 1919) is a French actor who has appeared in more than 50 films, including Gigi (1958) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1961).

Louis Jourdan Born Louis Gendre in Marseille, France, he was educated in France, Turkey and England and trained as an actor at the Ecole Dramatique. He made his film debut in 1939. ... There, he became friends with several stars who shared his love of the game of croquet. After a number of American films, his most notable work was in the 1954 light-hearted comedy-romance, Three Coins in the Fountain following which he made his Broadway debut in the lead role in the Billy Rose drama, The Immoralist. He returned to Broadway for a short run in 1955 and that year made his U.S. television debut as Inspector Beaumont in the series "Paris Precinct". During the 1950s, Louis Jourdan made several international films including playing the male lead in La MariƩe est trop belle opposite Brigitte Bardot. However, he is best remembered as the romantic lead opposite Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in the 1958 film version of the Colette novel, Gigi.

Louis Henry Jourdan was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Louis Jourdan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 and 6445 Hollywood Blvd. He is retired and living in the south of France.

Louis Jourdan as Gaston Lachaille who falls in love with the adorable Gigi, played by Leslie Caron.

Louis Jourdan plays a handsome Gaston, set off by his bachelour uncle, played by Maurice Chevalier.

Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevallier, Leslie Caron, Eva Gabor, Hermione Gingold) A scene where Gaston escorts Gigi to the Palais de Glace, a Paris ice rink, where Gaston's current girlfriend is taking a skating lesson.

Louis Jourdan is superb as the Transylvania Count, even though he is a Frenchman playing the titular vampire.