DRAMA AND FILM: Wilde Gets Gay Role; Stage Upturn Historic Los Angeles Times 19 Oct 1977: f24. That man was a most excellent … [25], In 1985, he appeared in a stage revival of Gigi.[26]. The French actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died in California aged 93. Yet tremendously well-established, high-quality actors of extended years essentially go unnoticed and unmentioned when they die! … He returned to France to play the male lead in The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) with Brigitte Bardot as the lead actress, and Escapade (1957). He was reunited with Joan Fontaine for Decameron Nights (1953) then returned home to France to make Rue de l'Estrapade (1953). The French actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died in California aged 93. Drama: Debra Paget, Jourdan Play Hugo Romancers Los Angeles Times 9 Nov 1951: B8. In Britain he appeared in a swashbuckler, Dangerous Exile (1957). Jourdan Jr. was their only child and he lived with his parents. Jourdan… He was in a comedy, The Happy Time (1952). The Jourdans' only child, Louis Henry Jourdan, died of a drug overdose in 1981. The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday was in sole control of plane and intentionally started its descent, officials say. Frankly, I'm getting tired of it. [4] "I was given work to do and I did it", said Jourdan later of his time in the resistance. Los Angeles Times 7 Feb 1956: B7. Jekyll' Los Angeles Times 15 Oct 1959: C12. He supported Ann-Margret in Made in Paris (1966) for MGM, then returned to Europe: The Sultans (1967), To Commit a Murder (1967), Cervantes (1967). Then it was back to France to star in a version of The Count of Monte Cristo (1961), a massive hit in France. [22] However he did not appear in the final film, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll. Despite this, Jourdan did not consider Gigi his best achievement, reportedly saying: "It was a wonderful story for Leslie and Maurice Chevalier, but I played a colourless leading man. Actor Louis Jourdan lost his only child, Louis Henry Jourdan to suicide in 1981. "Deeply saddened to hear, from @twitter friends, of the passing of Louis Jordan," he wrote. He travelled to Italy to appear in a peplum, Amazons of Rome (1961). Why, almost 60 years after he first appeared in the Daily Mirror, is a layabout lout from north-east England still so loved around the world? Parents Yvonne Jourdan and Henry Gendre managed a string of … [30][31], Jourdan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 and 6445 Hollywood Boulevard. At 20th Century Fox, Jourdan played the lead in a remake of Bird of Paradise (1951). After the war, he resumed his film career, eventually becoming one of Hollywood's favourite French actors. Louis Jourdan. On 19-6-1919 Louis Jourdan (nickname: Louis Gendre) was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. ", American actress Rose McGowan, whose films include The Black Dahlia, wrote: "Louis Jourdan, thank you for the entertainment. Enterprise borrowed him for No Minor Vices (1948), a box office flop. Louis died yesterday, February 14, 2105. Born Louis Gendre in 1921, he changed his name to Pierre Jourdan, then Louis Jourdan when he became an actor. Jourdan was married for more than six decades to Berthe Frederique, who died in 2014. Son Louis Henry Jourdan died of a drug overdose in 1981. [11] Neither was Trilby which Selznick said Jourdan would appear in with Valli and Rossano Brazzi[12] or If This Be My Heart with Valli and Robert Mitchum. His name? Louis Jourdan felt his dashing good looks and French accent often meant he was typecast. The couple had one child, Louis Henry Jourdan Jr., who died of a drug overdose in 1981, at 29. 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He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983). 13: He grew up in the south of France with 2 brothers. "He embodied French elegance and Hollywood offered him the parts to go with that," he told the AFP news agency. He returned to France, and appeared in Premier rendez-vous (1941) with Danielle Darrieux, shot in Paris. Jourdan later played Anton Arcane in the movie Swamp Thing (1982) and in its sequel The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). Chevalier was 70 and frail when he did the movie Gigi (1958). He spent a year on a work gang. [2] He was educated in France, Turkey, and the UK, and studied acting at the École Dramatique. According to a biography by the late Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas, Jourdan's father owned a seaside hotel in Cannes, where he met artists, actors and directors who encouraged him to study drama in Paris. His later years saw him play evil villains, including in the 1983 Bond film Octopussy. Selznick sold his interest in Jourdan for one film to Warner Bros.[17], All Jourdan's Hollywood films had lost money. Louis Jourdan, Actor: Octopussy. In July 2010 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, an honor that he received accompanied by friends, including Sidney Poitier and Kirk Douglas. His wife, Berthe Frederique “Quique” Jourdan, to whom he was married for more than six decades, died last year. [4] They included several for Allegret: Parade en sept nuits (1941); L'Arlésienne (1942) with Raimu, The Beautiful Adventure (1942); Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944); Twilight (1944). Media requires JavaScript to play. The studio kept him on to appear in Anne of the Indies (1951), directed by Jacques Tourneur. His wife of more than 60 years, Berthe Frederique Jourdan, died last year. He was educated in France, Britain, and Turkey. His last film role was eight years later in Year of the Comet (1992). I've never done a play I didn't like, but one often does movies just to keep functioning. He said at the time he earned most of his money over the past ten years doing commercials: I take them so seriously that I participate in the original concept and the actual writing. He was announced for the romantic male lead in the Fox remake of Les Miserables[19] but ended up not appearing in the film. Jourdan wryly described himself as Hollywood's "French cliche", Jourdan played opposite leading ladies including Grace Kelly and Shirley MacLaine, Jourdan sits with actress Anne Vernon, left, and his wife Berthe Frederique in Venice, Italy, in 1952, The actor with American actress Shirley Temple during a visit to the David Selznick studio in Hollywood in 1946, He played Dracula in a 1977 screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror story, Jourdan, seen here in 1949, has two stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, The actor with his wife Berthe Frederique at the opening of American Ballet Theater in New York in 1984, Project Greenglow and the battle with gravity, The boy who refused to leave police custody. This film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. SELZNICK IS NAMED IN $2,175,000 SUIT By THOMAS M. PRYOR New York Times 22 July 1948: 26. Jourdan's wife, Berthe, was known by the nickname "Quique"; the two were childhood sweethearts. The police labeled it a suicide, even though it may have been an accidental overdose. I must confess I love the theater best, though. While there, he began acting on the professional stage, where he was brought to the attention of director Marc Allégret, who hired him to work as an assistant camera operator on Entrée des Artistes (The Curtain Rises). In 1983, Jourdan played the villainous Kamal Khan in the James Bond movie Octopussy. Hopper, Hedda. [3], Allegret then cast Jourdan in what should have been his first movie, Le Corsaire in 1939 opposite Charles Boyer. [29], Jourdan died at his home in Beverly Hills on 14 February 2015 at the age of 93. According to his friend and biographer Olivier Minne, he died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. Clip of Interview of Louis Jourdan with home movies of his wife, Quique, and son, Louis. Louis Jourdan was born on June 19th 1921, in Marseille, France to Yvonne Jourdan and Henry Gendre. His wife of more than 60 years, Berthe Frederique Jourdan, died last year. [6], His first American film was The Paradine Case (1947) starring Gregory Peck. +6 Ladylove: The veteran actor's wife Berthe Frédérique, also … After appearing in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), Jourdan made his Broadway début in the lead role in the Billy Rose stage adaptation of André Gide's novel, The Immoralist. Also, Louis Jourdan and his wife Berthe “Quique” Frederique were married (in 1946) for 68 years until her death last year in 2014. HEDDA HOPPER: Louis Jourdan Cools Heels, Awaits Boss Los Angeles Times 11 Oct 1949: A6. He starred in such films as “Octopussy” (1983), “Gigi” (1958) and “Three Coins in the Fountain” (1954). They're less important to me than plays. Louis Jourdan (Louis Robert Gendre), actor, born 19 June 1921; died 14 February 2015 [9], Jourdan frequently argued with Selznick, who put him on suspension a number of times for refusing roles. LOUIS JOURDAN MEETS 007 Richard Freedman Field News Service. FRENCH FILM STAR SIGNED BY SELZNICK New York Times 5 Mar 1946: 21. He was in The Heart of a Nation (1943) with Raimu; La Vie de Bohème (1945). Jourdan played opposite leading ladies Joan Fontaine, Jennifer Jones, Grace Kelly and Shirley MacLaine in films during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. [10], Selznick announced Jourdan and Alida Valli for Rupert of Hentzau but the film was not made. Jourdan has two stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and in 2010 he was given France's highest honour, Legion D'Honneur. Louis Jourdan found his son's body in his Beverly Hills home. It was released by MGM, who borrowed Jourdan to appear in Madame Bovary (1949). Their son, Louis Henry Jourdan, died from a drug overdose in 1981. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, the First Minister has confirmed that Glasgow's SEC will be turned into a huge, temporary field hospital, named after World War One nurse, Louisa Jordan.. Cited by author James McKay as the "epitome of the suave Continental", Jourdan was spotted in a French film by a talent scout working for David O. Selznick, who offered the actor a contract in March 1946. He also appeared in a variety show on TV, An Evening with Louis Jourdan.[21]. Jourdan died at his home in Los Angeles, his official biographer Olivier Minne said. David Thomson in 2010 observed how his performance as Stefan Brand altered as the character aged over the extended period of the film's narrative: "I notice how his way of talking has changed. His son Louis Henry Jourdan died in 1981 at 30 of a drug overdose. Often seen in roles that capitalised on his Gallic charm, he described himself as Hollywood's "French cliche". Jourdan also sang in the Alan Jay Lerner/Barton Lane stage musical, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965), at least during its out-of-town tryout at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. But despite his 15 years as a leading man, Jourdan felt he was often subject to Hollywood typecasting. Louis Jourdan, who died in February at 93, was known for his leading man good looks. To Die in Paris (1968) was a US TV movie and A Flea in Her Ear (1968) a Hollywood financed farce. In later years, Jourdan also appeared on television, including 1977's Count Dracula for the BBC and as a murderous food critic in the 1978 Columbo episode "Murder Under Glass".[24]. SELZNICK STARS TO DO MOVIES FOR WARNERS Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.21 Feb 1949: 18. [4], Jourdan was too young[dubious – discuss] for army service and was hired by Marcel L'Herbier to appear in La Comédie du bonheur (1940) in Rome. "I didn't want to be perpetually cooing in a lady's ear.". [13], With Joan Fontaine, Jourdan starred in the Max Ophüls film Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948). [citation needed]. [28] Berthe Jourdan died in 2014. [citation needed]. He was 93. Jourdan worked off-screen as a director's assistant before making his on-screen debut in 1939. Louis Jourdan, who crafted a Hollywood acting career in the footsteps of fellow dapper Frenchmen Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer and is best remembered for … Louis Henry shot himself and he was found by his parents in their Bel Air home. Louis Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in Marseille, France, to Yvonne (née Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner. Parents Yvonne Jourdan and Henry Gendre managed a string of hotels in Cannes, Nice, and Marseilles. His early career in France was interrupted by World War Two. I was so totally surprised (yet again) to discover one top-notch actor died this year. He decided to buy out his contract with Selznick for $50,000.[18]. Younger actors and singers are exalted when they die, seemingly prematurely. Los Angeles Times 27 May 1951: D1. Disorder (1962) was an Italian-French comedy, Mathias Sandorf (1963) was based on a novel by Jules Verne. He was 29 years old. HOLLYWOOD -- Louis Henry Jourdan Jr., found dead Tuesday of an apparent drug overdose at 29, is the latest victim in the long, tragic history of Hollywood's children. His father was arrested by the Gestapo; months later he escaped, and joined the French Resistance, along with his family. The younger Stefan was boyish, eager and open. . The police labeled it a suicide. After all, whatever an actor is doing, he's a salesman, so why not commercials? that puts the Karl Maldens @71 years, ahead of the Bob Hopes @69years! He returned to the Great White Way for a short run in 1955, and also that year he made his American TV début as Inspector Beaumont in the TV series Paris Precinct. SELZNICK PLANS 'RUPERT' REMAKE By THOMAS F. BRADY New York Times 18 Feb 1947: 30. [7][8] He appeared in a theatre production of Ghosts in Los Angeles. Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in Marseille, France, in 1921,[1] one of three sons of Yvonne (née Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner. Mr. Jourdan was listed as a possible suicide by the Los Angeles County Coroners Office, which plans to perform an autopsy. Louis Jourdan, the dashingly handsome Frenchman who starred in Gigi, Can-Can, Three Coins in the Fountain and other American movies, has died. The movie is a drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who did not want Jourdan cast as the valet in the film. This was Kelly's last film, and lost money at the box office. More popular was Julie (1956) a thriller where Jourdan tormented Doris Day.[20]. 11: According to an 1985 news article, he reads Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. He trained as an actor with René Simon at the École Dramatique. Jourdan co-starred with Frank Sinatra, Chevalier and Shirley MacLaine in the musical Can-Can (1960). Known as "The King of the Jukebox", he earned his highest profile towards the end of the swing era.He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an "early influence" in 1987. Singer-songwriter and actress Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in the Sixties with It's My Party, has died of cancer.She was 68. Louis Jourdan to Guest on Colombo Their only child, a son, Louis Henry George Jourdan, was born October 6, 1951 and died in 1981, aged 29, predeceasing his parents. Wow, . Entertainment Films Stage Music: Louis Jourdan Will Star in 'Mr. There he started making movies again, ten films in two years. Selznick announced him for The Frenchman and the Bobbysoxer a sequel to The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer[16] but it was not made. Louis Jourdan, the dashingly handsome Frenchman who starred in Gigi, Can-Can, Three Coins In The Fountain and played the villain in the James Bond movie Octopussy, has died at 93. Los Angeles Times 23 June 1947: A2. [27] Louis Henry Jourdan died of a narcotics overdose at the age of 29 on 12 May 1981;[28] his body was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He made his 215 million dollar fortune with Gigi, Octopussy, Swamp Thing. He played the role of French educator, historian and Baron, Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), in The First Olympics: Athens 1896, a May 1984 NBC TV (2-part) mini-series about the 1896 Summer Olympics and the American team member/discus thrower from Baltimore, Robert Garrett (1875-1961). The actor his starsign is Gemini and he is now 101 years of age. Louis Jourdan Death. Among those paying tribute on Twitter was Indian film star Kabir Bedi, who played Jourdan's bodyguard Gobinda in Octopussy. On 11 March 1946, Jourdan married his childhood sweetheart, Berthe Frédérique. There were more TV movies: Fear No Evil (1969), Run a Crooked Mile (1970), Ritual of Evil (1970), The Great American Beauty Contest (1973). Tuesday's devastating attacks in Brussels show IS's European network is still at large, despite a year of intensive efforts by security forces to close it down. JOURDAN LIVING DOWN CHARMER IMAGE Glover, William. "[4] After the liberation of France in 1945, he returned to Paris with his childhood sweetheart, Berthe Frédérique (nicknamed "Quique"). He enjoyed another hit with The Best of Everything (1959), an all star romance in the vein of Three Coins in the Fountain. Jourdan was going to follow it in a remake of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in England for Terence Fisher. Louis Robert Gendre (Louis Jourdan) actor: born Marseilles, France 19 June 1921; married 1946 Berthe Frédérique (died 2014, one son, died 1981); died … The marriage produced one child, Louis Henry Jourdan, born on 6 October 1951 and lasted until her death. [23] He was replaced as leading man by John Cullum before the show reached Broadway. Filming was interrupted by the Second World War and was never resumed. 12: Doesn't watch his own films. It won nine Oscars, including best picture. He was making Untel Père et Fils in that city when Italy declared war on France. He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula. Schallert, Edwin. LOS ANGELES — Louis Jourdan, the dashingly handsome Frenchman who starred in Gigi, Can-Can, Three Coins in the Fountain and other American movies, has died. "You'll note that none of the actors was nominated for Academy Awards.". He was educated in France, Britain and Turkey before training in classical acting at École Dramatique in Paris where he trained under René Simon. Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. "[14] It was a "signature performance" from Jourdan, Thomson wrote in Have You Seen?, he was "handsome yet a touch empty; romantic yet not entirely there." Cited by author James McKay as the "epitome of the suave Continental",[5] Jourdan was spotted in a French film by a talent scout working for David O. Selznick, who offered the actor a contract in March 1946. He also showed that he could play a villain in the 1956 film Julie, in which he played Doris Day's husband, a psychopathic killer. In 1956, he appeared in the film The Swan playing the role of "Dr Nicholas Agi" along with Grace Kelly and Sir Alec Guinness for MGM. [4] Jourdan was ordered to make German propaganda films, which he refused to do, and fled to join his family in unoccupied France.[4]. A brother, Pierre Jourdan, who was an actor and a theater director in France, died in 2007. "Any actor who comes here with an accent is automatically put in roles as a lover," the Associated Press news agency reported him as once saying. Other key roles included a part in Alfred Hitchcock's 1947 film The Paradine Case, and with Grace Kelly in The Swan. BRYAN FOY RESIGNS POST AT EAGLE LION By THOMAS F. BRAD New York Times 07 Apr 1948: 29. Boston Globe 11 Jan 1983: 1. He is survived by a nephew and a niece. Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Their son, Louis Henry, died in 1981 from a drug overdose. Louis Henry, who suffered from depression, had apparently taken an overdose of drugs. First published on February 15, 2015 / 8:58 PM Drama: 'Designing Woman' Sure for Kelly, Says Schary; Jourdan Star With Day https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/draculas-blood-20-best-actors-21198193 He played concert pianist Stefan Brand opposite actress Joan Fontaine in the 1948 film Letter from an Unknown Woman. John Houseman, the film's producer, "felt he lacked sex appeal, but that shortcoming serves very well as his defect of memory," a significant element of the film's plot. Born in Marseilles, he began his career acting in French films before being lured to the US. Jourdan appeared in his biggest hit to date playing the romantic lead alongside Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in the film version of the novella by Colette, Gigi (1958). Like Like [29] His body was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. The four-year-old boy who has become the centre of a controversy between India and Pakistan - and between his father and mother. His son had suffered from depression and had apparently taken an overdose of drugs. Please turn on JavaScript. [15] In Hollywood, Jourdan became friends with several stars who shared his love of the game of croquet. Louis passed away on February 14, 2015 at the age of 95 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.. Louis's cause of death was t.b.a.. Louis Jourdan death quick facts: [29], After his retirement from acting in 1992 Jourdan lived in Los Angeles. Only son, Louis Henry George Jourdan, was born October 6, 1951. The Jourdans' only child, Louis Henry Jourdan, died of a drug overdose in 1981. He refused to star in Nazi propaganda films and escaped to join the French resistance. Cassian Elwes, producer of films including Monster's Ball and Dallas Buyers Club, wrote: "Louis Jourdan was an absolutely charming man who was always elegant in everything he did it was no wonder he was friends w [sic] everyone he met. Louis Jourdan, who crafted a Hollywood acting career in the footsteps of fellow dapper Frenchmen Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer and is best remembered for the musical “Gigi” and as the villain in James Bond pic “Octopussy,” has died at 93. Schallert, Edwin. During the 1970s, Jourdan recorded a series of spoken word albums of the Babar the Elephant books that were released by Caedmon Records. And escaped to join the French resistance February 2015 Louis Jourdan lost only. Selznick plans 'RUPERT ' remake by THOMAS F. 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