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Jean-Pierre Aumont | |
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 Aumont in 1959 | |
| Born | Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons (1911-01-05)5 January 1911 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 January 2001(2001-01-30) (aged 90) Gassin, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1931–1996 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3, includingTina Aumont |
| Relatives | François Villiers (brother) Georges Berr (great-uncle) |
Jean-Pierre Aumont (bornJean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was amatinée idol and aleading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by theSecond World War. He served in theFree French Forces, and receiving both theLégion d'Honneur and theCroix de Guerre for his actions.[1]
After the war, Aumont resumed his career, in Hollywood as well as his native France, typically playing suave romantic leads.[2] In 1991, he received anHonorary César for his contributions to the French film industry.
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Aumont was bornJean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne (née Cahen; 1885–1940), an actress, and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc (a linen department store). His mother's uncle was well-known stage actorGeorges Berr (died 1942). His father was from a Dutch-Jewish family; his mother's family were French Jews. Aumont's younger brother was the noted French film directorFrançois Villiers.
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At age 16, Aumont began studying drama at theParis Conservatory, where his mother also studied. His professional stage debut occurred at the age of 19.[1] His film debut came one year later whenJean de la Lune (Jean of the Moon) was produced in 1931.
However, his most important, career-defining role came in 1934 whenJean Cocteau's playLa Machine infernale (The Infernal Machine), was staged. While his film and stage career began rising quickly, World War II began. Aumont remained in France until 1942 when he realized that as a Jew he would have to flee the Nazis. He migrated from the unoccupied zone ofVichy France to New York City, then to Hollywood, California to pursue his film career.
He began working forMGM, but after finishingThe Cross of Lorraine, he joined theFree French Forces. He was sent to North Africa, where he participated inOperation Torch in Tunisia. He then moved with the Allied armies through Italy and France. He was wounded twice. The first was on a mission with his brother; the second was more serious. Aumont's Jeep was blown up near a land-mined bridge. GeneralDiego Brosset, commander of the1st Free French Division, to whom Aumont was aide de camp, was killed.[citation needed] For his bravery during the fighting, Aumont received theLégion d'Honneur and theCroix de Guerre.[3]
After the war, Aumont quickly resumed his movie career, starring withGinger Rogers inHeartbeat (1946) and as the magician inLili (1953) withLeslie Caron. He worked with a number of prominent theatre director and stars, including his (then) wifeMaria Montez. In the mid-1950s, Aumont began working in television, appearing on several anthology programs, such asRobert Montgomery Presents and as a guest on the showWhat's My Line?. In the 1960s and 1970s, he appeared in various theater productions, including the musicalsTovarich withVivien Leigh,Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,South Pacific, andGigi.
One of his later performances was inA Tale of Two Cities (1989). Two years later, in 1991, aged 80, he received an honoraryCésar Award as well as being decorated with the cross ofCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres.[2]
Aumont was married four times to three women.[1] His first wife was French actressBlanche Montel, to whom he was married from 1938 to 1940, ultimately divorcing. While in Hollywood, Aumont marriedMaria Montez, a Dominican actress. She was known as the Queen of Technicolor, and their marriage was very happy. However, Montez drowned in her bathtub on 7 September 1951 after suffering an apparent heart attack at the family's villa in Suresnes. Montez and Aumont had one child, a daughter,Tina (1946–2006).[4]
In 1955, Aumont was datingGrace Kelly at the time she first metPrince Rainier III of Monaco.[5][6]
In 1956, Aumont married Italian actressMarisa Pavan. The couple starred inJohn Paul Jones (1959), in which Pavan played the romantic interest of the lead, and Aumont appears as KingLouis XVI. They divorced, but later remarried and remained together until his death. Aumont and Pavan had two sons, Jean-Claude and Patrick.[5][6]
Jean-Pierre Aumont died 30 January 2001 of a heart attack in Gassin, France, aged 90, and was cremated.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1931 | Jean de la Lune | Alexandre | Jean Choux | uncredited |
| Checkmate | Jacques | Roger Goupillières | ||
| 1932 | Should We Wed Them? | Jim | Pierre Billon and Karel Lamac | |
| 1933 | On the Streets | Jacques | Victor Trivas | |
| La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes | Georges | Henri Fabert | ||
| Le voleur | Fernand Lagardes | Maurice Tourneur | ||
| Ève cherche un père | Jacques de la Motte | Mario Bonnard | ||
| 1934 | A Day Will Come | Henri de Langillier | Gerhard Lamprecht and Serge Veber | |
| Lake of Ladies | Eric Heller | Marc Allégret | ||
| Maria Chapdelaine | Lorenzo Surprenant | Julien Duvivier | ||
| 1935 | Les yeux noirs | Karpoff | Viktor Tourjansky | |
| The Crew | L'aspirant Jean Herbillon | Anatole Litvak | ||
| Beautiful Days | Pierre – le premier amoureux de Sylvie | Marc Allégret | ||
| 1936 | Taras Bulba | André Boulba | Alexis Granowsky | |
| La Porte du large | Pierre Villette | Marcel L'Herbier | ||
| 1937 | Cargaison blanche | Henri Voisin | Georges Lacombe | |
| The Messenger | Gilbert Rollin | Raymond Rouleau | ||
| Bizarre, Bizarre | Billy | Marcel Carné | ||
| Maman Colibri | Georges de Chambry | Jean Dréville | ||
| 1938 | The Woman from the End of the World | Lt. Robert Jacquet | Jean Epstein | |
| Chéri-Bibi | Raoul Palas | Léon Mathot | ||
| Beautiful Star | Jean-Pierre | Jacques de Baroncelli | ||
| S.O.S. Sahara | Paul Moutier | Jacques de Baroncelli | ||
| Le Paradis de Satan | Jean Larcher | Félix Gandéra | ||
| Hôtel du Nord | Pierre | Marcel Carné | ||
| 1943 | Assignment in Brittany | Bertrand Corlay / Capt. Pierre Matard | Jack Conway | as Pierre Aumont |
| The Cross of Lorraine | Paul Dupré | Tay Garnett | as Jean Pierre Aumont | |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Pierre de Roche | Sam Wood | as Jean Pierre Aumont |
| 1947 | Song of Scheherazade | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Walter Reisch | |
| 1948 | Affairs of a Rogue | Prince Leopold | Alberto Cavalcanti | |
| 1949 | Siren of Atlantis | Andre St. Avit | Gregg G. Tallas | |
| Wicked City | Eric Martin, alias Hans Norben | François Villiers | ||
| Golden Arrow | Andre Marchand | Gordon Parry | ||
| 1950 | The Happy Man | Henri Perlis | Gilles Grangier | |
| The Straw Lover | Stanislas Michodier | Gilles Grangier | ||
| 1951 | La Vendetta del corsaro | Enrico di Roccabruna | Primo Zeglio | |
| Last Meeting | Michele Bonesi | Gianni Franciolini | ||
| 1952 | Wolves Hunt at Night | Cyril | Bernard Borderie | |
| 1953 | Lili | Marc | Charles Walters | as Jean Pierre Aumont |
| Koenigsmark | Le précepteur Raoul Vignerte | Solange Térac | ||
| The Sparrows of Paris | Césarin | Maurice Cloche | ||
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Cardinal de Rohan | Sacha Guitry | |
| Charge of the Lancers | Capt. Eric Evoir | William Castle | ||
| 1955 | Napoléon | Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély | Sacha Guitry | |
| Eighteen Hour Stopover | Robert Vitrac | René Jolivet | ||
| Mademoiselle from Paris | Maurice Darnal | Walter Kapps | ||
| 1956 | Hilda Crane | Prof. Jacques De Lisle | Philip Dunne | |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin | Paul Duvelle | Ronald Neame | |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | KingLouis XVI | John Farrow | |
| 1960 | The Enemy General | Lionel Durand | George Sherman | |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Jacques | Mervyn LeRoy | as Jean Pierre Aumont | |
| 1961 | The Blonde from Buenos Aires | the Actor | George Cahan | |
| Le Puits aux trois vérités | a spectator at the vernissage | François Villiers | ||
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | the husband | Roger Vadim | segment "L'Orgueuil" |
| Una domenica d'estate | Valerio | Giulio Petroni | ||
| Carnival of Crime | Mike Voray | George Cahan | ||
| Five Miles to Midnight | Alan Stewart | Anatole Litvak | ||
| 1963 | Portuguese Vacation | Jean-Pierre | Pierre Kast | |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Henri Tixier, Count of Maldorais | Sydney Pollack | |
| 1970 | El coleccionista de cadáveres | Claude Marchand | Santos Alcocer and Edward Mann | |
| 1971 | Biribi | Le général | Daniel Moosmann | |
| L'Homme au cerveau greffé | Le professeur Jean Marcilly | Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | ||
| 1973 | Day for Night | Alexandre | François Truffaut | |
| 1974 | Two Missionaries | Monsignor Delgado | Franco Rossi | |
| 1975 | The Happy Hooker | Yves St Jacques | Nicholas Sgarro | |
| Cat and Mouse | Monsieur Richard | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Mahogany | Christian Rosetti | Berry Gordy | ||
| Catherine & Co. | Marquis de Puisargue | Michel Boisrond | ||
| 1977 | Des journées entières dans les arbres | Jacques – le fils préféré | Marguerite Duras | |
| 1978 | Blackout | Henri Lee | Eddy Matalon | |
| Two Solitudes | Jean-Claude Tallard | Lionel Chetwynd | ||
| 1979 | Something Short of Paradise | Jean-Fidel Milieu | David Helpern | |
| Beggarman, Thief | Jean Delacroix | Lawrence Doheny | TV movie | |
| 1980 | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Inspector Laurier | Walter Grauman | TV movie |
| 1981 | Allons z'enfants | Commandant Félix | Yves Boisset | |
| 1982 | Don't Look in the Attic | Ugo Ressia | Carlo Ausino | |
| Difendimi dalla notte | Giacomo Guerra | Claudio Fragasso | ||
| 1983 | Nana | Count Muffat | Dan Wolman | |
| La java des ombres | Monsieur Jean | Romain Goupil | ||
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Monsieur Blomart | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1985 | Le regard dans le miroir | Vasco Pessoa | Jean Chapot | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | On a volé Charlie Spencer! | Le héros, séq. Hôtel du Nord | Francis Huster | |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Mr. Araya | Michael Cacoyannis | |
| 1988 | À notre regrettable époux | Alexandre Mouton-Sabrat, dit Moutonni Sabracco | Serge Korber | |
| 1991 | Becoming Colette | Captain Colette | Danny Huston | |
| A Star for Two | Alphonse | Jim Kaufman | ||
| 1992 | Los mares del sur | Marqués de Munt | Manuel Esteban | |
| Les enfants du diable | Le curé | Claude Gaignaire | ||
| 1994 | Giorgino | Sebastien | Laurent Boutonnat | |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | D'Hancarville | James Ivory | |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Franz Legendre | Ismail Merchant |
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