Maurice Chevalier, born Maurice Auguste Chevalier on September 12, 1888, was a Frenchsinger and actor. After serving in World War I, Chevalier began his…more
Maurice was declared "potentially dangerous" by the U.S. State Department in 1951 for a signing an anti-nuclear weapons petition called the Stockholm Appeal.
Maurice: (on Grace Kelly) Grace Kelly was a Dresdon doll, I thought, with a kind of platinum beneath the delicate porcelain, a beautiful girl who I felt was always in control of her world.
Maurice: (on Clara Bow) Clara Bow, with her tousled mane of red hair and intense black eyes, who generated sex appeal and excitement with breathtaking ease.
Maurice: (on Jeanette MacDonald) I later heard her referred to as the Iron Butterfly, although I was surprised to hear that she found that amusing. I never thought she had much of a sense of humor. When we worked together she always objected to anyone telling a risqué story.