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Jean-Pierre Aumont


1911 - 2001

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The actor Jean-Pierre Aumont was born as Jean-Pierre Salomons in Paris. His uncle was the popular comedian Georges Berr.
Jean-Pierre Aumont conquered the French audience at the beginning of the 30's with movies like "Jean de la Lune" (31), "Dans les rues" (33), "Eve cherche un père" (33), "Le voleur" (34), "Les yeux noirs" (35), "Tarass Boulba" (36), "Le messager" (37), "Hôtel du Nord" (38) and "Le déserteur" (39).

When the German marched into France, Jean-Pierre Aumont served in the French Army under General Leclerc. He was decorated with the Kriegsverdienstkreuz and was admitted to the Legion of Honour.

At the beginning of the 40's he emigrated to the USA where he was able to continue his film career.
To his well-known movies of the 40's belong "Assignment in Brittany" (43), "The Cross of Lorraine" (43), "Song of Scheherazade" (47) and "Sirens of Atlantis" (49). During the shooting of the last-mentioned movie he met his second wife, the actress Maria Montez.

Jean-Pierre Aumont worked successful in both continents from the 50's, and his international career continued till to the 90's.
With movies like "L'amant de paille" (51), "Lili" (53), "Si Versailles m'était conté" (54), "Napoléon" (55), "Hilda Crane" (56), "The Seventh Sin" (57), "John Paul Jones" (59), "The Enemy General" (60), "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" (61), "Le couteau dans la plaie" (62) and "Castle Keep" (69) he kept in the awarness of the audience.

As one gots older his creative power kept undiminished. In his last decades he impersonated impressive role in productions like "La nuit américaine" (73), "Catherine et Cie" (75), "Blackout" (78), "The Memory of Eva Ryker" (80), "Nana" (82), "Le sang des autres" (84), "Windmills of the Gods" (88), "Becoming Colette" (91), "Crimes et jardins" (91), "Giorgino" (94) and "Jefferson in Paris" (95).

Jean-Pierre Aumont was awarded with the Honorary César in 1991.
He was married with the actresses Blanche Montel, Maria Montez and Marisa Pavan.
 

Other movies with Jean-Pierre Aumont: 
Echec et mat (31) Faut-il les marier? (32) Un jour viendra (33) La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes (33) Lac aux dames (34) Maria Chapdelaine (34) L'Equipage (35) Les beaux jours (35) La porte du large (36) Cargaison Blanche (37) Drôle de drame ou l'étrang aventure de Docteur Molyneux (37) Maman Colibri (37) La femme du bout du monde (37) Chéri-Bibi (37) Le paradis de Satan (38) Belle étoile (38) S.O.S. Sahara (39) Heartbeat (46) The First Gentleman (48) Hans le marin (48) Golden Arrow (49) L'homme de joie (50) La vendetta del corsaro (51) L'ultimo incontro (51) Serie "Celanese Theatre: No Time for Comedy" (51) Serie "Robert Montgomery Presents: A Christmas Gift" (51) Serie "Goodyear Television Playhouse: A Softness in the Wind" (52) Serie "Studio One: Letter to an Unknown Woman" (52) Les loups chassent la nuit (52) Moineaux de Paris (52) Koenigsmark (53) Serie "Omnibus: Arms and the Man" (53) Serie "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Way of the Eagle" (53) Serie "The Philip Morris Playhouse: Crime and Punishment" (53) Serie "Lux Video Theatre: The Cruel Time" (53) Charge of the Lancers (54) Dix-huit heures d'escale (54) Mademoiselle de Paris (55) Serie "Climax!: The Sound of Silence" (56) Serie "Climax!: The Louella Parsons Story" (56) Serie "Studio 57: Integrity" (56) Serie "Errol Flynn Theater: First Come, First Love" (57) Serie "Kraft Television Theatre: Sing a Song" (57) Serie "Playhouse 90: Word from a Sealed-Off Box" (58) Serie "The United States Steel Hour: Family Happiness" (59) So Help Me, Aphrodite (60) Serie "Letter to Loretta: The Eternal" (60) Serie "The United States Steel Hour: The Imposter" (60) The Blonde from Buenos Aires (61) Le puits aux trois vérités (61) Les sept péchés capitaux: L'orgueuil (62) Una domenica d'estate (62) Carnival of Crime (62) Vacances portugaises (63) The Horse Without a Head (63) Serie "The Patty Duke Show: The French Teacher" (63) Serie "The Nurses: A39846" (65) Once Upon a Tractor (65) Serie "Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre: La troisième prophétie de l'ange de la mort" (66) Serie "The Name of the Game: The White Birch" (68) Serie "Les chevaliers du ciel" (68) El coleccionista de cadaveres (70) L'homme au cerveau greffé (71) Biribi (71) Comme il vous plaira (72) Joyeux chagrins (72) Porgi l'altra guancia (74) The Happy Hooker (75) Le chat et la souris (75) Mahogany (75) Des journées entières dans les arbres (76) Serie "Starsky and Hutch: Murder at Sea" (76) Serie "Rendez-vous en noir" (77) Two Solitudes (78) Serie "La corde au cou" (78) Paris-Vichy (79) Something Short of Paradise (79) Serie "The French Atlantic Affair" (79) Beggarman, Thief (79) Serie "The Love Boat: Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You?/Reunion" (79) A Time for Miracles (80) Allons z'enfants (81) Carte Vermeil (81) Serie "Arcole ou la terre promise" (81) La villa delle anime maledette (82) Serie "Hart to Hart: The Hart of the Matter" (82) Serie "Quelques hommes de bonne volonté" (83) Les beaux quartiers (83) La java des ombres (83) Serie "L'âge vermeil" (84) Serie "Simon & Simon: C'est Simon" (84) Coup de soleil (85) Serie "Le regard dans le miroir" (85) On a volé Charlie Spencer! (86) Sweet Country (86) Serie "Sins" (86) Johnny Monroe (87) Serie "Melba" (87) Serie "Cinéma" (88) A notre regrettable époux (88) Serie "A Tale of Two Cities" (89) The Free Frenchman (89) Serie "Les grandes familles" (89) Serie "Les millionnaires du jeudi" (89) Los mares del sur (90) A Star for Two (91) Le dernier mot (91) Serie "Renseignements généraux: Le démon de midi" (91) Serie "Counterstrike: I Remember It Well" (92) Serie "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Paris, September 1908" (93)Senso (93) The Proprietor (96)

Drehbuch:
Hans le marin (48)


 
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