Fernand Gravey

1905-1970

Biography: life and films

Abstract picture representing Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (real name: Fernand Maurice Noël Martens) was a Belgian-French film actor. He was born in Ixelles, Belgium on 25 December 1905 and died in Paris, France on 2 November 1970. He began his career appearing in revues in Paris, alongside such future stars as Arletty and Edwige Feuillère (then known as Cora Lynn). It was here that he met Jeanne Renouardt, whom he married in 1928. In the early 1930s, he found work at Paramount's new studios just outside Paris and by the end of the decade he was one of the most prominent film stars in France. Gravey's busy acting career spanned four decades and included stage, film and television work.
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Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

A Tragedy in the Clouds (1914) [a]

Chérie (1930) [a]

L'Amour chante (1930) [a]

Marions-nous (1931) [a]

Un homme en habit (1931) [a]

À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932) [a]

Le Fils improvisé (1932) [a]

Passionnément (1932) [a]

Tu seras Duchesse (1932) [a]

Une étoile disparaît (1932) [a]

Bitter Sweet (1933) [a]

C'était un musicien (1933) [a]

Early to Bed (1933) [a]

La Guerre des valses (1933) [a]

Le Père prématuré (1933) [a]

Antonia, romance hongroise (1934) [a]

Nuit de mai (1934) [a]

Si j'étais le patron (1934) [a]

The Queen's Affair (1934) [a]

Fanfare d'amour (1935) [a]

Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935) [a]

Touche à tout (1935) [a]

Variétés (1935) [a]

Le Grand refrain (1936) [a]

Mister Flow (1936) [a]

Sept hommes, une femme (1936) [a]

Le Mensonge de Nina Petrovna (1937) [a]

The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) [a]

Fools for Scandal (1938) [a]

The Great Waltz (1938) [a]

Le Dernier tournant (1939) [a]

Paradis perdu (1940) [a]

Histoire de rire (1941) [a]

La Nuit fantastique (1942) [a]

Romance à trois (1942) [a]

Domino (1943) [a]

Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943) [a]

La Rabouilleuse (1944) [a]

Paméla (1945) [a]

Il suffit d'une fois (1946) [a]

Capitaine Blomet (1947) [a]

Du Guesclin (1949) [a]

Gunman in the Streets (1950) [a]

La Ronde (1950) [a]

Le Traqué (1950) [a]

Ma femme est formidable (1951) [a]

Mademoiselle Josette ma femme (1951) [a]

Le Plus heureux des hommes (1952) [a,w]

L'Età dell'amore (1953) [a]

Mon mari est merveilleux (1953) [a]

Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) [a]

Courte tête (1956) [a]

Mistou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles... (1956) [a]

Mitsou (1956) [a]

Treize à table (1956) [a]

La Garçonne (1957) [a]

L'École des cocottes (1958) [a]

Le Temps des oeufs durs (1958) [a]

Totò a Parigi (1960) [a]

Les Croulants se portent bien (1961) [a]

Les Petits matins (1962) [a]

La Dama de Beirut (1965) [a]

How to Steal a Million (1966) [a]

La Bataille de San Sebastian (1968) [a]

Les Caprices de Marie (1970) [a]

Promise at Dawn (1970) [a]

L'Explosion (1971) [a]



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