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Marcel Mouloudji‌

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Marcel Mouloudji

Paris, France

Marcel Mouloudji

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-09-16

Popularity

star1.2

Biography

Marcel Mouloudji, born September 16, 1922 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and died June 14, 1994 in Neuilly-sur-Seine is a French-Algerian singer, songwriter, painter and actor. His songs, alternately committed and sentimental, evoke love, war, nostalgia between sadness and loneliness. He has notably interpreted texts by poets such as Boris Vian, Louis Aragon and Philippe Pauletto. Marcel Mouloudji was born in 1922 in Paris to a bricklayer father and a housekeeper mother. His father, Saïd Mouloudji was born in 1896 in French Algeria in the Kabyle village of Leflaye (tribe of Aït Waghlis, daïra of Sidi-Aïch), and his mother, Eugénie Roux is a Breton born in Paris in 1901. The family knows serious problems: when Marcel was only ten years old, his mother was hospitalized for a mental disorder and his illiterate father, housed in a maid's room, had trouble raising his two sons, the eldest of whom, André, was gravely ill and the second, a gentle dreamer who finds accommodation by chance encounters. During his adolescence, Marcel enrolled with his brother in a left-wing youth movement, the Faucons Rouges, close to the SFIO. In 1935, he met Sylvain Itkine, director and member of the October Group, an organization affiliated with the Fédération des Théâtres Ouvriers de France. Marcel Maillot, director of a Syndicat du livre summer camp, encouraged him to sing with his brother. He was soon noticed by Jean-Louis Barrault. During this period, Marcel was thus hosted by Jean-Louis Barrault, who introduced him to the artistic milieu of Paris. He participated in the artistic life associated with the Popular Front in 1936. In 1936, he appeared in the film La Guerre Des Gosses by Jacques Daroy. In 1937, for the film Claudine À L'École by Serge de Poligny, the screenwriter Jacques Constant, around Blanchette Brunoy, created the character of "Petit Moulou"... soon to be Mouloudji. In 1938, Marcel played one of the three young heroes in Disparus De Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. In 1939, Marcel played the role of Louis in Christian-Jaque's film L'Enfer Des Anges, a film selected for the 1939 Cannes Film Festival which did not take place, and released in February 1941. In 1942, he played the role of 'Ephraïm Luska in Henri Decoin's film, The Strangers in the House, after Georges Simenon... Jacques Canetti, famous artistic agent. He will offer him to record "Comme Un P'tit Coquelicot" thanks to which Mouloudji obtains the Grand Prix du Disque 1953 and the Charles-Cros Prize in 1952 and 1953. He repeats with "Un Jour Tu Verras" the following year. He reappears in films like Henri Calef in 1949 or We Are All Assassins three years later. His last roles, he did in Rafles sur la ville by Pierre Chenal then in Llegaron Dos Hombres in 1958. After recording a disc with accordionist Marcel Azzola in 1976 called "And it was turning", he released "Unknown Unknowns" thanks to which he went on tour throughout the country. Exhausted, he decides to devote more time to writing and painting. He partially lost his voice due to pleurisy in 1992 but was still working on a new album. He died on June 14, 1994 and is buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Movie Credits

Sky Battalion

Sky Battalion‌
star5.7
calendar 1947

Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Mirages

Mirages‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Les Gaietés de l'exposition

Les Gaietés de l'exposition‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

They Met on Skis

They Met on Skis‌
star10.0
calendar 1940

The Roquevillards

The Roquevillards‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Adieu Léonard

Adieu Léonard‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief‌
star7.8
calendar 1943

Angel of the Night

Angel of the Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Angel and Sinner

Angel and Sinner‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Jenny

Jenny‌
star5.9
calendar 1936

Tête blonde

Tête blonde‌
star3.0
calendar 1950

Justice Is Done

Justice Is Done‌
star6.5
calendar 1950

Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Sorceror

Sorceror‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Bonnadieu House

The Bonnadieu House‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel‌
star6.1
calendar 1953

Until the Last One

Until the Last One‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

Gigolo

Gigolo‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

Two Men in Town

Two Men in Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Boom on Paris

Boom on Paris‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

Three Women

Three Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Hideout

The Hideout‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

58.2/B

58.2/B‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

We Are All Murderers

We Are All Murderers‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

Claudine at School

Claudine at School‌
star4.9
calendar 1937

Boys' School

Boys' School‌
star7.3
calendar 1938

The Indiscreet

The Indiscreet‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Strangers in the House

Strangers in the House‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Bagarres

Bagarres‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Sinners of Paris

Sinners of Paris‌
star4.8
calendar 1958

Kindergarten

Kindergarten‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Les Cadets de l'océan

Les Cadets de l'océan‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Generals Without Buttons

Generals Without Buttons‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Tout chante autour de moi

Tout chante autour de moi‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Until the Last One

Until the Last One‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

The Chips Are Down

The Chips Are Down‌
star6.7
calendar 1947

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort‌
star1.0
calendar 2020

The Bonnadieu House

The Bonnadieu House‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

In Venice, One Night

In Venice, One Night‌
star1.0
calendar 1937

The Secrets of the Bed

The Secrets of the Bed‌
star1.0
calendar 1954

Hell of Angels

Hell of Angels‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

Tv Credits

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Discorama

Discorama‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.5
calendar 1982

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
star8.5
calendar 1975

La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
star6.0
calendar 1971