person

Marcel Mouloudji

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-16

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Marcel Mouloudji

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.

Also Known For

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Sky Battalion

Mar 05, 1947

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Ménilmontant

Nov 20, 1936

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70

Mirages

Jan 28, 1938

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NA

Les Gaietés de l'exposition

May 18, 1938

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100

They Met on Skis

Dec 14, 1940

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The Roquevillards

Jul 28, 1943

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52

Adieu Léonard

Sep 01, 1943

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75

Vautrin the Thief

Dec 13, 1943

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Angel of the Night

Jan 19, 1944

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55

Angel and Sinner

Oct 13, 1945

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Jenny

Sep 18, 1936

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30

Tête blonde

Sep 01, 1950

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65

Justice Is Done

Sep 20, 1950

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50

Troubled Waters

Aug 26, 1949

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Sorceror

Jan 27, 1950

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45

The Bonnadieu House

Nov 27, 1951

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61

The Virtuous Scoundrel

Feb 18, 1953

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56

Until the Last One

Mar 20, 1957

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53

Gigolo

Nov 08, 1951

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NA

Two Men in Town

Jun 22, 1959

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54

Boom on Paris

Feb 19, 1954

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NA

Three Women

Aug 13, 1952

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The Hideout

Sep 21, 1962

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58.2/B

Jan 01, 1958

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68

We Are All Murderers

May 21, 1952

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49

Claudine at School

Dec 15, 1937

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73

Boys' School

Apr 05, 1938

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40

The Indiscreet

Mar 16, 1956

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70

Strangers in the House

May 16, 1942

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58

Bagarres

Nov 05, 1948

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51

Sinners of Paris

Jan 15, 1958

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Kindergarten

May 20, 1949

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50

Les Cadets de l'océan

Nov 14, 1945

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Generals Without Buttons

Oct 27, 1936

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Tout chante autour de moi

Nov 01, 1954

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56

Until the Last One

Mar 20, 1957

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67

The Chips Are Down

Jul 01, 1947

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10

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

Mar 13, 2020

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45

The Bonnadieu House

Nov 27, 1951

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10

In Venice, One Night

Nov 19, 1937

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10

The Secrets of the Bed

May 19, 1954

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67

Hell of Angels

Feb 13, 1941

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60

Numéro un

Apr 05, 1975

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80

Le Grand Échiquier

Jan 12, 1972

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40

La Chance aux chansons

Mar 26, 1984

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80

Le Grand Échiquier

Jan 12, 1972

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60

Dim Dam Dom

Mar 07, 1965

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60

Midi trente

Mar 06, 1972

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60

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Jan 12, 1975

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Discorama

Feb 04, 1959

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63

Champs-Elysées

Jan 16, 1982

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85

Apostrophes

Jan 10, 1975

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40

La Chance aux chansons

Mar 26, 1984

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60

Samedi soir

Jan 09, 1971