Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival

Jean-Pierre Aumont (born January 5, 1911 in Paris , † January 29, 2001 in Saint-Tropez ) was a French actor and screenwriter .

life and work

Aumont was born in 1911 under the real name Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons, the son of Alexandre Salomons, owner of the linen shop La Maison Du Blanc , and Suzanne Cahen. Aumont's father, whose family came from Holland , was Jewish ; his mother was French . His younger brother was the director and screenwriter François Villiers . His mother's uncle was the famous actor Georges Berr .

At the age of 16, Aumont began to study like his mother at the Conservatoire de Paris . When he first appeared on the theater stage, he was 21 years old, a year later he made his film debut with Jean de la Lune . His most important role in his early career was given in 1934 when Jean Cocteau's play La Machine Infernal was staged.

Aumont stayed in France until 1942 . When he realized that he was forced to flee from the Nazis because of his Jewish descent, he first fled to an area that was under the Vichy regime . After that he went to New York and then Hollywood to continue his acting career. He started to work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . However, he was not content to stay in the safe USA while his compatriots in Europe fought for their lives. Therefore, after the production of the film The Cross of Lorraine (which other staunch resistance fighters, including Charles de Gaulle , liked very much), he joined the Force Françaises Libres .

Aumont was sent to North Africa and participated in Operation Torch , particularly in Tunisia . Then he took part in the campaigns of the Allied troops in Italy and France . Aumont was seriously wounded twice during the war. He sustained the first injury while on a mission in which his brother was also involved. However, the second wound was much more severe than the first. Aumont's jeep exploded near a mined bridge. Because of his extraordinary bravery he was awarded the Legion of Honor and the Croix de guerre .

Back in Hollywood , Aumont married Dominican actress Maria Montez . With her he stood in front of the camera in his brother's first work, Die Hafenbar von Marseille in 1948. The actress Tina Aumont comes from her marriage . Maria Montez drowned in the family villa in Suresnes on September 7, 1951 , presumably after a heart attack. Aumont continued to work as an actor even after the death of his wife. He played the magician in the hugely successful film Lili with Leslie Caron . In 1956 he married the Italian actress Marisa Pavan , who starred in numerous films, including The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . The couple also starred in one movie, John Paul Jones , in which Pavan played the lead role. Aumont only had one cameo as Louis XVI. The couple divorced in 1962, but got back together a while later. The sons Jean-Claude and Patrick emerged from the connection.

Aumont continued to work with numerous famous actors and directors . In the 1960s he starred in numerous Broadway productions . In 1989 one of his last works, A Tale of Two Cities , was published. Two years later he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the César . Aumont was also a screenwriter .

When Jean-Pierre Aumont died of cardiovascular disease in 2001 shortly after his 90th birthday, he was one of the most awarded French actors of the 20th century. He is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris .

Filmography

1931: Jean de la Lune
1931: Échec et mat Jacques
1932: Faut-il les marier?
1933: Dans les rues Jacques
1933: Un jour viendra
1933: La Merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes Georges
1933: Ève cherche un père
1934: Lac aux dames
1934: Le Voleur
1934: Maria Chapdelaine
1935: Les Yeux noirs
1935: L'Équipage
1935: Sylvie (The beautiful days) (Les Beaux jours)
1936: Taras Bulba (Tarass Boulba)
1936: La Porte du large
1936: Le Messager
1936: La Femme du bout du monde
1936: Chéri-Bibi
1937: a strange case (Drôle de drame)
1937: Mama Kolibri (Maman Colibri)
1937: White freight for Rio (Cargaison Blanche)
1938: Hôtel du Nord
1938: Le Paradis de Satan
1938: Belle Étoile
1939: Le Déserteur
1939: SOS Sahara
1943: Assignment in Brittany
1943: The Cross of Lorraine
1946: Heartbeat
1947: Song of the Orient (Song of Sheherazade)
1948: Le Premier Gentleman
1949: The port bar of Marseille (Hans le marin)
1949: The Lady of Atlantis ( Siren of Atlantis)
1949: Golden Arrow
1949: L'Homme de joie
1949: L'Amant de paille
1951: The Corsair's Revenge (La vendetta del corsaro)
1951: La Dernière Rencontre
1952: Les loups chassent la nuit
1952: Moineaux de Paris
1953: Lili
1954: The Gypsy Girl of Sebastopol (Charge of the lancers)

1954: Versailles - Kings and Women (Si Versailles m'était conté)

1954: Dix-huit heures d'escale

1955: Napoléon

1955: Mademoiselle de Paris

1956: The men around Hilda Crane (Hilda Crane)

1957: Hong Kong was her destiny (The seventh sin)

1957: John Paul Jones

1960: So Help Me, Aphrodite (TV movie)

1960: Le Général ennemi

1961: La Blonde de Buenos Aires

1961: The Devil at 4 (The Devil at 4 O'Clock) , with Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra

1961: Le Puits aux trois vérités

1962: Les Sept Péchés capitaux (episode: L'Orgueuil )

1962: The third dimension (Le Couteau dans la plaie)

1962: Toujours le dimanche

1962: Le Carnaval du Crime

1963: Holidays in Portugal (Vacances portugaises)

1963: Das Schaukelpferd (Horse without a head) (TV movie)

1965: Il était une fois un tracteur

1967: Les Chevaliers du ciel (TV series)

1969: The castle in the Ardennes (Castle Keep)

1970: Le Collectioneur de cadavres

1970: La Pomme de son œil (TV movie)

1971: L'Homme au cerveau greffé

1971: Biribi - Hell under the hot sun (Biribi Général)

1971: Comme il vous plaira (TV movie)

1972: Joyeux chagrins (TV movie)

1973: The American Night (La nuit américaine)

1974: Two missionaries (Porgi l'altra guancia)

1975: Le Joyeux Prostitute

1975: A cat chases the mouse (Le Chat et la souris)

1975: Catherine & Co (Catherine et Cie)

1975: Mahogany (Mahogany)

1976: Whole days in the trees (Des journées entières dans les arbres)

1977: Rendez-vous en noir (TV series)

1978: Et la terreur commence

1978: Deux Solitudes

1978: La Corde au cou (TV series)

1979: Paris-Vichy (TV movie)

1979: Presque au paradis

1979: The French Atlantic Affair (TV series)

1979: Beggarman, voleur (TV movie)

1980: La Mémoire d'Eva Ryker (TV movie)

1980: Time for Miracles (Un temps pour les miracles) (TV movie)

1981: Children for the Fatherland (Allons z'enfants)

1980: Carte Vermeil (TV movie)

1980: Arcole ou la terre promise (TV series)

1980: La maison hantée

1982: Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le fleuve étincellant (TV film)

1982: Nana

1983: Quelques hommes de bonne volonté (TV series)

1983: Les Beaux Quartiers (TV film)

1983: La Java des ombres

1984: The Blood of Others (Le sang des autres)

1984: L'Âge vermeil (TV series)

1985: Coup de soleil (TV movie)

1985: Looking in the mirror ( Regard dans le miroir , television multipart)

1986: On a volé Charlie Spencer!

1986: Doux pays

1986: Péchés (TV series)

1986–1987: Johnny Monroe (TV movie)

1986: Melba (TV series)

1988: Les Moulins des dieux (TV movie)

1986: Cinéma (TV series)

1988: Two widows for a corpse (À notre regrettable époux)

1989: Une histoire de deux villes (TV series)

1989: Le Français libre

1989: Les Grandes familles (TV series)

1989: Les Millionnaires du jeudi (TV series)

1990: Los Mares del sur

1991: Colette

1991: One star for two (Une étoile pour deux)

1991: The Last Word (Le Dernier mot) (TV movie)

1991: Crimes et jardins (TV movie)

1993: Senso (TV movie)

1994: Giorgino

1995: Jefferson à Paris

1996: Le Propriétaire

Screenwriter

1949: The port bar of Marseille , reference title: The whore and her fool (Hans le marin) (dialogue)
1956: Un beau dimanche (TV series)
1956: ITV Television Playhouse (one episode)
1966: Un beau dimanche (TV movie)
1979: Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (TV series, one episode)

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personal data
SURNAME	Aumont, Jean-Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Salomons, Jean-Pierre Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French actor and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 2001
Place of death	Saint Tropez , France