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Louis Jourdan

20 movies on Netflix

Biography

Louis Jourdan was a French actor of film and television, known for suave leading roles in Hollywood movies. Born in Marseille in 1921, he studied acting at the École Dramatique and began on the professional stage before a talent scout for David O. Selznick offered him a Hollywood contract. His first American film was Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), followed by Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) with Joan Fontaine. He appeared in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) and his biggest hit was Gigi (1958), which earned nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Best of Everything (1959) was another hit. He appeared in Can-Can (1960) and The V.I.P.s (1963). On television he played Dracula in the BBC's Count Dracula (1977), and he was Anton Arcane in Swamp Thing (1982) and its sequel, and the villain Kamal Khan in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983). He died in 2015.

93years old at death

  • Born Marseille
  • Died Beverly Hills
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
  • Louis Robert Gendre (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
20
Career span
45 years1947 to 1992

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    In 1965 Jourdan sang in the Alan Jay Lerner and Barton Lane stage musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, at least while it tried out at Boston's Colonial Theatre. John Cullum replaced him as leading man before Broadway.

  2. First role

    Jourdan's first American film was The Paradine Case, a 1947 drama with Gregory Peck. Alfred Hitchcock directed it, and he was against giving Jourdan the valet role.

  3. First role

    Allegret gave Jourdan a role in Le Corsaire in 1939, which was meant to be his first movie, playing opposite Charles Boyer. The Second World War stopped filming and it was never finished.

  4. Early training

    Jourdan studied acting at the École Dramatique, where he began performing on the professional stage and was noticed by director Marc Allégret.

  5. First role

    After he was in Three Coins in the Fountain, Jourdan played the lead in The Immoralist, a Billy Rose stage version of the André Gide novel, which was his Broadway debut.

Louis Jourdan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix with the most votes on IMDb, with the part played in each.

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  1. Octopussy1983 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Kamal

    IMDb rating 6.5121K votes

  2. Gigi1958 Comedy, Musical, Romanceas Gaston Lachaille

    IMDb rating 6.625K votes

  3. Swamp Thing1982as Arcane

    IMDb rating 5.319K votes

  4. Letter from an Unknown Woman1948as Stefan Brand

    IMDb rating 7.815K votes

  5. The Paradine Case1947as Andre Latour

    IMDb rating 6.514K votes

  6. The Return of Swamp Thing1989as Dr. Anton Arcane

    IMDb rating 4.77.1K votes

  7. The Count of Monte-Cristo1975as Villefort

    IMDb rating 6.96.6K votes

  8. The V.I.P.s1963as Marc Champselle

    IMDb rating 6.34.6K votes

Most often with

Vincente Minnelli directed two of these films, Jean Negulesco two. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Louis Jourdan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$213 million

6 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.

Of the 20 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 10Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Octopussy1983as Kamal
    $188M87.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Gigi1958as Gaston Lachaille
    $13M6.2% of the total
  3. 3
    Can-Can1960as Philipe Forrestier
    $8.4M3.9% of the total
  4. 4
    The Paradine Case1947as Andre Latour
    $2.1M1.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Madame Bovary1949as Rodolphe Boulanger
    $2.0M0.9% of the total
  6. 6
    The Return of Swamp Thing1989as Dr. Anton Arcane
    $193K0.1% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors.

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Louis Jourdan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2009Knight of the Legion of HonourWon
Donaldson AwardsWon
Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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