Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan's biography

Louis Jourdan is 94 years old stage actor born at Marseille. He was born on Sunday 19th of June 1921. He is often nicknamed as The Latin LoverLe Beau Garçon. According to year of birth 1921 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 19th of June means he is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.

He is native french speaker. He is citizen of France. His primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know him also as film actor, French Resistance fighter. He is recently known as television actor.

Louis Jourdan's schools

We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Cours Simon.

Detailed informations about his schools

• Jourdan and fellow French actor Gerard Philipe attended the Institut Stanislas, a private Catholic school in Cannes. Both boys were the offspring of local hotel owners.

Louis Jourdan's career

His main focus is to be stage actor.

How did Louis Jourdan die

He died on on Saturday 14th of February 2015 when he was 94 years old at Beverly Hills. Louis Jourdans death was caused by natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Louis Jourdan's Awards

• He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in the play, "13 Rue De L'Amour", at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Louis Jourdan's Nominations

• He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work Gigi in 1958

What Louis Jourdan has done for a first time

• He and his family attended Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California. Louis Jr. had his First Communion there.

Louis Jourdan's quotes

• [Speaking of Gregory Peck] He can be funny, which is fortunate; otherwise such perfection would be unbearable.
• There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down.
• I never see my movies. When they're on television I click them away. Hollywood created an image and I long ago reconciled myself with it. I was the French cliché.
• I would rather be called a character actor than a star.
• When one has been married over thirty years, of course it would be absurd not to admit there have been some difficulties, at some times. But the important thing is that we have weathered them.
• I'm proud to be a Frenchman, but I resent the image people have of the stupid, continental charmer. Against that type of role I fight pitilessly.
• Any actor who comes here with an accent is automatically put in roles as a lover. I didn't want to be perpetually cooing in a lady's ear.
• [of Cary Grant] I was in awe of this persona on the screen - the look, the walk. But mainly it was his extraordinary, innate sense of the absurd. He was a master of the absurd, a pioneer before the theater of the absurd arrived.
• Moving a career into character parts or secondary parts is what an actor should do. But not Cary [Grant]. You cannot possibly picture Cary Grant not being Cary Grant anymore.
• My special urge has always been to play villains and I have had a few opportunities that I enjoyed a great deal.
• We are all aging, and we have to be very aware that we are aging. As an actor, the characters you play are going to be aging also.
• Some Frenchmen would have you think that all Americans are rich, raucous, overdressed, cigar smoking Texans. Naturally, of course, this isn't true - especially in Texas.
• I would rather be called a character actor than a star. To make differences between the leading man and character actors infers that the leading man has no character. If producers offered me smaller but better acting parts, I would take them.
• If I was not a great success in American films, neither was I a failure. I've been working for years without setting the world on fire, but managing to keep my wife in caviar and champagne.
• There's no greater discipline for an actor than to have to convince an audience about a product in 20 or 30 seconds. I don't look down on commercials, I look up commercials. And I have fun. That's the secret, to have fun doing what you're doing.
• My basic disagreement with producers was that I didn't want to be perpetually cooing in a lady's ear.
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Louis Jourdan's body shape

Lets describe how Louis Jourdan looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.