Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces, and receiving both the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his actions.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont
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- Name
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Birth Name
- Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons
- Born
- 5 January 1911
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 30 January 2001
- Place of death
- Gassin, France
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- drama, film and film screenwriting.
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Honorary César.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces, and receiving both the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his actions.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911–2001) was an actor, film actor and playwright, among other activities, of French nationality. The actor was born in Paris and died in Saint-Tropez.
Jean-Pierre Aumont was educated at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon. Activity centred on drama, film and film screenwriting.
Languages used include French. Honours include Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and Honorary César, among others.
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Aumont worked between 1911 and 2001 across actor, screenwriter, stage actor, film actor and writer and 1 further recorded occupations. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Jean-Pierre Aumont studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is drama, film and film screenwriting. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Honorary César.

Jean-Pierre Aumont au festival de Cannes.
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Plaque apposée sur l'immeuble du 4 allée des Brouillards, Paris 18 e, en mémoire de l'acteur Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911-2001).
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jean-Pierre Aumont • Birth Name — Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons • Born — 5 January 1911 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 30 January 2001 • Place of death — Gassin, France • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1931–1996 • Children — 3, including Tina Aumont • Relatives — François Villiers (brother) Georges Berr (great-uncle)
Early life
Early life
section Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne (née Cahen; 1885–1940), an actress, and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc (a linen department store). His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr (died 1942). His father was from a Dutch-Jewish family; his mother's family were French Jews. Aumont's younger brother was the noted French film director François Villiers.
Career
Career
section At age 16, Aumont began studying drama at the Paris Conservatory, where his mother also studied. His professional stage debut occurred at the age of 19. His film debut came one year later when Jean de la Lune (Jean of the Moon) was produced in 1931. However, his most important, career-defining role came in 1934 when Jean Cocteau's play La Machine infernale (The Infernal Machine), was staged. While his film and stage career began rising quickly, World War II began. Aumont remained in France until 1942 when he realized that as a Jew he would have to flee the Nazis. He migrated from the unoccupied zone of Vichy France to New York City, then to Hollywood, California to pursue his film career. He began working for MGM, but after finishing The Cross of Lorraine, he joined the Free French Forces. He was sent to North Africa, where he participated in Operation Torch in Tunisia. He then moved with the Allied armies through Italy and France. He was wounded twice. The first was on a mission with his brother; the second was more serious. Aumont's Jeep was blown up near a land-mined bridge. General Diego Brosset, commander of the 1st Free French Division, to whom Aumont was aide de camp, was killed. For his bravery during the fighting, Aumont received the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre. After the war, Aumont quickly resumed his movie career, starring with Ginger Rogers in Heartbeat (1946) and as the magician in Lili (1953) with Leslie Caron. He worked with a number of prominent theatre director and stars, including his (then) wife Maria Montez. In the mid-1950s, Aumont began working in television, appearing on several anthology programs, such as Robert Montgomery Presents and as a guest on the show What's My Line?. In the 1960s and 1970s, he appeared in various theater productions, including the musicals Tovarich with Vivien Leigh, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, South Pacific, and Gigi. One of his later performances was in A Tale of Two Cities (1989). Two years later, in 1991, aged 80, he received an honorary César Award as well as being decorated with the cross of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Personal life
Personal life
• Illustration — Pavan and Aumont in 1965 Aumont was married four times to three women. His first wife was French actress Blanche Montel, to whom he was married from 1938 to 1940, ultimately divorcing. While in Hollywood, Aumont married Maria Montez, a Dominican actress. She was known as the Queen of Technicolor, and their marriage was very happy. However, Montez drowned in her bathtub on 7 September 1951 after suffering an apparent heart attack at the family's villa in Suresnes. Montez and Aumont had one child, a daughter, Tina (1946–2006). In 1955, Aumont was dating Grace Kelly at the time she first met Prince Rainier III of Monaco. In 1956, Aumont married Italian actress Marisa Pavan. The couple starred in John Paul Jones (1959), in which Pavan played the romantic interest of the lead, and Aumont appears as King Louis XVI. They divorced, but later remarried and remained together until his death. Aumont and Pavan had two sons, Jean-Claude and Patrick.
Death
Death
Jean-Pierre Aumont died 30 January 2001 of a heart attack in Gassin, France, aged 90, and was cremated.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — Aumont at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival • Illustration — Unknown photographer. 'Jean-Pierre Aumont in "Lac aux Dames"' 1934
Television
Television
Jean-Pierre Aumont television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1966 — Flipper — Guy Courtney — Episode: "Dolphins Don't Sleep" • 1979 — Beggarman, Thief — Jean Delacroix — TV movie. Director: Lawrence Doheny • 1980 — The Memory of Eva Ryker — Inspector Laurier — TV movie. Director: Walter Grauman • 1984 — The Blood of Others — Monsieur Blomart — TV movie. Director: Claude Chabrol • 1985 — Le regard dans le miroir — Vasco Pessoa — TV miniseries. Director: Jean Chapot • 1986 — Sins — Comte De Ville — TV miniseries. Director: Douglas Hickox • 1992 — Counterstrike — Jean-Jacques Truffaut — Episode: "I Remember It Well"
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons. His recorded language was French. He married Marisa Pavan, Maria Montez and Blanche Montel. 3 children are recorded: Tina Aumont, Jean-Claude Aumont and Patrick Aumont.
Identity
Identity
Recognition and collections. Aumont received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Honorary César.
Life and career
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1911
Jean-Pierre Aumont was born on 5 January 1911.
1991
Receives Honorary César.
1991
Jean-Pierre Aumont received Honorary César in 1991.
2001
Dies at Saint-Tropez.
2001
Jean-Pierre Aumont died on 30 January 2001.
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Saint-Tropez.
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Film
Jean-Pierre Aumont film credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1931 — Jean de la Lune — Alexandre (uncredited) — Director: Jean Choux • Checkmate — Jacques — Director: Roger Goupillières • 1932 — Should We Wed Them? — Jim — Director: Pierre Billon and Karel Lamač • 1933 — On the Streets — Jacques — Director: Victor Trivas • La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes — Georges — Director: Henri Fabert • Le voleur — Fernand Lagardes — Director: Maurice Tourneur • Ève cherche un père — Jacques de la Motte — Director: Mario Bonnard • 1934 — A Day Will Come — Henri de Langillier — Director: Gerhard Lamprecht and Serge Véber • Lake of Ladies — Eric Heller — Director: Marc Allégret • Maria Chapdelaine — Lorenzo Surprenant — Director: Julien Duvivier • 1935 — Les yeux noirs — Karpoff — Director: Victor Tourjansky • The Crew — L'aspirant Jean Herbillon — Director: Anatole Litvak • Beautiful Days — Pierre – le premier amoureux de Sylvie — Director: Marc Allégret • 1936 — Taras Bulba — André Boulba — Director: Alexis Granowsky • La Porte du large — Pierre Villette — Director: Marcel L'Herbier • 1937 — Cargaison blanche — Henri Voisin — Director: Georges Lacombe • The Messenger — Gilbert Rollin — Director: Raymond Rouleau • Bizarre, Bizarre — Billy — Director: Marcel Carné • Maman Colibri — Georges de Chambry — Director: Jean Dréville • 1938 — The Woman from the End of the World — Lt. Robert Jacquet — Director: Jean Epstein • Chéri-Bibi — Raoul Palas — Director: Léon Mathot • Beautiful Star — Jean-Pierre — Director: Jacques de Baroncelli • S.O.S. Sahara — Paul Moutier — Director: Jacques de Baroncelli • Le Paradis de Satan — Jean Larcher — Director: Félix Gandéra • Hôtel du Nord — Pierre — Director: Marcel Carné • 1943 — Assignment in Brittany — Bertrand Corlay / Capt. Pierre Matard — as Pierre Aumont. Director: Jack Conway • The Cross of Lorraine — Paul Dupré — as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Tay Garnett • 1946 — Heartbeat — Pierre de Roche — as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Sam Wood • 1947 — Song of Scheherazade — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Director: Walter Reisch • 1948 — Affairs of a Rogue — Prince Leopold — Director: Alberto Cavalcanti • 1949 — Siren of Atlantis — Andre St. Avit — Director: Gregg G. Tallas • Wicked City — Eric Martin, alias Hans Norben — Director: François Villiers • Golden Arrow — Andre Marchand — Director: Gordon Parry • 1950 — The Happy Man — Henri Perlis — Director: Gilles Grangier • The Straw Lover — Stanislas Michodier — Director: Gilles Grangier • 1951 — Revenge of the Pirates — Enrico di Roccabruna — Director: Primo Zeglio • Last Meeting — Michele Bonesi — Director: Gianni Franciolini • 1952 — Wolves Hunt at Night — Cyril — Director: Bernard Borderie • 1953 — Lili — Marc — as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Charles Walters • Koenigsmark — Le précepteur Raoul Vignerte — Director: Solange Térac • The Sparrows of Paris — Césarin — Director: Maurice Cloche • 1954 — Royal Affairs in Versailles — Cardinal de Rohan — Director: Sacha Guitry • Charge of the Lancers — Capt. Eric Evoir — Director: William Castle • 1955 — Napoléon — Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély — Director: Sacha Guitry • Eighteen Hour Stopover — Robert Vitrac — Director: René Jolivet • Mademoiselle from Paris — Maurice Darnal — Director: Walter Kapps • 1956 — Hilda Crane — Prof. Jacques De Lisle — Director: Philip Dunne • 1957 — The Seventh Sin — Paul Duvelle — Director: Ronald Neame • 1959 — John Paul Jones — King Louis XVI — Director: John Farrow • 1960 — The Enemy General — Lionel Durand — Director: George Sherman • The Devil at 4 O'Clock — Jacques — as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Mervyn LeRoy • 1961 — The Blonde from Buenos Aires — the Actor — Director: George Cahan • Le Puits aux trois vérités — a spectator at the vernissage — Director: François Villiers • 1962 — The Seven Deadly Sins — the husband — Segment: "L'Orgueuil". Director: Roger Vadim • Una domenica d'estate — Valerio — Director: Giulio Petroni • Carnival of Crime — Mike Voray — Director: George Cahan • Five Miles to Midnight — Alan Stewart — Director: Anatole Litvak • 1963 — Portuguese Vacation — Jean-Pierre — Director: Pierre Kast • 1969 — Castle Keep — Henri Tixier, Count of Maldorais — Director: Sydney Pollack • 1970 — El coleccionista de cadáveres — Claude Marchand — Director: Santos Alcocer and Edward Mann • 1971 — Biribi — Le général — Daniel Moosmann • L'Homme au cerveau greffé — Le professeur Jean Marcilly — Director: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze • 1973 — Day for Night — Alexandre — Director: François Truffaut • 1974 — Two Missionaries — Monsignor Delgado — Director: Franco Rossi • 1975 — The Happy Hooker — Yves St Jacques — Director: Nicholas Sgarro • Cat and Mouse — Monsieur Richard — Director: Claude Lelouch • Mahogany — Christian Rosetti — Director: Berry Gordy • Catherine & Co. — Marquis de Puisargue — Director: Michel Boisrond • 1977 — Des journées entières dans les arbres — Jacques – le fils préféré — Director: Marguerite Duras • 1978 — Blackout — Henri Lee — Director: Eddy Matalon • Two Solitudes — Jean-Claude Tallard — Director: Lionel Chetwynd • 1979 — Something Short of Paradise — Jean-Fidel Milieu — Director: David Helpern • 1981 — Allons z'enfants — Commandant Félix — Director: Yves Boisset • 1982 — Don't Look in the Attic — Ugo Ressia — Director: Carlo Ausino • Difendimi dalla notte — Giacomo Guerra — Director: Claudio Fragasso • 1983 — Nana — Count Muffat — Director: Dan Wolman • La java des ombres — Monsieur Jean — Director: Romain Goupil • 1986 — On a volé Charlie Spencer! — Le héros, séq. Hôtel du Nord — Director: Francis Huster • 1987 — Sweet Country — Mr. Araya — Director: Michael Cacoyannis • 1988 — À notre regrettable époux — Alexandre Mouton-Sabrat, dit Moutonni Sabracco — Director: Serge Korber • 1991 — Becoming Colette — Captain Colette — Director: Danny Huston • A Star for Two — Alphonse — Director: Jim Kaufman • 1992 — Los mares del sur — Marqués de Munt — Director: Manuel Esteban • Les enfants du diable — Le curé — Director: Claude Gaignaire • 1994 — Giorgino — Sebastien — Director: Laurent Boutonnat • 1995 — Jefferson in Paris — D'Hancarville — Director: James Ivory • 1996 — The Proprietor — Franz Legendre — Director: Ismail Merchant
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How Jean-Pierre Aumont was received and recognised. Aumont received Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. Aumont received Officer of the Legion of Honour. Aumont received Croix de guerre 1939–1945. Aumont received Honorary César in 1991.
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- 1.Jean Pierre Aumont. Turner Classic Movies.
- 2.Riding, Alan. Jean-Pierre Aumont, Film Star And Stage Hero, Dies at 90. The New York Times. A19. 31 January 2001.
- 3.Oliver, Myrna. Jean-Pierre Aumont; Suave French Actor in Movies, TV. Los Angeles Times. 31 January 2001.
- 4.Haugland, H. Kristina. Grace Kelly: Icon of Style to Royal Bride. Yale University Press. 966. 2006. 978-0-300-11644-1.
- 5.Grace's Riviera Romance. Life. 14–15. 30 May 1955. 0024-3019.
- 6.Jean Pierre Aumont. Variety. 30 January 2001.
- 7.Jean-Pierre Aumont: Filmography. Turner Classic Movies.
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